M-29.1 - Act respecting the Ministère du Commerce extérieur

Section 8 Disposition versions

1983-01-12

8. The functions and powers of the Minister shall particularly consist in

(1)  facilitating the entry of goods and services produced in Québec on external markets by carrying out promotional schemes, entering into agreements and seeing to the establishment and development of external economic and commercial relations;

(2)  devising and implementing assistance programs for the promotion of exports and the conclusion of industrial agreements;

(3)  providing such services for business firms and for the governmental departments as he considers necessary for the development of exports and the conclusion of industrial agreements, particularly training, information, documentation and promotional services and the organization of missions, training periods or exhibitions;

(4)  cooperate with other governmental departments in seeking foreign investment;

(5)  coordinate, within the framework of the external policy of Québec, the economic and commercial activities of the governmental departments and the public corporations outside Québec;

(6)  organize and manage, in cooperation with the governmental departments and the business firms concerned, programs of external economic cooperation in those sectors where exchanges are most likely to promote the economic development of Québec;

(7)  carry out or cause to be carried out research, surveys or analyses in the field of external economic and commercial relations, particularly on market demands and conditions, products exported or with export potential, changes in customs duties, commercial regulations and agreements, and marketing strategies, practices or techniques.

1982, c. 50, s. 8.