The controversy about The Rooms' recent request for proposals is not about Muskrat Falls.
Maybe someone at The Rooms or within the provincial government thought that was the problem when Des Sullivan raised concerns about it. After all, Des is well known as a critic of Muskrat Falls. That might explain why Dean Brinton, The Rooms' chief executive, issued a very short statement that apologized for using Muskrat Falls as an example when explaining the Crown corporation's policy about conflict of interest for advertising agencies responding to the proposal request.
Let us assume that Brinton made a really superficial mistake because otherwise his response is insulting and condescending. Any reasonable personal understood our ought to have understood that Sullivan was concerned about the implication that critics of the provincial government could not bid on government work.
Brinton didn't deal with that at all.