Contest rules

1. The "Zoom on Québec!" contest begins on January 17, 2010 at 00:01 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and ends on March 31, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. It is organized by the Ministère du Tourisme.

Eligibility

2. The contest is open to any natural person 18 years of age or older at the time of participation.
   However, employees, representatives, mandatories, agents, distributors, and advertising and promotion agencies of the Ministère du Tourisme, as well as the members of their immediate families and/or people with whom they are domiciled, may not participate in the contest.

How to participate

3. To participate, you must register on the Destination Québec site, at www.destinationquebec.com, by creating a user account and by submitting photographs and/or videos in accordance with the terms of use of the site.

Prizes

4. The three (3) prizes are as follows:
   1^st prize:

   One Canon EOS Rebel camera valued at $890

   2^nd prize:

   One 32G IPOD Touch valued at $335

   3^rd prize:

   One set of Ministère du Tourisme promotional items valued at $250
5. The prizes must be accepted by the winners as awarded and are not convertible into cash.
6. The three (3) winners will be drawn at random from among eligible participants.

Awarding of prizes

7. On April 1, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time at the offices of the Ministère du Tourisme located at 1255, rue Peel, bureau 400, Montréal (Québec) H3B 4V4, three (3) random draws will be conducted among all eligible participants, in order to award the prizes mentioned above in these rules.
8. To be declared winners, participants must correctly answer a mathematical skill-testing question.
9. The three (3) winners will receive an e-mail from the Ministère du Tourisme within fifteen (15) working days following the draw, announcing the prize they have won and indicating the procedure for claiming their prizes. They must respond to the e-mail within ten (10) working days following its receipt.
10. The prizes will be sent to the winners by courier.
11. The names of the three (3) winners will appear on the Destination Québec site, at www.destinationquebec.com, until April 30, 2010 or until notice to the contrary.

General rules

12. If one of the winners is not in compliance with the contest rules, the Ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to disqualify him or her from the contest.
13. The three (3) winners authorize the Ministère du Tourisme to use their names and the names of their cities or towns of residence, if required and without any form of remuneration, for the purpose of disseminating the results of the contest.
14. If a winner refuses to accept his or her prize, the Ministère du Tourisme will be released from any responsibility or obligation as regards that winner.
15. The Ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to change, postpone or cancel this contest, if required. It assumes no responsibility for losses, delays, errors in an address or any other error.
16. The Ministère du Tourisme assumes no responsibility of any nature whatsoever in the case of an inability to act because of a fact or situation that is unforeseen or beyond its control, including, in particular, a strike, lock-out or any other labour conflict in its establishment or in the establishments of the bodies or enterprises whose services are used in holding this contest.
17. Any attempt to disrupt the participation process, to depart from the rules, to deliberately damage any Internet site or impede the administration, security or conduct of the contest constitutes a violation of criminal and civil laws. Should such an attempt be made, the Ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to claim compensation and damages from any person involved, within the limits prescribed by law, including the right to disqualify the participant from the contest or prohibit the participant from taking part in any future contest of the Ministère du Tourisme.
18. The personal information required of participants in the framework of the contest will be used solely by the Ministère du Tourisme or a third party authorized by it as part of the contest. The information will not be used for any other purpose without the consent of participants and, by providing the information, participants consent to its use for the purposes indicated. All of the foregoing will be in compliance with the department’s policy on personal information and privacy, available at the destinationquebec.com site at www.destinationquebec.com/confidentialite.
19. In the framework of this contest, the decisions of the Ministère du Tourisme are final and without appeal.
20. This contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to the applicable law in Québec.
21. A dispute concerning the organization or conduct of a promotional contest can be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for resolution. A dispute concerning the awarding of a prize can be submitted to the Régie solely for the purpose of intervention to resolve it.
22. No communication or correspondence related to this contest will be exchanged with participants, except with winners.
23. If a paragraph of these rules is declared or deemed illegal, unenforceable or void by a court, the paragraph will be considered void but all the other paragraphs that are not affected will be applied to the extent permitted by law.
24. The Ministère du Tourisme in no way guarantees that the Destination Québec site will be accessible or functional without interruption throughout the contest or will be free of any error.
25. Should the French and English versions of these rules differ, the French version will take precedence.