In Quebec politics, le beau risque (, the good risk or the nice risk) is a political catch phrase describing the "risk" the Parti Québécois (PQ or "péquists") took in asking Quebecers to support federal Progressive Conservatives (PCs or "Tories") under Brian Mulroney and accept an amended version of the Constitution Act, 1982, which the péquist Quebec government under René Lévesque has previously refused to sign. Mulroney promised Quebec the opportunity to fully enter into the constitution "with honour and dignity" and have its distinctiveness recognized in the document.