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When the NDP government fired ex-Liberal leader Gordon Wilson last week, they didn’t spare the slime as they booted his butt out the door.

Premier John Horgan lambasted Wilson for wasting taxpayers’ money as the province’s “LNG Advocate,” saying there was little evidence Wilson actually did any work for his $150,000-a-year salary.

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“No briefings, no reports, no memoranda,” is how Horgan summed up Wilson’s 3 1/2 years on the job.

Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston said the government did a “review” of Wilson’s work and concluded he did little “other than to cash his cheques.”

But a quick search of the government’s own Open Information website turned up a long paper trail documenting Wilson’s time in the position. A file containing Wilson’s reports to the former Liberal government during his first 15 months on the job runs 180 pages long.

It contains a work plan, meeting summaries, a 50-page report entitled, “Research Findings and Recommendations,” and 28 “Project Updates” submitted by Wilson to Shirley Bond, then the Liberal jobs minister.