Replying to Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, allow me to quote the member for Gatineau, the government House leader, who told the House on April 16, “Canada’s democracy is one of the most stable and strongest in the world, but it would be unwise to take this for granted.” I have news for him: Only one in three people in Canada trusts Parliament. What the government wants is to give itself a majority, even though that is not what the people voted for. It says that it wants to do this in order to fight cynicism. I would like my colleague to tell me how his government can claim to be strengthening democracy in Canada while acting against the express will of the people.”
Statement grade
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The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity.
Average 91 / 100
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Positioning 25%Reasoning 75%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 17 wordsmy hon. colleague and I have very different views on what it means to respect the people.PositioningReasoning · 52 wordsI think that respecting the electorate, respecting the people, means respecting the traditions, precedents, norms and rules of our democratic institutions.I think that fighting the public cynicism that he mentioned means standing up and standing together for our democratic institutions.I think that today’s proposal is a step in that direction.
