1. For the purposes of this Act, a public agency is(1) an agency to which the Government or a minister appoints the majority of the members;
(2) an agency to which, by law, the personnel is appointed and remunerated in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F-3.1.1);
(3) an agency whose capital stock is part of the public domain; or
(4) an agency over one-half of whose operating expenses are paid out of the appropriations appearing in the budget estimates tabled in the National Assembly.