Former CEO of Investissement Québec (IQ), Pierre Gabriel Côté, wants to ask his former employer to obtain public funds for a young English company that wants to build a solar panel factory here, it is said The newspaper.
In the register of lobbyists we learn that the former number 1 of the Quebec investor group (2015-2019) and former general delegate of Quebec in London (2019-2021) is now a lobbyist for Awendio Solaris Limited, whose parent company is the English company Adsila Holding Ltd .
“Notification of the search for public funds for a project to establish a production plant for photovoltaic cells and solar modules in Quebec and an associated research and development center,” we can read.
Subsidy, loan, capital investment… Awendido Solaris Limited is applying for public funding to build a factory in Quebec.
Nine loads requested
In total, Pierre Gabriel Côté and the other registered lobbyist Marc Deschamps are seeking nine public positions, including Investissement Québec, Caisse de dépôt etplacement du Québec and the Ministry of the Economy.
Pierre Gabriel Côté is now senior advisor for climate technology and mobility at the law firm DAI Magister.
Interviewed by Le Journal, IQ stated that IQ’s current CEO, Guy LeBlanc, “has not yet had a meeting or exchange on this issue”, although the start of the period focused on Pierre Gabriel’s lobbying activities in Côté was on 17 October began.
Note that the mayors of Montreal, Montreal East and Mirabel are mentioned in the inscription.
“preliminary stage”
On Tuesday, Le Journal was unable to speak to Pierre Gabriel Côté to find out more.
“We thank you for your interest in the Awendio Solaris project, but it seems premature to discuss it as it is only at a preliminary stage,” Marc Deschamps said via email on behalf of Awendio Solaris Limited.
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