General Provisions
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Implementation Agreement
10.1 Once this Agreement has been signed, the parties agree to conclude, no later than September 30, 1997, an implementation agreement which could, in whole or in part, come into force on January 1, 1998.
10.2 The parties agree on the need to establish a joint mechanism, with parity of representation, to facilitate the implementation of the transitional and permanent provisions of the agreement in principle and further agree to determine in the implementation agreement the particulars of this mechanism.
10.3 The parties further agree to incorporate into an implementation agreement provisions relating to matters including the following:
- research and innovation;
- sectoral activities;
- their co-operation with respect to labour market information and means of carrying out national employment service functions;
- the various components associated with the delivery structure and user services;
- results targets;
- evaluation;
- financial audit and control;
- the exchange of information and data;
- the number of transferred employees;
- inventories of equipment and furniture;
- the dental care plan;
- public information;
- the management mechanism;
- the mode and frequency of contribution payments.
10.4 The parties agree to establish each year, following submission of the annual plan mentioned in clause 5.4, in an appendix to the implementation agreement:
(i) the level of funding from Canada for the coming year;
(ii) the results targets for that year in accordance with clause 5.4.3.
Transition Period
10.5 Both parties reaffirm the need to co-operate to ensure quality services for those who use them throughout the transition period, i.e., the period between the time following the signing of the implementation agreement when Canada is to start withdrawing from the labour market sectors governed by this Agreement and the time when Québec will have fully taken charge of active employment measures and the national employment service functions for which it becomes responsible.
Further General Provisions
10.6 This Agreement may be amended or terminated with the mutual consent of the parties, provided in writing, and any such amendment or termination shall come into force on the date agreed to by the parties.
10.7 No Member of Parliament shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement or to any benefit arising therefrom.
10.8 Should an agreement signed between Canada and a province or territory include provisions which would enhance this Agreement if applied to it, Canada agrees to amend this Agreement, if asked to do so by Québec, in order that Québec may benefit from such provisions.
This Agreement has been signed on behalf of Canada by the Prime Minister of Canada, the Minister of Human Resources Development and the Canada Employment Insurance Commission this 21st day of April 1997.
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Witness Prime Minister of Canada
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Witness Minister of Human Resources
Development
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Witness Chairperson, Canada Employment
Insurance Commission
This Agreement has been signed on behalf of Québec by the Premier ministre du Québec, the Ministre d'État de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité and the Ministre délégué aux Affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes this 21st day of April 1997.
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Témoin Premier ministre du Québec
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Témoin Ministre d'État de l'Emploi et de la
Solidarité
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Témoin Ministre délégué aux Affaires
intergouvernementales canadiennes