Roles and Responsibilities of the Government
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2.1 Québec shall be responsible for:
2.1.1 determining the labour market priorities for Québec, taking into account, for the funds from the Employment Insurance Account, the objectives agreed upon and the needs identified at the local and regional levels;
2.1.2 designing, implementing and evaluating active employment measures, funded by the Employment Insurance Account, which are in conformity with the objectives agreed upon by the parties;
2.1.3 providing a labour exchange service and, to this end, establishing appropriate links with Canada;
2.1.4 determining the service needs of employment insurance users;
2.1.5 providing referral to appropriate services and providing employment counselling;
2.1.6 helping people establish plans for acquisition of the occupational skills they need and guiding them in a successful job search;
2.1.7 producing the Québec labour market information needed to assume the responsibilities conferred on it in this Agreement, as well as disseminating in Québec labour market information relating to the implementation of this Agreement; and
2.1.8 participating in the improvement of the pan-Canadian labour market information system and maintaining a link with it, in accordance with the principle of free movement of persons, as established in the Agreement on Internal Trade.
2.2 Canada shall be responsible for:
2.2.1 the Employment Insurance Account;
2.2.2 delivering unemployment benefits, including those paid to active employment insurance claimants who are participating in active employment measures;
2.2.3 producing and disseminating the labour market information it needs to exercise its responsibilities recognized under this Agreement and those associated with management of the Employment Insurance Account and with encouraging interprovincial mobility;
2.2.4 administering pan-Canadian activities funded by the Employment Insurance Account, including interprovincial sectoral interventions, and taking action in economic crisis situations.
2.3 Canada and Québec shall be responsible for working in co-operation to improve research and innovation with respect to the labour market in Québec.
2.4 Canada and Québec agree to deal with sectoral activities within the framework of the implementation agreement.