Premier John Hogan says it wasn’t government’s place to announce that a member of the Churchill River expert oversight panel had resigned back in May.

Michael Wilson went public two weeks ago with his decision to resign based on concerns with the new MOU and the panel’s ability to do anything about them.

The panel is supposed to provide quarterly updates on its “critical oversight” of the ongoing negotiations with Hydro-Quebec.

But Wilson quietly jumped ship in May, four months ago, replaced with Guy Holburn, who had been a consultant for the panel.

Holburn’s appointment was revealed in a June news release, but there was no mention of Wilson or that he was being replaced.

Yesterday, Hogan told reporters it was on Wilson to announce his departure, suggesting media and others missed the

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