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9.1 Canada and Québec recognize the importance of informing the public about their respective roles, including Canada’s financial contribution and Québec’s responsibility in the area of active employment measures. In this context, the parties agree:
9.1.1 to ensure that the following text appears, in clearly legible form, in communication products including pamphlets and brochures, intended for employment insurance users: "Under the Canada-Québec Labour Market Agreement, Québec is responsible for active employment measures available to employment insurance participants, and for certain functions of the National Employment Service available to employment insurance users. These measures and functions are funded by the Employment Insurance Account, for which Canada is responsible".
9.1.2 to inform employment insurance users, in an appropriate fashion, of the roles of each government, in the offices where the programs, measures and services covered by this Agreement are offered. In this regard, the parties agree to use the wording set out in clause 9.1.1 ;
9.1.3 to indicate the respective roles of the two governments in clearly legible form, using the wording set out in clause 9.1.1, in the reports of the two governments’ departments and agencies involved in the Agreement ;
9.1.4. to inform employment insurance participants, upon their admission to an active employment measure, of the source of funding, by means of a written notice containing the following wording: "The active employment measure you are involved in falls under the jurisdiction of the Government of Québec. The funding for this measure, and the financial assistance you are receiving, come from the Employment Insurance Account, for which the Government of Canada is responsible".
9.1.5 to exchange information on best practices in providing information to the public, through the Canada-Québec Joint Committee to Oversight the Labour Market Agreement ;
9.1.6 to inform each other of public information initiatives relating to the Labour Market Agreement, and to do so sufficiently in advance to enable the other party to respond ;
9.1.7 to entrust the follow-up of public information arrangements set out in this Agreement to the Canada-Québec Joint Committee to Oversight the Labour Market Agreement.