We will find out the provincial government’s take on the tentative deal with Quebec on hydro development in Labrador Tuesday afternoon, but the Liberals are already sounding alarm bells.
They think that the Wakeham government doesn’t like what’s in the review it ordered, so it is going to keep the panel members in the back room with no opportunity for media to question them.
Government will release the contents of that review Tuesday afternoon, but Energy Critic Fred Hutton says Premier Wakeham is already going back on his word by preventing contact between media and panel members.
(Fred Hutton / VOCM News)
Hutton says the Premier told the public that he delayed the release of the report, which was in his hands on May 4th, so that the ones who did the review could be in the same room.
“They say they want the report to speak for itself so the only conclusion I can reach is that the government isn’t pleased with what the report had to say, and they want to control the spin on the message,” says Hutton.
“I can’t see any other reason why these panelists, who we paid a lot of money for to review this report, which has already been reviewed several times, not to come out and answer questions.”
NDP Leader Jim Dinn also questions the move, saying that shielding the reviewers from the media damages the credibility of the report.
