5. In the pursuit of the Minister’s mission, the Minister may, among other things,(1) grant financial assistance out of the sums put at the Minister’s disposal for that purpose, subject to the conditions determined by the Minister;
(2) obtain the necessary information from government departments and any public body to which the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (chapter A-2.1) applies, and from any private body; (3) enter into agreements, subject to the applicable legislative provisions, with a government other than that of Québec, with a department or body of such a government, or with an international organization or one of its agencies;
(4) conduct or commission research, studies and analyses; and
(5) provide any person, group or body with the services the Minister considers necessary.