Parliamentary consultation: prepare and submit a brief to a Quebec National Assembly committee
Read the mandate, build an evidence-based recommendation, meet format and deadline, and distinguish written filing from an invitation to testify.
Submitting a brief does not guarantee a hearing. Avoid unnecessary personal or confidential information in a document that may be published.
Confirm the scope
Read the mandate, bill or consultation paper, questions, intended groups, participation rules and deadline.
Prepare the information
Present the author, interest, finding, sourced evidence, article-by-article analysis when useful and numbered feasible recommendations.
Complete the process
Follow template, language, accessibility, length and submission method; identify confidential passages only when the procedure allows.
Keep follow-up records
Keep the acknowledgement, monitor publication and any invitation, then prepare a concise oral version distinct from the full brief.
Prepare a brief — Quebec National Assembly