Conseil d'experts sur les contributions d'assurance automobile
 
 

How to participate in
the public consultation

Public consultation

An Act respecting the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec stipulates that a panel of experts must hold a public consultation to hear the opinions of parties interested in the amendments to insurance contributions contemplated by the SAAQ. The consultation is intended for the general public.

Reference documents

Parties who wish to present a submission are invited to consult the following documents:

Notice of consultation
Public hearings
Content of a submission
General presentation
Summary
Forwarding a submission
Invitation to attend
List of parties who made a submission

Notice of consultation

The Panel of Experts will hold a public consultation on the draft Regulation respecting insurance contributions. This consultation was announced in the Gazette officielle du Québec and in certain daily newspapers. This notice indicates:

  • the nature of the amendments to insurance contributions contemplated by the SAAQ;
     
  • the possibility for interested parties to submit their opinions to the Panel of Experts;
     
  • the place, date and time of the public hearings during which parties interested in expressing their opinions on the subject will be heard.

The notice was published on August 25, 2011 in the Gazette officielle du Québec and on August 27, 2011 in the following daily newspapers: Le Journal de Montréal, Le Journal de Québec, La Presse, Le Soleil and The Gazette. The public consultation must be held at least 30 days after the date of the published notice.

Public hearings

The Panel of Experts will examine the submissions received. Depending on their number and relevance, it may decide to invite all of the parties who sent in a submission or who requested to be heard, or determine, where appropriate, those who will be heard.

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Content of a submission

Authors of a submission are entirely free to determine its content. However, its form must satisfy certain requirements.

A submission is a text presenting the opinion of its author on a topic linked to the object of the consultation. The text is used to present the arguments which support the author's opinion. The author must present the following information in the submission:

  • the title of the consultation: Public consultation on automobile insurance contributions;
     
  • a brief presentation of the person or group presenting the submission;
     
  • a brief description of the reasons why the person or group making the submission is interested in the topic of automobile insurance contributions;
     
  • the recommendations, comments and suggestions that relate to the draft Regulation or the issues addressed in the briefing document produced by the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec.

Submissions must not contain personal information. This type of information must appear on a separate page.

The following personal information must be included: the name, full address, telephone and fax numbers and, if applicable, the e-mail address of the parties that filed the submission. For groups, the name and contact information of the person responsible for the submission must be indicated.

The parties are invited to explicitly indicate if they do not wish their personal information to be available on the Panel of Experts' site.

Please note that no changes will be made to the submission once it is filed. Any addition must be sent to the Panel of Experts in the form of an addendum which will be attached to the previously filed submission.

The submission must be sent on paper and in an electronic format (Word or PDF).

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General presentation

The submission must express the position of its author on the contemplated amendments as clearly and succinctly as possible. The opinions and arguments presented should be based on evidential facts and could be the object of a discussion before the Panel of Experts during the public hearings. It is advisable to highlight, throughout the submission, any proposed recommendations, comments or suggestions. These elements should, as far as possible, be limited to the subject of the consultation.

The submission will be analyzed by the Panel of Experts, and the authors could be invited to present said information at the public hearings.

Summary

Submissions that are more than ten pages long must include a summary.

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Forwarding a submission

Eight paper copies of the submission and the summary must be received by the Panel of Experts before 5 p.m. on September 26, 2011, even if the submission has already been forwarded by fax or e-mail.

Submissions may be mailed in or hand delivered to the reception desk of the Panel of Experts at the following address:

Conseil d'experts sur les contributions d'assurance automobile
400, boulevard Jean-Lesage, local 348
Québec (Québec) G1K 8W1

All submissions will be examined by the members of the Panel of Experts, even if their author is not invited to attend the public hearings.

Invitation to attend

At least five days before a public hearing, the Panel of Experts will convene the parties that it has decided to hear.

This invitation will be made both by mail and e-mail and will set out the date, time, place and duration of the hearing, as well as the time allotted for the presentation of the submission and the time allotted for discussion with the members of the Panel of Experts.

Parties who received an invitation must confirm attendance as soon as possible with the Panel of Experts and specify the name and capacity of the persons designated to present the submission.

Participants can then contact Ms. Doris Côté from the Panel of Experts to obtain details on how the hearings will be conducted.

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List of parties who made a submission

Each individual who wishes to consult the submission received can contact its author by using the information listed below.

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