“Mr. Speaker, Winston Churchill famously remarked that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others. The parliamentary system is not a perfect system. It is only as good as the actors in it. When 93% of the electorate votes for the party and not for the candidate, and only 7% vote for the candidate, that is a distortion of democracy in the way parliamentary democracy is set up. The member mentioned reinstating the $1,000, because the same problem applies to the people in the long ballot. They are doing this. I was wondering if the member could talk about the $1,000 reinstatement—”
Statement grade
–
Not graded: fewer than 4 clauses beyond the address. The scores are shown; a grade would say little.
Not graded
A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Reasoning 100%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Reasoning · 65 wordsI should be clear that I am hopeful the measures included in Bill C-25 are sufficient to curtail the activities of the longest ballot committee.If they are not, then we will be right back here scratching our heads and looking for new ways to curtail its activities.Vague promiseI think that mandatory deposits are the most promising way, given the past activities of the committee.
