2.0 Purpose

2.1 The purpose of this Agreement is to give effect to the desire of the Labour Market Partners to work in concert in the design and management of Canada's employment benefits and support measures and in the operation of the National Employment Service, in a manner complementary to Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial employment programs, and thereby achieve a new cooperative partnership between the two levels of government that will meet the needs and circumstances of Newfoundland and Labrador.

2.2 It is understood and agreed, however, that Canada will retain sole responsibility for the implementation of activities under its employment benefits and support measures that are pan-Canadian in scope, such as activities in support of interprovincial labour mobility and national sectoral partnerships. Canada may also continue to act unilaterally in response to economic crises using funding incremental to funding commitments made within the context of this Agreement.