We are a movement that brings people from diverse backgrounds together around a project for social and ecological transformation in Quebec.
In the face of advancing oligarchy, we propose a radically different path: democracy. A democracy rooted in local communities, that’s truly inclusive, that integrates the economy and restores power to the people.
It’s difficult and ambitious, but it’s absolutely possible. In fact, it’s already underway. We are many, we are powerful, and we are capable of listening to one another, organizing, and leading this battle—to reclaim our pride, our hope, and our sense of meaning.
We dream of a Quebec that is more just and sustainable, but also more autonomous: we want to nurture our interdependencies, relearn how to work together, strengthen our solidarity, and reclaim control of our future. This is also a Quebec that redefines its economic model to definancialize, decommodify, and democratize it. And a Quebec that breathes easier and recentres culture and human connection in our lives.
We want to collectively challenge the dominant extractivist and individualist narratives that seek to solve crises through the sole lens of technology. In a world growing ever more unsettling and aimless, and in which oppressive systems (patriarchy, colonialism, racism...) and inequalities are deepening, Quebec can and must demonstrate that another path is possible.
Quebec is not immune to the authoritarian wave of fascist politicians, tech moguls, and billionaires who create crises just to exploit them for their own gain.
We propose a breakwater to this wave: democracy. We want to defend the imperfect democracy we have inherited, but we also want to renew it from top to bottom, so that it meets our collective needs and aspirations.Because we are nonpartisan and autonomous, we can develop proposals for real, long-term transformation that match the scale of the challenges we face.
Because we are many, we can influence and redirect our institutions—both from within, through a multitude of actions, and from outside, by bringing our vision into the public sphere.
Because we work in collaboration with organizations and social movements, we can develop targeted strategies for change and put them into action.
Because we want to enjoy ourselves, because we are creative, and because we are tired of being told that we are powerless, we can reignite our desire for change.
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Strengthen dialogue, organize, and increase our visibility:
— Continue to grow and bring people together by organizing numerous local gatherings at the start of the year and a major founding assembly at the end of the summer.
— Increase public awareness of our intentions and proposals.
— Continue the organizational work at all levels that has been underway for the past year. -
Promote our two key priorities, initiatives that have been in development for several months:
— Bringing democracy closer to the people. Decentralizing power, empowering local communities, and granting more autonomy to municipalities and regions while also democratizing them through strengthened citizen participation and civic engagement. We need more inclusive regional leadership in order to collectively develop viable solutions for local communities. Many municipalities around the world are already moving in this direction to accelerate social change.
— Bringing the economy back under democratic control and having it serve people and communities, rather than profit and growth-at-all-costs. We can make better use of tools that Quebec already has: the social economy, decommodification of essential services, local economic development, cooperative finance, the commons, and more.
We can also leverage our legal and legislative tools to, for example, combat harmful advertising or rein in multinational corporations. And we can further leverage these concrete strategies to build transition economies.
Each of these initiatives has a dedicated working group, a shared vision, and an action plan. Key milestones are set, including a leading role in organizing the Social Economy Summit in Spring 2025 and the launch of a Shared Territorial Leadership Summit in Winter 2026.
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We are joining forces and building Multitudes because:
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Changing course is not only necessary, it’s possible. Through this, we can rediscover our pride, our hope, and our sense of meaning
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The impetus must come from us: citizens, communities, and civil society. We already have all the energy, the momentum, and the ideas we need.
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Now is the right time. The crises are here; we live in the age of consequences. The political landscape is shifting, creating a window of opportunity. We must seize it—now.
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First, because we believe in it. We accomplished the Quiet Revolution; surely we’re able to achieve a social and ecological transition.
Also, because so much is already happening across Quebec: citizen groups taking action, local elected officials taking risks, community organizations engaged in solution-building, social economy enterprises revitalizing our regions, movements fighting systemic oppression, and artists expanding our horizons. Things are in motion!
Finally, and most importantly, because we can learn from past experiences—both the good and the bad—to propose new ways of organizing and connecting our efforts into a common project that is effective, aligned with our values, and built to last.
We were about ten at the beginning,
involved in various movements.
Today, there are more and more of us.
Who isMultitudes?
Pierre Avignon
Luc Audebrand
Justine Ballon
Pierre-Luc Baril
Sabrina Barré
Marie-Ève Bélanger-Southey
Marie-France Bellemare
Florence Brochu
Mélanie Busby
Nadia Cardin
Delphine Chalon
Vincent Chapdelaine
Alice Chipot
Jean-Marc Chouinard
Gabriel D'Astous
Julie Desjardins
Caroline Dufresne
Jérôme Dupras
Jonathan Durand Folco
Noel Fagoaga
Bertrand Fouss
Gaëlle Généreux
Pascal Grenier
Jocelyn Groulx
Emilien Gruet
Alexandre Huet
Pierre-Élie Hupé
Dario Iezzoni
Léa Ilardo
Jacinthe Jacques
Amélie Laframboise
Annie Lamontagne
Jean-Noé Landry
Marie-Ève Lavoie
Laurent Levesque
Laurence Mailhiot
Matthew Mendelsohn
Alain Meunier
Stephan Morency
Joël Nadeau
Anouk Nadeau-Farley
Nancy Neamtan
Marie-Jo Ouimet
Santiago Palacios
Marie-Josée Parent
Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin
Yann Pezzini
Pascal Priori
Allison Reynaud
Florence Roy-Allard
Lucile Ruiz
Ian Segers
Lylou Sehili
Mikael St-Pierre
Nadim Tadjine
Jennifer Teasdale-Raymond
Chloé Tremblay Cloutier
Gabrielle van Durme
Sophie van Neste
Vincent van Schendel
And you?
