towards: Proper apportionment for electoral ridings The election and the repartition of representatives for the diverse confessions The importance of non-partisanship The budget for the simulation The proper means of founding Furthermore, the OBPQ was an Anglophone organization, conducting its debates and business in English. The 1960s Debates with a social touch Through the 1960s, the simulation progressively moved away from its origins as church-sponsored boys’ organization and discussed various topics like the following: the acknowledgement of birth control as a moral intervention (1954) The establishment of stringent security norms for car manufacturers (1965) The responsibility of society with regards to people suffering of drug abuses (1967) The Quiet Revolution perceptibly marked the debates throughout the decade. Here are some examples: A bill for the renewing and consolidation of the national identity (1967) The restriction of access to English schools (1969) There is also a liberalization of customs, as can be demonstrated with legislative proposals of 1969: A bill aiming at the recognition of the positive effects of sexual relations before marriage and aiming at the legalization of abortion A bill aiming at legalizing prostitution Taking sides At the same time, the participants demonstrate their awareness to the international crises and conflicts while their debates often denounce particular situations: A bill denouncing the Apartheid in South Africa (1965) A bill urging the end of the Vietnam War (1965) A bill on the rightness and usefulness of furnishing weapons during the Nigerian Civil War (1969) The advent of women participation In 1969, the Quebec Older Boys’ Parliament evolve by announcing an important change. By means of resolution, the participants decide that it is about time to include women in their debates. The bill allowing their presence states that “half of the youth of Quebec is not represented at this assembly… and considering that the women have the same rights of men”. It is thereby resolved to change the name of the institution for "Quebec Youth Parliament". The 1970s Following the rhythm of changes The vibrating aspect of the decade, both in terms of social, economical and political changes, is reflected in the content of the debates. Things change even more in the organization as the “share-selling” financing system principle is eventually abandoned and as a woman is elected as Premier for the first time. Distancing itself from religion Still profoundly religious at the beginning of the 1970s, the Quebec Youth Parliament