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Mike Wilson's letter dated May 12 says he quit the three-person panel in part because a top civil servant with the Liberal government began telling the group how to operate. 

Wilson writes that he felt the instruction was inappropriate since the panel was supposed to be independent from government. 

The former Liberal government established the panel in response to demands from opposition parties for an independent review of a tentative deal with Hydro-Québec.

Political scientist Russell Williams says if the Liberals had ordered such a review in the first place, they could have avoided the scandal that sprang from Wilson's resignation.

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Oct. 31, 2025.