The provincial government’s Bay du Nord deal dominated question period in the House of Assembly today.

Opposition leader John Hogan says the deal that was signed is the same one that the Liberals would not sign last year.

Hogan says they didn’t sign it because Trades NL said they would not support any deal without all the topsides being done here. Hogan asks if “the premier rushed this deal, at the expense of our workers, so he could have exactly the type of big, fancy announcement he claimed to hate yesterday.”

Wakeham responded by saying that they consulted with the people who would be doing the work. He says Trades NL were partners in that, and they support the deal.

Liberal MHA Sara Stoodley posed questions to government about the possibility of a debate on the agreement.

Stoodley says now-Premier Tony Wakeham called for a debate on any deal while he was a PC leadership candidate. She asks if he will hold an emergency debate.

Energy Minister Lloyd Parrott rose to respond, saying “the people of the province elected us to do the work for them.” He goes on to say that they will not be taking on an ad campaign, which the Liberals did on the Churchill falls MOU, to convince people it was a good deal “because the public knows this is a good deal.”