There seems to be more serious problems to resolve in our society than the type of democratic representation of the population.: let's think about justice, unemployment, education, social services...

It's true, but whatever the urgency to remedy the other deficiencies of the system, it is clear that the necessary radical changes to do so will only occur if the governments have some reasonable credibility.

But, this is not the case: a survey produced for Actualité - which was widely spread - revealed that only 4% of the population has "great confidence in its politicians"..., while what is precisely indispensable is the nation's great confidence in its leaders so that they may undertake to implement the required changes.

Not only is the implementation of contractual democracy a pre-requisite to other changes which have become mandatory, but it is also the easiest to put in place.

Easier, because a very large majority of the population (in proportion to those who no longer have confidence in politicians) WANT a change in the democratic system and 80%, according to a formal survey by SONDAGEM, are in agreement with the concrete mechanisms of Contractual Democracy. If widely diffused, the concept of CD can be the subject of a large consensus.

Easy also, because the installation of a contractual democracy is not done at the detriment of anyone. It changes the rules of the game, but these are changes that neither favor nor restrict anyone in particular. Contractual democracy provides the population with a more efficient control over those who govern; it is not a weapon that would reduce the powers of those who govern, even less a manoeuvre that would give a clear advantage to one or another of the traditional political forces.

In view of the generalized disenchantment of the population, and the impartiality of contractual democracy with regard to the larger questions that divide our society, it is practical to think that CD could be installed as early as the next elections.

NOTHING must be added to the concept of CD which may bring about the rupture of the present consensus in its favor. Contractual Democracy is neither sovereignist nor federalist; it does not preclude that we do. or do not, support Quebec's independence; it only demands that if it is intended to do so, that it be said BEFORE being elected and under what conditions it would take place. It is neither to the right or to the left, and CD does not prevent Mr. Lucien Bouchard, or Mr Daniel Johnson, or any other present politician from becoming the next Prime Minister; all it demands is that the one who is elected respect the commitments he made to the population.

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