4. The Minister must set objectives and develop policies, development strategies and programs to ensure the carrying out of his or her mission while promoting synergy among the players concerned. Such objectives, policies, development strategies and programs must take into account the specific characteristics of the regions concerned.
The Minister may also, to that end, take any other useful measures. He or she may, in particular, offer assistance to municipalities, for the purpose of contributing to the economic development of their territory, and to entrepreneurs as well as financial or technical support for the carrying out of actions or projects, subject to the conditions he or she determines within the framework of government policy directions and policies and, in certain cases, with the Government’s authorization.
The Minister is responsible for the sums he or she entrusts to a local authority or to any other organization with which he or she acts in concert within the framework of a measure and may administer the other sums entrusted to him or her to ensure the carrying out of any economic development project or project to support research or innovation.
2019, c. 292019, c. 29, s. 1; 2023, c. 332023, c. 33, s. 761.