It is absolutely necessary, in the very name of democracy, to maintain popular financing!
Is the role of the voter limited to electing his representatives every four years? Honestly, I think not. I believe that the voter, within the limits of his own daily activities, his own responsibilities and his personal interests, must keep himself informed as much as possible and make a judgment on the quality of the representation he enjoys, or that he undergoes…
To do this, different means are available to him: demonstrate in the street, write letters to newspapers, communicate with his deputy, a minister, in order to express his dissatisfaction as well as his satisfaction…
Or even finance each year the party or parties which seem to him to best represent his own convictions of the moment. An elected government, even with a strong majority of deputies, may well, during its four years in office, see its original popularity fluctuate considerably, over the course of the policies put in place, the bills put forward or bills put in the basket…
The Quebec law on popular financing, a model of its kind, allows each voter who wishes to finance, for a maximum of $100 per party and per year, this famous preference that they feel towards this party, or these parties. This, in my opinion, constitutes a concrete participation in democratic life, which should not be disdained.