QUEBEC CITY – The president of energy company Petrolia Inc. has written Philippe Couillard to remind the Quebec premier of his promise of a meeting between the two men.
Couillard said Feb. 16 he was willing to meet with Alexandre Gagnon “rapidly” to discuss oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island.
The premier’s comment came a day after Gagnon said Couillard had been making statements in the media against drilling on the island but had refused to communicate with his company.
In April 2014, the previous Parti Québcois government took a 35 per cent share in a limited partnership – one in which Petrolia (TSX VENTURE:PEA) has a 27 per cent stake -to drill several exploratory wells on the island, located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Days later the Liberals won a majority in a provincial election.
Couillard said earlier this month it was a “serious error” for the PQ to have put public funds toward the project and to sign drilling contracts.
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