7. In the exercise of ministerial responsibilities and functions, the Minister may, in particular,(1) enter into agreements with any person, association, partnership or body;
(2) subject to the applicable legislative provisions, enter into agreements with a government other than the Gouvernement du Québec, with a department or body of that government, or with an international organization or one of its agencies, including agreements for the sharing of information to satisfy the obligations incumbent on the Minister under the Acts for which the Minister is responsible;
(3) conduct or commission research, inventories, studies and analyses and publish them;
(4) take the necessary measures, in collaboration with the other ministers and the bodies concerned, to facilitate the recognition, in Québec, of qualifications acquired abroad, such as by speeding up the recognition process;
(5) establish comparisons between diplomas and education obtained abroad and those obtained within Québec’s education system;
(6) collect from immigrants the information necessary(a) to know their situation, in particular as regards their level of knowledge of French, their integration into the labour market, and obstacles to their full participation in Québec society;
(b) to develop and implement programs, guidelines and policies, monitor their relevance and effectiveness and assess the same on an ongoing basis; and
(c) to put services in place for immigrants and assess their needs and satisfaction with respect to those services.