Pour une étude du budget transparente pouvant susciter des déba

Public S tudy of the Various Stages of the Budgetary ProcessMemorandum submitted by Projet Montréal to the Standing C ommittee on Finance and Administration of the C ouncil of the AgglomerationMay 12, 2006, at Montreal C ity H allFo r a transparent study of the budget that can stimulate fundamental debate among MontrealersAs Gil Co urtemanche says in his book La seconde révolution tranquille, "Wh en we talk about more democracy, participation and consultation, certain elected officials and certain managers say that it takes too long, that the time wasted is money lost and especially (th ey don't say it, but they think it) that the citizens are incompetent" (free translation, Proj et Montré al).H owever, much experience shows that the key to success lies in democracy. The more people involved in decisions, the more the decisions are fair, accepted and adopted, the stronger becomes the sense of responsibility, the more the sense of duty and respect increases.Projet Montréal would like this evening to present a different way for elected municipal officials to study the budgets, those of the agglomeration, the city and its boroughs (referr ed to h ere as operating bud gets), as we ll as the triennial cap ital bud get.From this point of view, Projet Montréal proposes to the municipal administration that the study of the operating budgets as well as its triennial capitalization program be conducted by a multiparty Fi nance and Budget C ommittee with a ...