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Exhibit 4.2  

	 

	 

	 

	 

QUÉBEC

	 

	 

5.125% GLOBAL NOTES SERIES QE

	 

DUE NOVEMBER 14, 2016

	 

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT

	 

	 

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENT  

 THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of November 14, 2006,  

	BETWEEN:	 	QUÉBEC, as issuer
	 	 	(the "Issuer"),
	AND:	 	DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as fiscal agent, registrar, principal paying agent and transfer agent
	 	 	(in all such capacities, the "Registrar"),
	AND:	 	DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH, as London paying agent and London transfer agent
	 	 	(in such capacity, the "London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent"),

        WHEREAS pursuant to a terms agreement (the "Terms Agreement"), dated November 7, 2006, between the Issuer and Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Representative of the several Underwriters named therein, which incorporates by reference all of the provisions of the Québec Underwriting
Agreement Standard Provisions (Debt Securities), dated November 7, 2006, the Issuer has agreed to create, issue and sell U.S.$1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Global Notes
Series QE due November 14, 2016 (herein collectively called the "Notes" or, individually, a "Note"); 

        WHEREAS the sale of the Notes pursuant to the Terms Agreement has taken place as described in a Prospectus Supplement, dated
November 7, 2006, which contains a description of the Notes and the clearing and settlement procedures related thereto; 

        WHEREAS the Notes are issuable in the form of one or more fully registered global certificates (the "Global Notes") registered in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York ("DTC"), and held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian for DTC
(the "Custodian"), with beneficial interests in the Notes represented, with limited exceptions, through book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial
owners thereof as direct and indirect participants in DTC; 

        WHEREAS beneficial owners of Notes are not, except in limited circumstances described in Section 5, entitled to receive
Notes represented by physical certificates or to have Notes registered in their names; and 

        WHEREAS all Notes are recorded in a register held by the Registrar (the "Register"), and are registered in the name of
Cede & Co., for the benefit of holders of Notes through the Euroclear System ("Euroclear"), Clearstream Banking, société anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg")
and DTC (together, the "Clearing Systems"); 

 

        NOW THEREFORE it is hereby agreed as follows: 

1.     Definitions  

        Terms and expressions defined in the terms and conditions of the Notes attached as Schedule B shall have the same meaning when used in this Agreement
unless otherwise defined herein or unless the context otherwise requires. "Noteholders" or "holders of Notes" or "holders" or "registered holders" refers to persons entered in the Register as
registered holders of Notes. 

2.     Appointment  

        The Issuer hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as its registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent in respect of the Notes
upon and subject to the terms and conditions herein and therein contained and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas hereby accepts such appointments. 

3.     Issue of the Notes  

        (1)   The
Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, and shall be
executed by the Issuer. The Global Notes will be substantially in the form attached as Schedule A, with such changes as may be agreed between the Issuer and the Registrar. The aggregate
principal amount of Notes to be issued and outstanding at any time in the form of the Global Notes or physical certificates (the "Certificated Notes") issued in accordance with Section 5
shall not exceed U.S.$1,500,000,000 except to the extent that Notes are further issued in accordance with Section 19. Forthwith after such execution, the Global Notes shall be delivered to the
Registrar and shall be authenticated by the Registrar (or by such other person as the Registrar may appoint for such purpose with the consent of the Issuer), and delivered to or to the order of
the Issuer pursuant to a written direction of the Issuer. 

        (2)   Beneficial
owners of Notes will not, except in the limited circumstances described in Section 5, be entitled to receive Notes represented by Certificated Notes or
to have Notes registered in their names and will not be considered holders thereof under this Agreement. The Certificated Notes, if any, will be substantially in the form attached as Schedule A
with the appropriate changes thereto, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as may be agreed between the Issuer and the Registrar. 

        (3)   The
Global Notes shall be issued and delivered only to or to the order of DTC or its successor appointed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 5. The Global
Notes shall be in the principal amount from time to time endorsed thereon. The Registrar shall cause DTC to establish on its book-entry Clearing System an account in the name of the
Registrar, as registrar and transfer agent for the Notes (the "Registrar Segregated Account"), for the purpose of facilitating the initial distribution of Notes in accordance with procedures
previously agreed to by the Issuer, the Registrar and DTC. The Registrar Segregated Account is maintained exclusively for book-keeping purposes and for purposes of facilitating timely
transfers of Notes, and the Registrar shall not be deemed the owner or holder of the Notes recorded therein for any purpose under this Agreement or under the terms of the Notes. The Issuer
acknowledges and agrees that the Registrar Segregated Account will be subject to the agreements, rules and procedures from time to time governing DTC participant accounts (collectively, the "DTC
Agreements"). 

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        (4)   So
long as Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, is the registered owner of the Global Notes and subject to applicable law, DTC or its nominee, as the case may
be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Notes represented by the Global Notes for all purposes under this Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes. Except as set forth below, owners of
beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to have the Notes represented by the Global Notes registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive Certificated Notes
and will not be considered owners or holders thereof under this Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes. Neither the Issuer nor the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of
the records of the Clearing Systems relating to or payments made by the Clearing Systems on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records of the Clearing Systems relating to such beneficial ownership interests. 

        (5)   All
Notes shall be signed (either manually or by facsimile signature) by the Minister of Finance or the Deputy Minister of Finance or any other authorized representative
of the Issuer, and shall be authenticated by the Registrar (or by such other person as the Registrar may appoint for such purpose with the consent of the Issuer). 

4.     The Register and Transfers  

        (1)   The
Registrar, as registrar and transfer agent of the Issuer, shall maintain at its principal office in New York, a Register for (i) registering and
maintaining a record of the holdings of Notes, (ii) ensuring that payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes received by the Registrar from the Issuer are duly credited to
Cede & Co., (iii) registering transfers between holders of Notes, (iv) registering and maintaining a record of holders of Certificated Notes in the event any are issued in
the limited circumstances described in Section 5, (v) registering transfers of Certificated Notes in the event any are issued in the limited circumstances described in Section 5
and (vi) registering and maintaining a record of any further issues of Notes pursuant to Section 19 and any subsequent transfers thereof. 

        In
the event Certificated Notes are issued in exchange for the Global Notes under the limited circumstances described in Section 5, the Registrar shall (i) register and
maintain a record of holders of Certificated Notes and (ii) register transfers of Notes among holders of Certificated Notes and between holders of Certificated Notes and participants in DTC, in
accordance with such procedures as the Registrar shall deem reasonable upon consultation with the Issuer. 

        (2)   The
Registrar shall not be required to inquire into, or take any action in respect of, transfers of Notes (i) within Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg or
between Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg participants, or (ii) between DTC participants. 

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        (3)   No
service charge shall be payable by the presenter for any registration, registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes provided that the Registrar may require
payment by the transferee of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or governmental charge in connection therewith. 

        (4)   The
Register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by the Issuer and any agent of the Issuer. In the event of any discrepancy between the principal amount
of the Global Notes and the aggregate holdings of Notes by Cede & Co. as shown on the Register, the holdings of Notes as shown on the Register shall prevail. 

        (5)   Neither
the Issuer nor the Registrar shall be required (i) to register the transfer or exchange of any Notes on any interest payment date or during a period
commencing at the close of business of the New York office of the Registrar on the 14th calendar day immediately preceding any such date and ending on such date; (ii) to register
the transfer or exchange of any Notes during the period commencing at the close of business of the New York office of the Registrar on the record date of any notice by the Issuer of any Notes
to be redeemed or purchased through the date the notice of redemption or purchase is given; or (iii) to register the transfer or exchange of any Notes called for redemption unless upon due
presentation thereof such Notes called for redemption shall not be redeemed. 

        (6)   Subject
to applicable law, the Issuer, the Registrar or any other agents of the Issuer or the Registrar shall not be charged with notice of or be bound to see to the
execution of any trust, whether express, implied or constructive, in respect of any Notes and may register the transfer of any Notes on the direction of the holder thereof, whether named as trustee or
otherwise, as though that person were the beneficial owner thereof. 

5.     Replacements, Exchange and Transfer of the Global Notes and the Certificated Notes  

        (1)   The
Registrar, or an agent duly authorized by the Registrar, is hereby authorized from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and of this section to
authenticate and deliver: 

	(a)
	the
Global Notes or the Certificated Notes, as the case may be, in exchange for or in lieu of the Global Notes or the Certificated Notes, as the case may be, outstanding on the
Register with the same maturity and of like form which have become mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, provided that the applicant therefor shall have (i) paid such costs as may have
been incurred in connection therewith; (ii) surrendered to the Registrar any mutilated or defaced Global Notes or Certificated Notes, as the case may be, to be replaced; and (iii) in the
case of lost, stolen or destroyed Global Notes or Certificated Notes, as the case may be, furnished the Registrar with such evidence (including evidence as to the serial number of the Global Notes or
the Certificated Notes in question) and indemnity in respect thereof as the Issuer and the Registrar may require; 

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	(b)
	Certificated
Notes in an authorized form and denomination in exchange for a like aggregate principal amount of Certificated Notes; and

	(c)
	upon
any registration of a transfer, a new Global Note or, as the case may be, a new Certificated Note shall be issued to the new holder in replacement of the existing Global Note or
Certificated Note thus transferred. Such new Global Note or, as the case may be, new Certificated Note, shall be duly authenticated by the Registrar. 

Each
new Global Note or Certificated Note authenticated and delivered upon any registration of transfer or exchange for or in lieu of the whole or any part of any Global Note or Certificated Note
shall carry all the rights to interest, if any, accrued and unpaid and to accrue which were carried by the whole or such part of such latter Global Note or Certificated Note, and notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein contained, such new Global Note or Certificated Note shall be dated the date of the authentication of such Global Note or Certificated Note. 

        (2)   The
Issuer will issue or cause to be issued Certificated Notes upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, Notes represented by the Global Notes (i) if
DTC notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository in connection with the Global Notes or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when it is required to be so registered and a successor depository is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after receiving such
notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered; (ii) if the Issuer, in its sole discretion at any time, determines not to have any of the Notes represented by the Global Notes; or
(iii) upon request by DTC to the Registrar, acting on direct or indirect instructions of a holder or any beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, after an event of default entitling
the holder to accelerate the stated maturity of the Global Note has occurred and is continuing, or, if DTC does not promptly make that request, then any beneficial owner of an interest in such Global
Note shall be entitled to make such request with respect to such interest. The Issuer shall bear the costs and expenses of printing or preparing any Certificated Notes. 

        (3)   Upon
any such issuance pursuant to Section 5(2) of the Certificated Notes in exchange for all the Notes represented by the Global Notes, (i) the Issuer
shall promptly make available to the Registrar a reasonable supply of Certificated Notes, (ii) DTC shall cause the Global Notes to be delivered to the Registrar and provide the Registrar with
the necessary registration information for such Certificated Notes, (iii) the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Notes to be exchanged for such Certificated Notes, (iv) the Registrar shall cancel the Global Notes and, in the case of a partial exchange, issue and deliver to
or to the order of DTC new Global Notes equal to the unexchanged portion of any such Global Notes partially exchanged for Certificated Notes and (v) the Registrar shall reduce accordingly the
holdings of Cede & Co. on the Register. The Registrar shall have at least 30 days from the date of its receipt of Certificated Notes and registration information to authenticate
and deliver such Certificated Notes. Such Certificated Notes shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as DTC, pursuant to instructions from direct or indirect participants, shall
direct and shall be delivered as directed by the persons in whose names such Certificated Notes are to be registered. All Notes represented by Certificated Notes issued upon any such issuance in
exchange for the Notes represented by the Global Notes shall be a valid obligation of the Issuer, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Global Notes and shall be so
exchanged without charge to DTC or the transferee. 

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        (4)   The
Issuer expressly acknowledges that if Certificated Notes are not promptly issued to the owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note in accordance with this
Section 5, then an owner of a beneficial interest will be entitled to pursue any remedy under this Agreement, the Global Note or applicable law with respect to the portion of the Global Note
representing that owner's interest in the Global Note as if Certificated Notes had been issued. 

        (5)   Unless
the Global Notes are presented by an authorized representative of DTC to the Issuer, the Registrar or their respective agents for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any replacement Global Notes are registered in the name of a nominee of DTC and any payment is made to such nominee, any transfer, pledge or other use of the Global Notes for
value or otherwise shall be wrongful since the registered holders of the Global Notes have an interest in the Notes evidenced by the Global Notes. The Issuer undertakes to maintain a paying agent that
will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the European Council Directive 2003/48/2 or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to,
such Directive. 

6.     Paying Agents and Transfer Agents  

        The Registrar shall act as the principal paying agent and transfer agent for the Issuer in connection with the Notes. The Issuer hereby appoints Deutsche Bank AG,
London Branch, as the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent and may appoint any additional paying agents or transfer agents or terminate the appointment of any paying agents or transfer agents
except that if and for so long as the Notes are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange and the rules of the
London Stock Exchange so require, the Issuer will maintain a paying agent and transfer agent in London. 

7.     Payments by the Issuer to the Registrar  

        (1)   The
Issuer agrees to provide to the Registrar by 10:00 a.m., New York time, on each date on which a payment of principal or interest (and any
Additional Amounts) in respect of the Notes is due (each a "Payment Date") pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Notes such amount as is required to be paid on such date in immediately available
funds in U.S. dollars to an account in New York designated by the Registrar. 

        (2)   All
monies paid to the Registrar pursuant to and for the payment of the amounts referred to in this Section 7 shall be received and held by the Registrar as agent
for the Issuer and shall be applied to the payment of the appropriate U.S. dollar amounts at the time and in the manner provided in this Agreement and the Notes. 

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        (3)   The
Issuer hereby authorizes the Registrar from funds so provided to it to make or cause to be made payment of the principal or interest (and any Additional
Amounts) on the Notes. The Registrar shall, to the extent permitted by law, return to the Issuer any funds transferred to it for payments with respect to the Notes that are not so paid by the
Registrar at the expiration of three years after the due date for payment thereof; thereafter, the holders of Notes shall look only to the Issuer for any payment of such funds. 

8.     Payment of Notes  

        (1)   The
Issuer shall have the right to require a holder of a Note, as a condition of payment of the principal of, or interest (and any Additional Amounts) on a Note,
to deliver to the Registrar a certificate in such form as the Issuer may from time to time prescribe in order to enable the Issuer to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to
(i) any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which the Issuer, the Registrar or the paying agent may be required to deduct or withhold from payments in respect of such Note under any
present or future law of Canada or Québec or any regulation thereunder and (ii) any reporting or other requirements under such law or regulation. The Issuer shall be entitled to
determine its duties and liabilities with respect to such deduction, withholding, reporting or other requirements on the basis of information contained in such certificate or, if no certificate shall
be presented, on the basis of any presumption created by any such law or regulation and shall be entitled to act in accordance with such determination. 

        (2)   Subject
to applicable law and the terms hereof, the Issuer, the Registrar and any other agent of the Issuer or the Registrar shall deem and treat the person whose name
appears in the Register as the registered holder of a Note as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes whatsoever notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and any payment in U.S. dollars
of or on account of the principal of, and interest, and any Additional Amounts on such Note shall be made only to or to the order in writing of such holder, and such payment shall be valid and shall
discharge the liability of the Issuer or the Registrar and any other agent of the Issuer or the Registrar on such Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. 

        (3)   The
registered holder of any Note shall be entitled to the payments of principal of, and interest, and any Additional Amounts on such Note, free from all rights of
set-off or counterclaim between the Issuer and the original or any intermediate holder thereof and all persons may act accordingly and a transferee of a Note shall, after the appropriate
form of transfer is lodged with the Registrar or other agent of the Issuer or the Registrar for the purpose and upon compliance with all other conditions relating thereto required by this Agreement or
by any conditions contained in such Note or by law, be entitled to be entered on the Register as the owner of such Note free from all rights of set-off or counterclaim between the Issuer
and his transferor or any previous holder thereof, save in respect to rights of which the Issuer is required to take notice by statute or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. Delivery to the
Issuer by a Noteholder of a Note or the receipt by such holder of the principal, interest and any Additional Amounts in respect of such Note shall be a valid discharge to the Issuer, which shall not
be bound to inquire into the title of such holder, save as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by statute. 

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        (4)   Where
a Note is registered in more than one name, the principal and interest and any Additional Amounts from time to time payable in respect thereof shall be paid to or
to the order of all the joint holders thereof, failing written instructions to the contrary from all such joint holders, and such payment shall be a valid discharge to the Issuer, the Registrar and
any other agent of the Issuer or the Registrar. 

        (5)   In
the case of the death of one or more joint holders, the principal of, and interest, and any Additional Amounts on any Notes registered in their names may,
notwithstanding subsection (2) of this Section 8, be paid to the survivor or survivors of such holders whose receipt therefor shall constitute a valid discharge to the Issuer, the
Registrar and any other agent of the Issuer or the Registrar. 

9.     Cancellation of Notes  

        All Certificated Notes that are presented for transfer pursuant to Section 4(1), all Notes that are presented for replacement, exchange or registration of
transfer pursuant to Section 5 or repaid on maturity or redeemed or purchased shall, upon such registration of transfer, replacement or exchange or upon payment being made, be cancelled
by the Registrar. The Registrar shall, as soon as reasonably possible after the date of any such registration of transfer, replacement, exchange, redemption, purchase or payment, furnish the Issuer
with a certificate or certificates stating: (i) the serial numbers and total number of Notes so transferred, replaced, exchanged, redeemed, purchased or repaid; and (ii) the amount, if
any, paid in respect of such Notes. Unless otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Registrar shall destroy the cancelled Notes in its possession in accordance with its customary procedure and provide
the Issuer with a destruction certificate duly signed by a representative of the Registrar. 

10.   Maturity, Redemption and Purchase  

        Unless previously redeemed for tax reasons as provided in the terms and conditions of the Notes, or purchased, the principal amount of the Notes shall be due and
payable on November 14, 2016. 

        In
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Notes, upon receipt of a notice of intention to redeem and the certificate contemplated in the provisions under "Maturity, Redemption
and Purchases" in the terms and conditions of the Notes, not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, the Registrar shall cause to be given on
behalf of the Issuer, in accordance with the provisions under "Notices" in the terms and conditions of the Notes, a notice of redemption stating: (i) the date fixed for redemption;
(ii) the redemption price and (iii) if applicable, the place or places of surrender of the Notes to be redeemed. 

        The
Issuer may, if not in default under the Notes, at any time purchase Notes in the open market, or by tender or by private contract at any price. 

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11.   Financial Documents  

        For so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer agrees to supply the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent with copies of
all documents required to be available by any stock exchange on which the Notes are for the time being listed, with copies of the latest statements of consolidated revenues and expenditures and annual
reports of the Issuer as soon as practicable after publication thereof for inspection by Noteholders at the principal office of the Registrar in New York and of the London Paying Agent and
London Transfer Agent in London. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the obligations of the Issuer under this Section 11 will terminate on such date as all amounts required to be paid to
the Registrar by the Issuer under this Agreement and all amounts required to be paid to the Noteholders by the Issuer under the Notes have been paid in full. Upon the written request of holders of
Notes, the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent, subject to their being provided with copies of the documents and reports referred to above, undertake to make such copies
available to holders of Notes at their principal office, in the case of the Registrar, in New York, and, in the case of the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent, in London during the
term of the Notes. 

12.   Fees  

        The Issuer shall pay to the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent such fees for their respective services hereunder as are agreed
separately by the Issuer and the Registrar and by the Issuer and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent. 

13.   Further Reports  

        The Registrar shall provide the Issuer upon written request such information regarding the financial servicing of the Notes expressed in such form as the Issuer
may reasonably require. The Registrar shall transmit to the Issuer promptly any notices or other communications addressed to the Issuer in connection with the Notes, including any notice of any legal
action or proceeding which may be brought against the Issuer and of which the Registrar has knowledge. 

14.   Meetings of Holders of Notes  

        (1)   The
Registrar shall, on receipt of a written request of the Issuer or a written request signed in one or more counterparts by the holders of not less than 10% of the
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and upon being indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Issuer or the holders of Notes signing such request against the costs which may be
incurred in connection with the calling and holding of such meeting, convene a meeting of the holders of Notes for any lawful purpose affecting their interests. If the Registrar fails to give notice
convening such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such request and indemnity, the Issuer or such holders of Notes, as the case may be, may convene such meeting. Every such meeting shall be
held in New York or such other place as may be approved or determined by the Registrar. 

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        (2)   At
least 21 days' notice of any meeting shall be given to the holders of the Global Notes or Certificated Notes, as the case may be, in the manner provided
pursuant to the provisions under "Notices" in the terms and conditions of the Notes, and a copy thereof shall be sent by post to the Registrar unless the meeting has been called by it, and to the
Issuer, unless the meeting has been called by the Issuer. Such notice shall state the day, time, place and purpose of the meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted thereat, and
shall include a statement to the effect that, prior to 48 hours prior to the time fixed for the meeting, (i) in the limited circumstances in which Certificated Notes have been issued,
those holders of Certificated Notes who deposit such Notes with the Registrar, or any other person authorized for such purpose by the Registrar or the Issuer or (ii) in the case of Notes being
represented by the Global Notes, those persons recorded in the Register shall be entitled to obtain voting certificates for appointing proxies, but it shall not be necessary for any such notice to set
out the terms of any resolution to be proposed at such meeting or any other provisions. 

        (3)   A
holder of Notes may appoint any person by instrument in writing as the holder's proxy in respect of a meeting of the holders of Notes or any adjournment of such
meeting, and such proxy shall have all rights of the holder of Notes in respect of such meeting. All notices of meetings to the holder of a Global Note shall contain a requirement that the Clearing
Systems must notify Clearing Systems participants and, if known, beneficial owners of Notes of the meeting in accordance with procedures established from time to time by the Clearing Systems. The
registered holders of Notes shall seek voting instructions on the matters to be raised at such meeting from the Clearing Systems participants or, if known, from the beneficial owners of Notes in
accordance with the applicable procedure of the Clearing Systems. For greater certainty, it is acknowledged that none of the Issuer, the Registrar, any clearing agency or any intermediary or
participant shall be required to comply with the time limits set out in the applicable procedure of the Clearing Systems but shall use all reasonable efforts to otherwise comply with such procedure
and attempt to provide non-registered holders of the Notes with meeting materials and voting rights as if such non-registered holders of Notes were registered holders thereof. 

        (4)   Some
person, who need not be a holder of Notes, nominated in writing by the Registrar shall be chairman of the meeting and if no person is so nominated or if the person
so nominated is not present within 15 minutes from the time fixed for the holding of the meeting, the holders of the Notes present in person or by proxy shall choose some person present to be
chairman, and, failing such choice, the Issuer may appoint a chairman. 

        (5)   At
a meeting of holders of Notes, a quorum shall consist of two or more holders of Notes present in person or by proxy who represent at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding. If a quorum of the holders of Notes shall not be present within one-half hour after the time fixed for holding any meeting, the
meeting, if convened by or at the request of holders of Notes, shall be dissolved, but if otherwise convened the meeting shall stand adjourned without notice to the same day in the next week (unless
such day is not a business day in the place where the meeting is to take place in which case it shall stand adjourned until the next such business day following thereafter) at the same time and place
unless the chairman shall appoint some other place, day or time of which not less than seven days' notice shall be given in the manner provided above. At any adjourned meeting called by the Issuer or
the Registrar, two or more holders of Notes present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum and may transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened notwithstanding that
they may not represent at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. 

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        (6)   The
chairman of any meeting at which a quorum of the holders of Notes is present may, with the consent of the holder(s) of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes represented thereat, adjourn any such meeting and no notice of such adjournment need be given except such notice, if any, as the meeting may prescribe. 

        (7)   Every
motion or question submitted to a meeting shall be decided by Extraordinary Resolution (as hereinafter defined) and in the first place by the votes given on
a show of hands. At any such meeting, unless a poll is duly demanded as herein provided, a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular
majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive of the fact. On any question submitted to a meeting when ordered by the chairman or demanded by a show of hands by one or
more holders of Notes acting in person or by proxy and holding at least 2% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, a poll shall be taken in such manner as the chairman
shall direct. 

        (8)   In
a poll, each holder of Notes present in person or represented by a proxy duly appointed by an instrument in writing shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each
U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Notes then held by such holder. A proxy need not be a holder of Notes. In the case of Notes held jointly, any one of the joint holders present in person or by proxy may
vote in the absence of the other or others; but in case more than one of them is present in person or by proxy, only one of them may vote in respect of each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of Notes of
which they are joint holders. 

        (9)   The
Issuer and the Registrar by their respective officers, directors and representatives, and the legal advisors of the Issuer and the Registrar may attend any meeting
of the holders of Notes, but shall have no vote as such. 

        (10) Subject
to Section 16, in addition to all other powers conferred upon them by any other provision of this Agreement or by law, holders of Notes at a meeting
shall have the following powers, any one or combination of which may be exercised from time to time by Extraordinary Resolution: 

	(a)
	power
to confirm any modification or amendment of this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Notes proposed by the Issuer;

	(b)
	power
to direct or authorize the Registrar to exercise any power, right, remedy or authority given to it by this Agreement or the Notes in any manner specified in such Extraordinary
Resolution or to refrain from exercising any such power, right, remedy or authority; 

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	(c)
	power
to waive and direct the Registrar to waive any default on the part of the Issuer in complying with any provisions of this Agreement or the Notes or to waive and direct the
Registrar to waive future compliance with any provision or provisions of this Agreement or the Notes; and

	(d)
	power
to repeal, modify or amend any Extraordinary Resolution previously passed by the holders of Notes; 

provided,
however, that no such modification nor amendment to this Agreement or to the terms and conditions of the Notes or any other action taken may, without the consent of the holder of each such
Note affected thereby: (a) change the stated maturity or interest payment date(s) of any such Note; (b) reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any such Note;
(c) change the currency of payment of any such Note; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Note; (e) reduce the
percentage of the holders of Notes necessary to modify or amend this Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Notes or reduce the percentage of votes required for the taking of action or the
quorum required at any meeting of holders of Notes; or (f) reduce the percentage of outstanding Notes necessary to waive any future compliance or past default. 

        (11) All
actions that may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the holders of Notes at a meeting held as hereinbefore provided may also be taken and exercised by
the holders of not less than 662/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts, and the
expression "Extraordinary Resolution" when used in this Agreement shall include an instrument so signed. 

        (12) The
term "Extraordinary Resolution" means a resolution proposed to be passed at a meeting of holders of the Notes duly convened for the purpose and held in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 662/3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting
in person or by proxy or as an instrument in writing signed by the holders of not less than 662/3% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. 

        (13) Minutes
of all resolutions and proceedings at every meeting of holders of Notes held in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be made and entered in
books to be from time to time provided for that purpose by the Registrar at the expense of the Issuer and any such minutes, if signed by the chairman of the meeting at which such resolutions were
passed or proceedings taken, or by the chairman of the next succeeding meeting of the holders of Notes, shall be prima facie evidence of the matters
therein stated and, until the contrary is proved, every such meeting, in respect of the proceedings of which minutes shall have been made, shall be deemed to have been duly held and convened, and all
resolutions passed and proceedings taken thereat to have been duly passed and taken. 

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        (14) Every
Extraordinary Resolution passed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement at a meeting of holders of Notes shall be binding upon all the holders of
Notes, whether present at or absent from such meeting, and every instrument in writing signed by holders of Notes in accordance with Section 14(11) shall be binding upon all the holders of
Notes (whether or not a signatory). Subject to the provisions for its indemnity herein contained, the Registrar shall be bound to give effect accordingly to every such Extraordinary Resolution. 

        (15) The
Registrar, or the Issuer with the approval of the Registrar, may from time to time make and from time to time vary such regulations as it shall from time to time
deem fit: 

	(a)
	for
the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at such place as the Registrar, the Issuer or the holders of Notes convening a meeting, as the case may be, may in the notice
convening such meeting direct;

	(b)
	for
the deposit of instruments appointing proxies at some approved place or places other than the place at which the meeting is to be held and enabling particulars of such instruments
appointing proxies to be mailed, cabled or sent by any other means of recorded communication before the meeting to the Issuer or to the Registrar at the place where the same is to be held and for the
voting of proxies so deposited as though the instruments themselves were produced at the meeting. 

        Any
regulation so made shall be binding and effective and votes given in accordance therewith shall be valid and shall be counted. Save as such regulations may provide, the only persons
who shall be entitled to vote at a meeting of holders of Notes shall be the holders thereof or their duly appointed proxies. 

        (16) The
powers and any combination of the powers in this Agreement stated to be exercisable by the holders of Notes by Extraordinary Resolution may be exercised from time
to time and the exercise of any one or more of such powers or any combination of powers from time to time shall not be deemed to exhaust the right of the holders of Notes to exercise such power or
powers or combination of powers then or any power or powers or combination of powers thereafter from time to time. 

15.   Indemnities  

        (1)   The
Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and Transfer Agent against all claims, actions, demands, damages, costs and
losses arising out of or relating to the Registrar's duties as fiscal agent, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent for the Issuer and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent's
duties with respect to the Notes, except such as may result from the Registrar's or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent's, as applicable, gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith or that of its directors, officers, employees or representatives. 

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        (2)   This
Section 15 shall survive the payment in full of all obligations of the Notes, whether by redemption, repayment or otherwise. 

16.   Amendments  

        This Agreement and the Notes may be amended by the Issuer and the Registrar without notice to or the consent of the holders of Notes, for any one or more of the
following purposes: (i) curing any ambiguity; (ii) curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provisions contained herein or therein; (iii) effecting the issue of further
Notes of the Issuer pursuant to Section 19; or (iv) in any other manner in which the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Registrar, on the other hand, acting on the advice of independent
counsel, may deem necessary or desirable and which will not be inconsistent with this Agreement or the Notes and which in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Registrar, on
the other hand, will not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Notes. No amendment may be made to this Agreement which would in any way alter, amend or change the duties, responsibilities,
obligations of or the protections afforded to the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent from those set out in this Agreement as at the date of this Agreement without the prior written consent
of the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent. 

17.   The Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent  

        (1)   Subject
to Section 7(3), in acting under this Agreement and in connection with the Notes, the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent are
acting solely as agents of the Issuer and do not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust with any of the holders of Notes, except that all amounts received and held by the Registrar
or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent for payment in respect of the Notes shall be held in trust for the holders of the Notes in a separate account or accounts for payment to the
holders of Notes. 

        (2)   The
Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for action taken or not taken, or suffered to be
taken or not taken, with respect to all legal matters upon which it has received advice from counsel in good faith and in accordance with the opinions and advice of such counsel. 

        (3)   The
Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent and their respective officers, directors and employees may become the owners of, or acquire an
interest in, any Notes, with the same rights that they would have if the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent were not acting as agents hereunder, and may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Issuer, and may act on behalf of, or as a depository, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Notes or holders of other
obligations of the Issuer as freely as if the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent were not acting as agents hereunder. 

        (4)   The
Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, letter, telegram, telecopier or other paper or document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by or on behalf of
the proper party or parties and, in particular, may rely and shall be protected in acting on the basis of any such notice which is given in accordance with the provisions hereof. 

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18.   Resignation or Replacement of Registrar or London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent  

        (1)   The
Issuer agrees that there shall at all times be a registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent, principal paying agent and London paying agent and London transfer agent
hereunder until the earlier of (i) there being no Notes outstanding, or (ii) the Issuer having established to the satisfaction of the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London
Transfer Agent that the Issuer may avail itself of defenses under all relevant laws for the prescription of actions in respect of any outstanding Notes. 

        (2)   The
Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent may resign at any time by sending at least thirty days' written notice by registered mail to the
Issuer. Upon receipt of such notice, the Issuer shall appoint another financial institution or institutions as successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or successor
London paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, under this Agreement. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Issuer may terminate the appointment of the Registrar as registrar, fiscal
agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent and appoint another financial institution or institutions as successor registrar, fiscal agent,
transfer agent and principal paying agent or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent under this Agreement provided that it give the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London
Transfer Agent, as applicable, not less than thirty days' written notice of termination. Neither the resignation nor the termination of the appointment of the Registrar as registrar, fiscal agent,
transfer agent and principal paying agent or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent shall take effect until the appointment of the successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and
principal paying agent or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, becomes effective. On the effective date of the resignation of the Registrar or the London Paying
Agent and London Transfer Agent or of the termination of its appointment as registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or London paying agent and London transfer agent, as
applicable, the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent shall deliver to the successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or successor London
paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, all funds of the Issuer then held by it and the Issuer shall pay to the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent all
amounts owed by the Issuer to the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement up to the said effective date. 

        (3)   If
the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
or makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or consents to the appointment of a receiver or custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in writing of its
inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a receiver or custodian of it or of all or any substantial part of its property shall be appointed or if any public officer shall have taken
charge or control of it or of its property or affairs, for the purposes of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent
or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, shall be appointed by the Issuer. Upon such an appointment of a successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and
principal paying agent or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent, the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent shall cease to be a registrar, fiscal agent,
transfer agent and principal paying agent or London paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, hereunder whether or not notice of such termination shall have been given. If no successor
registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent, as applicable, shall have been appointed by the Issuer, any holder of a
Note, on behalf of itself and all other holders of Notes, or the Registrar or the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent, as applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent or successor London paying agent and London transfer agent. 

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        (4)   Any
appointment by the Issuer of a paying agent or transfer agent under this Section 18 shall be subject to Section 6 hereof. 

19.   Further Issues  

        The Issuer may from time to time, without the consent of the holders of the Notes, create and issue further notes ranking equally with the Notes in all respects
(or in all respects save for the first payment of interest thereon) and such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the Notes. Any further notes forming a
single series with the outstanding Notes shall be issued with the benefit of and subject to an agreement supplemental to this Agreement. 

20.   General  

        (1)   Any
notice pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been duly given upon the dispatch of such notice by registered mail or telecopier (to be confirmed
in writing by registered mail), addressed to the Issuer, to the Registrar or to the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent as follows: 

	Issuer	 	Address:	 	Ministère des Finances

8, rue Cook, Québec, Québec

Canada G1R 0A4
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier No:

Telephone No:	 	Direction des services post-marchés

(418) 528-9704

(418) 528-1224

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	Registrar	 	Address:	 	Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

MS: NYC60-2710

New York, New York 10005
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier No:	 	Trust and Securities Services

(212) 797-8622
	 	 	copy to:	 	 
	 	 	Address:	 	Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

for Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

25 DeForest Avenue

MS: SUM01-0105

Summit, New Jersey 07901
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier No:

Telephone No:	 	Trust and Securities Services

(732) 578-4636

(908) 608-3162
	
London Paying

Agent and

London Transfer

Agent	
 	

Address:	
 	

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB
	 	 	Attention:

Telecopier No:

Telephone No:	 	Trust & Securities Services

+44 (0) 207 547 6149

+44 (0) 207 547 0308

or
to any other address or number of which either of the parties shall have notified the other in writing in accordance with this provision. 

        (2)   This
Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Québec and the laws of Canada applicable therein. 

        (3)   This
Agreement shall extend to and enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Issuer, the Registrar and the London Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent and their
respective successors and assigns. 

        (4)   This
Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, and each such counterpart, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original. Such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same agreement. 

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	 	 	QUÉBEC
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  MICHEL ROBITAILLE      
 Name: Michel Robitaille

Title: Delegate General of

Québec in New York
	
 	
 	
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  ANNIE JAGHATSPANYAN      
 Authorized Signatory
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  WANDA CAMACHO      
 Authorized Signatory
	
 	
 	
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON BRANCH
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  KEVIN MARTIN      
 Authorized Signatory
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  CLIVE RAKESTROW      
 Authorized Signatory

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SCHEDULE A

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE  

        Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to
Québec or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein. 

Note No.

CUSIP 748148 RS 4

QUÉBEC

5.125% Global Notes Series QE due November 14, 2016  

        This global note, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC (the "Global Note"), is a permanent global note in respect of the
duly authorized issue of securities referred to above (the "Notes") of Québec, and which is issued pursuant to a Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2006,
among Québec, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, as registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent (the "Registrar" which term includes
any successor registrar, fiscal agent, transfer agent and principal paying agent under the Fiscal Agency Agreement) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as London Paying Agent and London Transfer
Agent, as such agreement may be supplemented or amended, as the case may be (the "Fiscal Agency Agreement"). This Global Note also represents any further notes which Québec may
issue, from time to time, pursuant to Section 19 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement. In the event such further notes are issued, the word "Note" as defined above shall be deemed to also refer to
such further notes. 

        This
Global Note and all the rights of the holder hereof are expressly subject to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, and this Global Note and the Fiscal Agency Agreement constitute a contract
to all of the terms and conditions of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents, is bound by and is deemed to have notice. All defined terms unless defined herein have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Fiscal Agency Agreement. Copies of the Fiscal Agency Agreement are available for inspection and may be obtained free of charge at the principal office of the Registrar and the London
Paying Agent and London Transfer Agent. 

        This
is a fully registered Global Note without coupons attached. In certain limited circumstances, as described in Section 5 of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, it is exchangeable in
whole or in part, at the office of the Registrar, for Certificated Notes. 

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Québec hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns in the manner
hereinafter mentioned on November 14, 2016 (or on such earlier date as the Principal Amount (as hereinafter defined) may become payable in accordance with the terms hereof) the
principal sum set forth in Schedule I hereto from time to time (the "Principal Amount") in lawful money of the United States of America, on presentation and surrender of
this Global Note, and to pay interest in arrears on the said Principal Amount at the rate of 5.125% per annum, from November 14, 2006, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, in two equal semi-annual installments on May 14 and November 14 in each year (each an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing on
May 14, 2007, until the Principal Amount is paid in full or duly made available for payment, in each case together with such further sum, if any, as may be payable by way of Additional Amounts
in accordance with the provisions set forth herein, and should Québec at any time default in the payment of any of the Principal Amount or interest on this Global Note or any Additional
Amounts, to pay interest on the amount in default (before as well as after judgment) at the same rate, in like money, on the same dates. References herein to principal and interest in respect of this
Global Note or the Notes shall be deemed also to refer to any Additional Amounts which may be payable concurrently therewith, unless the context otherwise requires. Interest will cease to accrue on
this Global Note on November 14, 2016 (or on such earlier date as the Principal Amount may become payable in accordance with the terms hereof) unless, upon due presentation of this
Global Note, payment of the Principal Amount or Additional Amounts, if any, is improperly withheld or refused. 

        This
Global Note shall not become valid and obligatory for any purpose unless and until this Global Note has been authenticated by the Registrar or its authorized representative. 

 
 

SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS    
    

        The following constitutes a summary of the terms and conditions of this Global Note and the Notes and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed terms and
conditions contained in Schedule B to the Fiscal Agency Agreement 

Form, Denomination and Registration  

        The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global notes and all Notes will be recorded in a register held by a Registrar all as more
fully set forth in the Fiscal Agency Agreement which also contains detailed provisions concerning transfers of Notes. 

        This
Global Note is registered in the name of a nominee of DTC. This Global Note is exchangeable for Notes registered in the name of a person other than DTC or its nominee only in the
limited circumstances hereinafter described. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Certificated Notes, this Global Note may not be transferred except as a
whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC or by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor. 

 

        Québec
will issue or cause to be issued Certificated Notes upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, Notes represented by the Global Notes (i) if DTC
notifies Québec that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository in connection with the Global Notes or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when it is required to be so registered and a successor depository is not appointed by Québec within 90 days after
receiving such notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered; (ii) if Québec, in its sole discretion at any time, determines not to have any of the Notes
represented by the Global Notes; or (iii) upon request by DTC to the Registrar, acting on direct or indirect instructions of a holder or any beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note,
after an event of default entitling the holder to accelerate the stated maturity of the Global Note has occurred and is continuing, or, if DTC does not promptly make that request, then any beneficial
owner of an interest in such Global Note shall be entitled to make such request with respect to such interest. 

        Québec
expressly acknowledges that if Certificated Notes are not promptly issued to the owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note as described above, then an owner
of a beneficial interest will be entitled to pursue any remedy under the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Global Note or applicable law with respect to the portion of the Global Note representing that
owner's interest in the Global Note as if Certificated Notes had been issued. 

Interest  

        Whenever it is necessary to compute any amount of interest in respect of the Notes, other than with respect to regular semi-annual payments, such
interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The rate of interest specified in the Notes is a nominal rate and all interest
payments and computations are to be made without allowances or deductions for deemed reinvestment. 

        For
purposes of disclosure pursuant to the Interest Act (Canada), the rate of interest payable on any basis other than a full calendar year may be determined by multiplying the
applicable annual interest rate by a fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days in the period for which interest is payable and the denominator of which is 365 days or
366 days, as the case may be. 

Payments  

        Principal of and interest on the Notes and Additional Amounts, if any, are payable by Québec in lawful money of the United States of America
("US dollars") to the person registered on the relevant record date in the register held by the Registrar. With respect to Notes held by Cede & Co. for DTC participants, Euroclear
and Clearstream, Luxembourg, payment will be made to beneficial owners in accordance with customary procedures established from time to time by DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. 

        If
any date for payment to the registered holder hereof is not a Business Day in the applicable place of payment, such registered holder shall not be entitled to payment until the next
following Business Day, and no further interest shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment. In this paragraph, "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in The City of
New York and in any other applicable place of payment are not authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. 

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Payment of Additional Amounts  

        The principal of and interest on the Notes will be paid to any holder, who as to Canada or any province, political subdivision or taxing authority therein or
thereof is a non-resident, without deduction for or on account of any present taxes or duties of whatsoever nature, imposed or levied by or within Canada, or any province, political
subdivision or taxing authority therein or thereof. If as a result of any change in, or amendment to, or in the official application of, the laws of Canada or the regulations of any taxing authority
therein or thereof or any change in, or in the official application of, or execution of, or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which Canada is a party, Québec
shall be required to withhold any taxes or duties from any payments due under the Notes, Québec will pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") as may be necessary in
order that every net payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes to any such holder will be not less than the amount provided for in the Notes. Québec shall not, however, be
obliged to pay such Additional Amounts on account of any such taxes or duties to which any holder is subject otherwise than by reason of his ownership of Notes or the receipt of income therefrom or
which become payable as a result of any Note being presented for payment on a date more than ten days after the date on which the same becomes due and payable, or the date on which payment thereof is
duly provided for, whichever is later. In addition, Québec also shall not be obliged to pay any Additional Amounts where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a payment to an
individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Union Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive or presented for
payment by or on behalf of a holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another paying agent in a Member State of the
European Union. 

Redemption and Purchases  

        If as a result of any change in, or amendment to, or in the official application of, the laws of Canada or the regulations of any taxing authority therein or
thereof (other than Québec) or any change in, or in the official application of, or execution of, or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which Canada is a party,
which change or amendment shall have become effective after November 7, 2006, it is determined by Québec that it would be required at, or at any time prior to, maturity of the
Notes to pay Additional Amounts as hereinabove described, the Notes may be redeemed in whole but not in part at the option of Québec on not less than 30 days' nor more than
45 days' published notice in accordance with the provisions set forth below under "Notices", at the Principal Amount thereof together with accrued interest. 

        Québec
may at any time purchase Notes in any manner and at any price. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must be available to all Noteholders alike. 

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Status of the Notes  

        The Notes will be direct, unsecured and unconditional obligations of Québec for the payment and performance of which the full faith and credit of
Québec will be pledged and will not be secured. The Notes will rank equally among themselves and with all notes, debentures or other similar debt securities issued by
Québec and outstanding at the date of the issue of the Notes or issued in the future. 

Events of Default  

        In the event that (a) Québec shall default in the payment of the principal of, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes, as the
same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 45 days or (b) default shall be made in the due performance or observance by Québec of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Notes, other than the payment of principal, interest or Additional Amounts, or the Fiscal Agency Agreement and such default shall continue for a period of
60 days or (c) Québec shall default in the payment of any principal of, interest or additional amounts, if any, on any indebtedness (direct or under a guarantee) for
borrowed money, other than the Notes, as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 45 days, provided that the foregoing shall not be taken into
account so long as the aggregate principal amount of all such indebtedness (direct or under a guarantee) for borrowed money with respect to which the foregoing has occurred does not exceed
U.S.$50,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies), then at any time thereafter and during continuance of such default the registered holder of any Note (or its proxy) may deliver
or cause to be delivered to Québec a written notice that such registered holder elects to declare the principal amount of the Notes held by him (the serial number or numbers of
the note or notes representing such Notes and the principal amount of the Notes owned by him and the subject of such declaration being set forth in such notice) to be due and payable and, in the cases
falling within either (a) or (c) above, on the 15th day after delivery of such notice, or, in the cases falling within (b) above, on the 30th day after delivery of
such notice, the principal of the Notes referred to in such notice plus accrued interest thereon shall become due and payable, unless prior to that time all such defaults theretofore existing shall
have been cured. 

Notices  

        All notices to the holders of Global Notes will be given in writing mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such holder at each such holder's address as it
appears in the register held by the Registrar. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such mailing. 

        However,
when Certificated Notes are outstanding, all notices to the holders of Notes will be published in English in London, England in the Financial
Times (if and for so long as the Notes are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange
and the rules of the London Stock Exchange so require), in New York, New York in The Wall Street Journal and in Toronto, Ontario in  The Globe &
Mail and in French in Montréal, Québec in La Presse. If
at any time publication in any such newspaper is not practicable, notices will be valid if published in an English language newspaper, or, if in Québec, a French language newspaper,
with general circulation in the respective market regions as Québec, with the approval of the Registrar, shall determine. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of such publication or, if published more than once or on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made. 

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Prescription  

        Under current Québec law, this Global Note will become void unless presented for payment of principal or interest within three years of the due
date for payment. 

Modification  

        The Fiscal Agency Agreement contains provisions with respect to modifying or amending said Agreement and the Notes either without notice to or the consent of the
holder of any Note or by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement) of the holders of Notes and with respect to convening meetings of registered holders of Notes for
such purposes. 

Governing Law  

        The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of Québec and the laws of Canada
applicable therein. 

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        Québec
irrevocably consents to the fullest extent permitted by law to the giving of any relief (including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or execution against
any property of any order or judgment) made or given in connection with any proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes. 

Executed in New York on behalf of Québec as of November 14, 2006.  

Authenticated
by: 

	
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS

(as Registrar)	
 	
QUÉBEC
	
  Authentication Date: November 14, 2006	
 	

 	

 
	
 By:	

 Authorized Officer	
 	

By:	

 Authorized Representative

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SCHEDULE TO THE GLOBAL NOTE
  
    NO.
  
    QUÉBEC
  
    5.125% Global Notes Series QE due November 14, 2016    
    

	Initial

Principal Amount
	 	Additional

Principal Amount
	 	Aggregate

Principal Amount
	 	Authorization

	US$	 	US$	 	 	US$	 	 	 
	 	 	US$	 	 	US$	 	 	 
	 	 	US$	 	 	US$	 	 	 

 
 

SCHEDULE B
  
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES    
    

Status of the Notes  

        The Notes will be direct and unconditional obligations of Québec for the payment and performance of which the full faith and credit of
Québec will be pledged and will not be secured. The Notes will rank equally among themselves and with all notes, debentures or other similar securities issued by Québec
and outstanding at the date hereof or in the future. 

Form, Denomination and Registration  

        The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global notes (the "Global Notes") registered in the name of Cede & Co.,
as nominee of The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and held by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as custodian for DTC. Beneficial interests in the Notes will be represented through
book-entry accounts of financial institutions acting on behalf of beneficial owners as direct and indirect participants of DTC, the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") or Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme ("Clearstream, Luxembourg" and, collectively, the "clearing systems"). The clearing systems will be responsible for establishing and maintaining
book-entry accounts for their participants having interests in the Notes. Beneficial owners of Notes will not, except in limited circumstances described herein, be entitled to receive
Notes represented by physical certificates or to have Notes registered in their names, and will not be considered holders thereof under the Fiscal Agency Agreement. See "Certificated Notes". Subject
to applicable law and the terms of the Fiscal Agency Agreement, Québec and the Registrar shall deem and treat registered holders of the Notes as the absolute owners thereof for all
purposes whatsoever notwithstanding any notice to the contrary; and all payments to, or on the order of, the registered holders shall be valid and shall discharge the liability of
Québec and the Registrar on the Notes to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. 

        The
Notes will only be sold in denominations of U.S.$1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. 

        The
Registrar will be responsible for (i) maintaining a record of the aggregate holdings of Notes, (ii) ensuring that payments of principal and interest in respect of the
Notes received by the Registrar from Québec are duly credited to DTC; and (iii) transmitting to Québec any notices from beneficial owners of Notes. The Registrar
will not impose any fees in respect
of the Notes, other than reasonable fees for the replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Notes. However, beneficial owners of Notes may incur fees payable in respect of the maintenance and
operation of the book-entry accounts in which such Notes are held with the clearing systems. 

 

Interest  

        The Notes will bear interest from November 14, 2006 at a rate of 5.125% per annum, payable in two equal semi-annual installments, in arrears on
May 14 and November 14. Interest on the Notes will cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption or repayment unless, upon due presentation of the Notes, payment of principal is
improperly withheld or refused. 

        Whenever
it is necessary to compute any amount of interest in respect of the Notes, other than with respect to regular semi-annual payments, such interest shall be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The rate of interest specified in the Notes is a nominal rate and all interest payments and computations are
to be made without allowances or deductions for deemed reinvestment. 

Payments  

        Principal of, and interest and Additional Amounts (as defined below under "Payment of Additional Amounts"), if any, on, the Notes are payable by
Québec in U.S. dollars to the person registered at the close of business on the relevant record date in the register held by the Registrar. With respect to Notes held by
Cede & Co. for DTC participants, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg, payment will be made to beneficial owners in accordance with customary procedures established from time to time by
DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. The Registrar will act as Québec's principal paying agent for the Notes pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

        If
any date for payment in respect of any Note is not a Business Day in the applicable place of payment, the holder thereof shall not be entitled to payment until the next following
Business Day, and no further interest shall be paid in respect of the delay in such payment. In this paragraph, "Business Day" means a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
and in any other applicable place of payment are not authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. 

Record Date  

        The record date for purposes of payments of principal and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes will be as of 5:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the fourteenth calendar day preceding the maturity date or any interest payment date, as applicable. Ownership positions within each clearing system will be determined in accordance with
the normal conventions observed by such system. 

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Payment of Additional Amounts  

        The principal of, and interest on, the Notes will be paid to any holder, who as to Canada or any province, political subdivision or taxing authority therein or
thereof is a non-resident, without deduction for or on account of any present taxes or duties of whatsoever nature, imposed or levied by or within Canada, or any province, political
subdivision or taxing authority therein or thereof. If as a result of any change in, or amendment to, or in the official application of, the laws of Canada or the regulations of any taxing authority
therein or thereof or any change in, or in the official application of, or execution of, or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which Canada is a party, Québec
shall be required to withhold any taxes or duties from any payments due respectively under the Notes, Québec will pay such additional amounts (the "Additional Amounts") as may be
necessary in order that every net payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Notes to any such holder will be not less than the amount provided for in the Notes. Québec shall
not, however, be obliged to pay such Additional Amounts on account of any such taxes or duties to which any holder is subject otherwise than by reason of his ownership of Notes or the receipt of
income therefrom or which become payable as a result of any Note being presented for payment on a date more than ten days after the date on which the same becomes due and payable, or the date on which
payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later. In addition, Québec also shall not be obliged to pay any Additional Amounts where such withholding or deduction is imposed on a
payment to an individual and is required to be made pursuant to European Union Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive or
presented for payment by or on behalf of a holder who would have been able to avoid such withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another paying agent in a Member State of the
European Union. 

Maturity, Redemption and Purchases  

        Unless previously redeemed for tax reasons as provided below, or purchased, the principal amount of the Notes shall be due and payable on
November 14, 2016. 

        If
as a result of any change in, or amendment to, or in the official application of, the laws of Canada or the regulations of any taxing authority therein or thereof (other than
Québec) or any change in, or in the official application of, or execution of, or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which Canada is a party, which change or
amendment shall have become effective after November 7, 2006, it is determined by Québec that it would be required at, or at any time prior to, maturity of the Notes to pay
Additional Amounts as described under "Payment of Additional Amounts", the Notes may be redeemed in whole but not in part at the option of Québec on not less than 30 days' nor
more than 45 days' published notice in accordance with "Notices" below, at the principal amount thereof together with accrued interest. 

        Québec
may, if not in default under the Notes, purchase Notes at any time, in any manner and at any price. If purchases are made by tender, tenders must be available to
all holders of Notes alike. 

Transfers  

        Transfers between participants within Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg, and between Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg participants, will be effected in
accordance with procedures established for this purpose from time to time by Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg. Notes may be transferred between DTC participants in accordance with procedures
established for this purpose from time to time by DTC. 

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Certificated Notes  

        Québec will issue or cause to be issued Notes represented by fully registered physical certificates ("Certificated Notes") upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, Notes represented by the Global Notes (i) if DTC notifies Québec that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository in connection with the
Global Notes or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, at a time when it is required to be so registered and a successor
depository is not appointed by Québec within 90 days after receiving such notice or becoming aware that DTC is no longer so registered; (ii) if Québec, in
its sole discretion at any time, determines not to have any of the Notes represented by the Global Notes; or (iii) upon request by DTC to the Registrar, acting on direct or indirect
instructions of a holder or any beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, after an event of default entitling the holder to accelerate the stated maturity of the Global Note has occurred and
is continuing, or, if DTC does not promptly make that request, then any beneficial owner of an interest in such Global Note shall be entitled to make such request with respect to such interest. The
Issuer shall bear the costs and expenses of printing or preparing any Certificated Notes. 

        Upon
any such issuance pursuant to the preceding paragraph of Certificated Notes in exchange for all the Notes represented by the Global Notes, (i) Québec shall
promptly make available to the Registrar a reasonable supply of Certificated Notes, (ii) DTC shall cause the Global Notes to be delivered to the Registrar and provide the Registrar with the
necessary registration information for such Certificated Notes, (iii) the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Certificated Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Notes to be exchanged for such Certificated Notes, (iv) the Registrar shall cancel the Global Notes and, in the case of a partial exchange, issue and deliver to
or to the order of DTC new Global Notes equal to the unexchanged portion of any such Global Notes partially exchanged for Certificated Notes and (v) the Registrar shall reduce accordingly the
holdings of Cede & Co. on the register held by the Registrar. The Registrar shall have at least 30 days from the date of its receipt of Certificated Notes and registration
information to authenticate and deliver such Certificated Notes. Such Certificated Notes shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as DTC, pursuant to instructions from direct or
indirect participants, shall direct and shall be delivered as directed by the persons in whose names such Certificated Notes are to be registered. All Notes represented by Certificated Notes issued
upon any such issuance in exchange for the Notes represented by the Global Notes shall be a valid obligation of the Issuer, shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Global
Notes and shall be so exchanged without charge to DTC or the transferee. 

        Québec
expressly acknowledges that if Certificated Notes are not promptly issued to the owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note as described above, then an owner
of a beneficial interest will be entitled to pursue any remedy under the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the Global Note or applicable law with respect to the portion of the Global Note representing that
owner's interest in the Global Note as if Certificated Notes had been issued. 

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        Notes
represented by such Certificated Notes are issued and if and for so long as the Notes are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated
market of the London Stock Exchange, and the rules of the London Stock Exchange so require, Québec will appoint and maintain a paying agent and transfer agent in London.
Québec will also ensure that, to the extent possible, it maintains a paying agent in a Member State of the European Union that is not obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to
European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other law
implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive. A publication will be made in accordance with "Notices" below describing how payments on Certificated Notes will
be made. 

Modification  

        The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes may be amended by Québec and the Registrar without notice to, or the consent of, the holder of any Note,
for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, (ii) curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provisions contained therein, or (iii) effecting the issue of further notes as
described below under "Further Issue", or in any other manner which Québec and the Registrar acting on the advice of counsel may deem necessary or desirable and which will not be
inconsistent with the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the Notes and which, in the reasonable opinion of Québec and the Registrar, will not adversely affect the interests of the holders
of Notes. 

        The
Fiscal Agency Agreement will contain provisions for convening meetings of registered holders of Notes to modify or amend by Extraordinary Resolution (as defined below), the
Fiscal Agency Agreement (except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph) and the Notes (including the terms and conditions thereof) or waive future compliance therewith or past default
thereon by Québec. An Extraordinary Resolution duly passed at any such meeting shall be binding on all holders of Notes, whether present or not; provided, however, that no such
modification or amendment to the Fiscal Agency Agreement or to the terms and conditions of the Notes may, without the consent of the holder of each such Note affected thereby: (a) change the
stated maturity or interest payment date(s) of any such Note; (b) reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any such Note; (c) change the currency of payment of any such
Note; (d) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Note; (e) reduce the percentage of the holders of Notes necessary to modify or
amend the Fiscal Agency Agreement or the terms and conditions of the Notes or reduce the percentage of votes required for the taking of action or the quorum required at any meeting of holders of
Notes; or (f) reduce the percentage of outstanding Notes necessary to waive any future compliance or past default. 

        The
term "Extraordinary Resolution" is defined in the Fiscal Agency Agreement as a resolution passed at a meeting of holders of Notes by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less
than 662/3% of the principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting in person or by proxy or as an instrument in writing signed by the holders of not less than 662/3%
in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Extraordinary Resolution will be two or more persons holding or representing at least a majority in
principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, or at any adjourned meeting called by Québec or the Registrar, two or more persons being or representing holders of Notes whatever
the principal amount of the Notes so held or represented. 

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Governing Law  

        The Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of Québec and the laws of Canada
applicable therein. 

        Québec
will irrevocably consent to the fullest extent permitted by law to the giving of any relief (including, without limitation, the making, enforcement or execution
against any property of any order or judgment) made or given in connection with any proceedings arising out of, or in connection with, the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes. 

Events of Default  

        In the event that (a) Québec shall default in the payment of the principal of, interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes, as the
same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 45 days or (b) default shall be made in the due performance or observance by Québec of
any covenant or agreement contained in the Notes, other than the payment of principal, interest or Additional Amounts, or the Fiscal Agency Agreement and such default shall continue for a period of
60 days or (c) Québec shall default in the payment of any principal of, interest or additional amounts, if any, on, any indebtedness (direct or under a guarantee) for
borrowed money, other than the Notes, as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue for a period of 45 days, provided that the foregoing shall not be taken into
account so long as the aggregate principal amount of all such indebtedness (direct or under a guarantee) for borrowed money with respect to which the foregoing has occurred does not exceed
U.S.$50,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies), then at any time thereafter and during continuance of such default the registered holder of any Note (or its proxy) may deliver
or cause to be delivered to Québec at Ministère des Finances, c/o Direction des services post-marchés, 8, rue Cook, Québec,
Québec, Canada G1R 0A4, a written notice that such registered holder elects to declare the principal amount of the Notes held by him (the serial number or numbers of the
note or notes representing such Notes and the principal amount of the Notes owned by him and the subject of such declaration being set forth in such notice) to be due and payable and, in the cases
falling within either (a) or (c) above, on the 15th day after delivery of such notice, or, in the cases falling within (b) above, on the 30th day after delivery of
such notice, the principal of the Notes referred to in such notice plus accrued interest thereon shall become due and payable, unless prior to that time all such defaults theretofore existing shall
have been cured. 

Notices  

        All notices to the holders of Global Notes will be given in writing mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such holder at each such holder's address as it
appears in the register held by the Registrar. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such mailing. 

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        However,
when Certificated Notes are outstanding, all notices to the holders of Notes will be published in English in London, England in the Financial
Times (if and for so long as the Notes are admitted to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the regulated market of the London Stock Exchange
and the rules of the London Stock Exchange so require), in New York, New York in The Wall Street Journal and in Toronto, Ontario in  The Globe &
Mail and in French in Montréal, Québec in La Presse. If
at any time publication in any such newspaper is not practicable, notices will be valid if published in an English language newspaper, or, if in Québec, a French language newspaper,
with general circulation in the respective market regions as Québec, with the approval of the Registrar, shall determine. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date
of such publication or, if published more than once or on different dates, on the first date on which publication is made. 

Further Issue  

        Québec shall be at liberty from time to time without the consent of the holders of the Notes to create and issue further notes ranking equally in
all respects (or in all respects save for the first payment of interest thereon) and such further notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with the outstanding Notes. Any
further notes forming a single series with the outstanding Notes shall be issued with the benefit of, and subject to, an agreement supplemental to the Fiscal Agency Agreement. 

Prescription  

        Under current Québec law, each Note will become void unless presented for payment of principal or interest within three years of the due date
for payment. 

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SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

SCHEDULE TO THE GLOBAL NOTE

SCHEDULE B TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTESFiled by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - Hard Creek Nickel Corp. - Exhibit 4.1

EXHIBIT 4.1 

SURFACE DRILLING CONTRACT

THIS AGREEMENT made this 5 day of April 2006.

BETWEEN:

Hard Creek Nickel
Corp.
Suite 1060, 1090 W. Georgia St., 
Vancouver, B.C.
V6E 3V7

(Hereinafter referred to as “the
Client”)

OF THE FIRST PART

AND

D. J. DRILLING (2004)
LTD.
Box # 193 – 640 26310 Fraser Hwy 
Aldergrove BC. V4W 2Z7

(Hereinafter referred to as “the
Contractor”)

OF THE SECOND PART

WHEREAS the Client wishes to
have performed certain diamond drilling on their Turnagain River Project, in
Northern British Columbia, and whereas the Contractor, in consideration of
payments hereinafter contained, undertakes to do the said diamond drilling.

NOW THEREFORE IT IS WITNESSED

	1. 	Guaranteed Footage:
    
	  	  
		
      The Client guarantees a minimum 20,000 feet of diamond
      drilling in a series of holes to a maximum depth of 3,000 feet recovering
      BQ/NQ wire line core. It is agreed that no hole shall be flatter than 45
      degrees. 

	  	  
	2. 	Equipment and Start of
      Drilling 

	 	(a) 	
      The Contractor agrees to supply (1 or 2) skid mount
      Longyear #38 diamond core drills, and Prospecting Rig along with necessary
      associated equipment, bits and labor to commence work on or about May ,
      2006. At the rates listed under the Schedule of Rates and under the
      terms and conditions of this agreement

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	(b) 	
      The Contractor agrees that all it’s labor, diamond wear
      and loss and all other operating expenses, except as hereinafter provided,
      shall be at its own cost and for its own
account.

	3. 	
      Camp Facilities

	(a) 	
      The Contractor agrees to provide camp facilities or
      suitable lodging for the Contractors personnel and the Clients personnel.
      The Clients men to be at $100.00 per day per man.

	 	 
	(b) 	
      The cost of setting up and winterizing camp shall be as
      follows:

	 	 
		
      Opening and winterizing Boulder
      Camp        @ Labor Rate:$50.00 per man
      hour 
Setting up Turnagain
      Camp                           
       @ Labor Rate:$50.00 per man hour

	 	 
	(c) 	
      Level 3 First Aid attendant, required by chief
      inspector       @ Cost plus 10% 
Building
      of any additional
      accommodation                            
      @ Labor Rate 
Clients
      personnel                                                                        
      @ $100.00 per day 
Additional
      Labor                                                                         
      @ Labor Rate

	 	 
	(d) 	
      Cost of supplies, trailers, generators etc. to expand the
      camp facilities will be for the Client’s account at cost + 15 %

	 	 
	(e) 	
      Mobilizing camp supplies from the supplier to Dease Lake
      at cost.

	 	 
	(f) 	
      Dease Lake to Turnagain camp to be charged at the
      equipment hourly Rate.

	4. 	
      Schedule of Rates (all prices shown - per
      lineal foot)

	  	BQ 	NQ 
	0 – 500 feet 	$24.95 per foot 	$26.95 per foot 
	500 – 1000 feet 	$27.75 	$30.25 
	1000 to 1500 feet 	$31.00 	$34.00 
	1500 to 2000 feet 	$34.00 	$40.50 
	2000 to 2250 feet 	$38.00 	$43.00 
	2250 to 2500 feet 	$43.50 	$49.00 
	2500 to 2750 feet 	$51.50 	$59.00 
	2750 to 3000 feet 	$66.50 	$74.00 

	5. 	
      Overburden

	 	(a) 	
      Wherever overburden is encountered on a setup, it is
      agreed that the Contractor’s charge for penetrating such overburden per
      lineal foot shall be for the Client’s account at the rates listed
      below.

	  	BW 	NW 
	0 – 50 feet 	$35.00 per foot 	$38.00 per foot 
	50 feet & beyond 	The greater of footage or Hourly
      Rate. 

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	6. 	
      Hourly Rate

	 	(a) 	
      It is agreed that the Hourly Rate shall be interpreted
      here and hereinafter to be One hundred and sixty five ($165.00)
      dollars per hour, per drill outfit. It is also agreed that the
      Contractor shall include in the Hourly Rate the cost of supplying a
      regular two (2) man drill crew, supervision and maintenance as required,
      drilling machinery and associated equipment.

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      It is further agreed and understood that when the
      Contractor is working at the Hourly Rate, the cost of pipe or casing lost
      or left in the hole, diamond articles, and materials and supplies consumed
      in the work shall be for the Client’s account at cost plus
  15%.

	7. 	
      Labor Rate

	 	 
		
      It is agreed that if additional men are required when
      working at the Hourly Rate, or where work is being carried out at straight
      labor rate with no charge being made to the Client for the equipment, the
      cost of such labor shall be for the Client’s account at the rate of fifty
      ($50.00) dollars per man, per hour.

	 	 
	8. 	
      Work Schedule

	 	 
		
      The Contractor agrees to operate on a minimum two- (2)
      shift, twenty- (20) hour per day, seven- (7) day’s per week
  basis.

	 	 
	9. 	
      Caves, Cementing, Reaming, Wedging, Down-Hole
      Geophysics & Re-entering Holes:

	 	(a) 	
      If the Contractor and the Client’s Representative
      mutually agree that loose and caving material will prevent successful
      completion of a hole, the Contractor shall not be obligated to drill any
      specified depth.

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      In the event that it becomes necessary to ream through,
      case, or cement caving formations, this will be for the Client’s account
      at the Hourly Rate (Sec. 6).

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      Wedging to be performed at the Rate of $195.00 per hour.
      All materials consumed during the operation to be charged to the Clients
      account at cost plus 15%.

	 	 	 
	 	(d) 	
      Down Hole Geophysics will be performed at the rate of
      $195.00 per hour to be charged to the Client’s account.

	 	 	 
	 	(e) 	
      Re-entering of old Holes shall be for the Client’s
      account at the rate of $195.00 per hour.

	10. 	
      Pipe or Casing Left in Holes

	 	 
		
      Whatever pipe or casing is left in the hole at the
      Client’s request, the Client agrees to pay the Contractor for such pipe or
      casing at cost. The Client agrees to pay the Contractor the cost of the
      diamond set casing shoes, in addition to any casing left in the hole plus
      15%.

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	11. 	
      Mud Circulation

	 	 
		
      It is understood that the Contractor may employ drilling
      mud and shall have the right to determine the type of drilling mud to be
      employed. The cost of supplying mud and any other additives will be for
      the Client’s account at the rates listed below:

Consumables:

	 	Bag Mud 	$ 16.00 per bag 
	 	Quick Gel 	$ 16.00 per bag 
	 	Alcomer 	$160.00 per pail 
	 	Cement 	$ 18.00 per bag 
	 	CL Chloride 	$ 65.00 per bag 
	 	Crystal Polymer 	$200.00 per pail 
	 	Linseed Soap 	$150.00 per pail 
	 	Mud Booster 	$ 20.00 per bag 
	 	Clay Seam 	$185.00 per pail 
	 	G – Stop 	$250.00 per pail 

	12. 	
      Tests

	 	 
		
      The Contractor agrees to take tests as required at the
      Hourly Rate (Sec.6) for the Client’s account.

	 	 
	13. 	
      Water

	 	(a) 	
      It is agreed that the setting up, tearing down, and
      maintenance of waterlines over 1000 feet shall be for the Client’s account
      at the Labor Rate (Sec.7).

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      It is agreed that in freezing conditions, the setup, tear
      down and maintenance of all waterlines shall be at the Labor Rate (Sec.7).
      All materials and fuel consumed in freezing conditions, to be charged to
      the Client at cost plus 15% percent.

	14. 	
      Mobilization, Demobilization,
  Moves

	 	(a) 	
      It is agreed that the moving of drill equipment,
      personnel and supplies from the

	 	 	 	 
	 		
      Contractor’s base in Watson Lake, YT, to the Dease Lake
      landing site, and return shall be for the Client’s account. The price
      shall be as listed:

	 	 	 	 
	 		(a) 	
      Highway Truck &
      Trailer                               
      $165.00 per hour

	 	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      Mobilizing Equipment, and camp from Dease Lake to Drill
      Site and return to landing site shall be for the Client’s account with no
      cost to the Contractor. Equipment prices shall be as listed:

	 	 	 	 
	 		(a) 	
      6 Wheel Delta with fuel and
      Operator          $150.00
      per hour

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	 	(b) 	
      4 Wheel Delta with fuel and Operator $ 90.00 per
    hour

	 	(c) 	
      Opening of Roads from Dease Lake to the Drill site,
      Preparing Campsite, Building and maintaining drill roads and Drill moves
      and Traveling from camp to drill site shall be for the Client’s account at
      the following rates:

	 	Cat D8K with fuel and Operator 	$170.00 per hour
    
	 	D6D with fuel and Operator 	$115.00 per hour 
	 	LS 3400 Excavator with fuel and Operator
	$130.00 per hour
    
	 	6 Wheel Delta with fuel and Operator 	$150.00 per hour 
	 	Wheel Delta with fuel and Operator 	$ 90.00 per hour
    
	 	D400D Rock Truck / A35 	$190.00 per hour 
	 	  	  
	 	Skidder 	$ 90.00 per hour

		
      Any helicopter support for crew relief, emergency
      evacuation or fuel drops shall be charged to the Client’s
  account.

	 	 	 
	15. 	
      Standby Time

	 	 	 
		
      It is understood and agreed that time lost waiting for
      orders from the Client’s Resident Engineer or delays in selecting drill
      sites, etc., shall be for the Client’s account at the Labor Rate (Sec.
      7).

	 	 	 
	16. 	
      Travel

	 	 	 
		
      Travel Time in Excess of one hour, per man, per day, will
      be for the Client’s account at the Labor rate (Sec. 7).

	 	 	 
	17. 	
      Fuel

	 	 	 
		
      The Client agrees to reimburse the Contractor for the
      full cost of diesel fuel delivered to Dease Lake .Cost of transporting
      diesel fuel from Dease Lake to site will be at no cost to the
    Client.

	 	 	 
	18. 	
      Core

	 	 	 
		(a) 	
      The drilling shall be conducted so as to provide maximum
      core recovery with every precaution taken to prevent crushing or grinding
      core.

	 	 	 
		(b) 	
      All cores recovered by the Contractor shall be delivered
      to the Client at the drill site and carefully marked and placed in core
      boxes to be furnished by the Contractor at a cost of BQ $16.00 per box, NQ
      $16.50 per box, $8.00 per lid to the Client’s
account.

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	19. 	
      Security

	 	 
		
      The Contractor will not give out any information
      regarding drill results or permit access to any drill core to any person
      other than the Client’s accredited representatives, except upon specific
      permission of responsible officials of the Client.

	 	 
	20. 	
      Discipline

	 	(a) 	
      The Contractor shall at all times enforce strict
      discipline and maintain good order among its employees and shall not
      retain on the work site any unfit person or anyone not skilled in the work
      assigned.

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      Any employees of the Contractor, who are objectionable or
      unsatisfactory to the Client, shall be removed from the work site and
      replaced by an employee satisfactory to the
Client.

	21. 	
      Insurance

	 	(a) 	
      The Contractor shall maintain such insurance as will
      protect it from all claims and damage for personal injury, including death
      resulting therefrom and from claims for property damage resulting from the
      operating under this contract, in an amount not to exceed (5) million
      ($5,000,000.00) dollars inclusive for all liabilities for any one accident
      or occurrence.

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      The Contractor shall be liable at all times for damage to
      or destruction of the

	 	 	 
	 		
      Contractor’s surface equipment, materials and supplies
      regardless of how such damage or destruction occurs. The Client shall be
      under no liability to reimburse the Contractor for any such loss except
      loss or damage caused by the negligence of the Client or the Clients
      agents or employees.

	 	 	 
	 	(c) 	
      The Contractor will indemnify and save the Client
      harmless from and against all damages and claims from damages by reason of
      injury or death of persons, or damage to property caused by negligence of
      the Contractor, it’s agents or employees, in the performance of work
      hereunder and not caused or contributed to by the negligence of the
      Client, it’s agents or employees.

	22. 	
      Sanitation and
Environment

During the course of the work, the
Contractor shall at all times keep the Client’s premises free from accumulation
of waste material and rubbish, and upon completion of work shall remove all
tools, scaffoldings, surplus materials and rubbish and leave the premises in a
clean condition. The Contractor shall observe and comply with all applicable
Federal and Provincial laws, regulations and orders relating to the preservation
of forest fires and sanitation in the bush.

	23. 	
      Rights of Way

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The Client shall provide at no cost to
the Contractor, all rights of way of ingress and egress to all lands that may be
required to enable the Contractor to carry out the work specified. The
Contractor shall not cut or fell any timber without first obtaining specific
authorization from the Clients Representatives.

	24. 	
      Payments

	 	(a) 	
      The Client agrees to pay the Contractor, in Canadian
      funds, the above prices. Payment due upon receipt of invoice. Invoices
      shall be submitted twice monthly. A service charge of one and one-half (l
      1⁄2 %) percent per month shall be charged on overdue accounts.

	 	 	 
	 	(b) 	
      The Goods and Services Tax of seven (7%) will be added to
      the total of all invoices. The Contractor G.S.T., number is
      R85694-5902.

	25. 	
      General

Neither party shall be held liable for
any loss or damage suffered by reason of any cause beyond its active control
such as riots, strikes, lockouts, Acts of God or such other reasons.

Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

	  	 	D.J. DRILLING (2004) LTD. 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Witness 	 	David Schussler 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	  	 	Hard Creek Nickel Corp. 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Witness 	 	Tony Hitchens

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