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ST-ANNE-DES-MONTS — At least one of the three oil exploration projects in the Gaspé region would be cut down by a Parti Québécois government, according to party leader Jean-François Lisée.

The PQ says there won’t be any new oil and gas exploration in Quebec if it forms a government after the Oct. 1 election.

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Lisée said at least one of Quebec’s current projects — the Haldiman site near a residential area in Gaspé — is “dead.” That project is staunchly opposed by Gaspé Mayor Daniel Côté, who fears drilling and hydraulic fracturing could poison local water wells.

The Liberal government had delayed a hearing of Quebec’s environmental consulting board two years ago and the project appears to be on its last legs.

“In the Gaspé area, we don’t have too many projects that people are pushing for,” says Pascal Bérubé, the PQ incumbent in Matane—Matapédia. “The PQ is proposing regulations to protect the water, protect the people, protect this beautiful tourist area.