Economic spinoffs Québec as a whole: Cree communities: Municipality of Baie-James: Abitibi-Témiscamingue: Saguenay–Lac-St-Jean:		$2,883.4 M $122.6 M $126.0 M $163.9 M $227.8 M		33,000 person-years 1,190 person-years 1,345 person-years 1,698 person-years 2,700 person-years

Measures to promote spinoffs

The Boumhounan Agreement provides for various measures to facilitate participation by Cree businesses and workers:

• Negotiation by mutual agreement of contracts worth $240 million
• Lobbying of the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) to facilitate Cree employment
• Hiring of a Cree employment counsellor
• A $1.5-million fund for theoretical and hands-on training for Cree workers
• Allocation of $45 million worth of contracts during operations

Measures have also been planned to increase the project’s spinoffs for the James Bay economy:

• Priority given to regional businesses in contracts and procurement under $1 million
• Regional subcontracting clause to encourage large contractors to procure supplies locally
• A jobsite agent will be hired to promote James Bay businesses
• 50-year financial partnership with the Municipality of Baie-James

The Eastmain-1 development (2002–2006) demonstrated that implementation of various optimization measures in conjunction with key players in the community significantly increases the participation of Cree and Jamesian workers and businesses in major hydroelectric development projects.

Follow-up
The follow-up program will help identify actual economic spinoffs, compare them with forecasts and review the effectiveness of the measures implemented to promote participation by Cree and Jamesian companies and workers in the project, as well as by the Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean regions.