In Defence of Parliament‪.‬

Parliament is an ancient institution based on both written and unwritten rules and assumptions. This article argues that we must be careful in trying to reform Parliament that we do not introduce internal contradictions into the institutional structure. Of all the political institutions in Quebec, the National Assembly is probably the one that lends itself least to rapid and radical changes. Strengthened by more than two centuries of existence, it has weathered many a storm and adapted to many unexpected situations while conserving its essential features. It is to a great extent thanks to the historical continuity of its Parliament that the Quebec people have been able to evolve for so many generations in a climate where political freedoms, in the plural, and political stability, in the singular, happily coexist.