4. The Minister of Higher Education and Science shall submit for the opinion of the Council:(a) any program which he intends to implement for the development of higher education and university research at each important phase of its elaboration;
(b) the annual operating and investment budgets of establishments of higher education;
(c) the apportionment among establishments of higher education of the total amount of the annual appropriations made available for higher education and university research;
(d) the steps which he intends to take to ensure co-ordination between establishments of higher education;
(e) rules respecting the standardization of the accounting methods of establishments of higher education.