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Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:30pm IST
 
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June 17 (Reuters) - Here are the main details of the agreement [ID:nN17324179] [ID:nN17100331] that Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff, leader of the main opposition Liberal Party, struck on Wednesday to avert a summer election:

* The two sides set up a six-person working group to develop proposals for reforming the system of jobless benefits. The group will focus on permitting the self-employed to participate in the system and how to improve eligibility requirements to ensure regional fairness.

* The working group will comprise Human Resources Minister Diane Finley and two other officials who have yet to be named. The Liberal participants will be Ignatieff's policy chief, Kevin Chan, as well as legislators Marlene Jennings and Mike Savage.

* The working group will deliver recommendations to Harper and Ignatieff by Sept. 28. The Liberals said they and the governing Conservatives would "work in good faith to implement any consensus recommendations made by the working group".

* In return, the Liberals will support the government's main and supplementary estimates in a parliamentary vote on Friday.

* The government will present a third update on how it is spending already announced stimulus measures during the week that starts Sept. 28. Two days after the report is unveiled, the Liberals will be granted a so-called opposition day in Parliament, when they can present a non-confidence motion if they wish. (Reporting by David Ljunggren in Ottawa; editing by Peter Galloway)

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