Procedure 6% Claims 76% Reasoning 4% Promise 9% Positioning 4%
Structure · 12 steps
Claims · 13
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 26 words it is hard to fit in so much on an attack on democracy and explain it in four and a half minutes, but I will try. Procedure Claims · 188 words I am pleased to rise on Motion No. 9, another attempt by the Liberal government to quash all opposition and criticism of its government. Now, this is not about the legitimacy of the Liberal majority, however vile the betrayal of their constituents was by the MPs who crossed.1 It is still allowed within the Westminster system and I do respect that. I recognize the government as a majority. The Prime Minister commented that he was going to do things differently, with a less partisan approach to governing.2 Of course, that comment aged about as well as his comment that affordability is at its best in the last 10 years.3 I am fine with the Liberals adding more members to committees. I would note that when the Liberals formed the committees in June, they actually reduced the number of committee members they normally had, stating they did not have enough members to do the work.4 It is funny to see them now actually bumping up two people on committees, when really they could make do with one. Again, I am perfectly fine with it. They do have the majority. Reasoning · 21 words However, this House and Canadians deserve oversight from this government. For the sake of accountability and transparency, we need better oversight. Promise · 57 words That is why we are proposing that the operations committee, known as the mighty OGGO, the public accounts committee, the access to information committee, also known as the ethics committee, and the status of women committee maintain the current setup, 5 which is traditionally led by the opposition, with the Conservatives and the Bloc making up the majority. Reasoning · 7 words Again, this is for accountability and transparency. Positioning · 18 words Now, we have seen the contempt the Liberals have for this Parliament. It is clear again and again, Positioning Claims · 275 words and this goes back to 2015. The Liberal government always seems to say that it wants an audience and not an opposition. We have seen motions like this in the past. Going back to the 42nd Parliament, we had Motion No. 6 from this government.6 Many of the Liberals here today were here for Motion No. 6. That was a motion that would have gutted Conservative opposition members’ ability to submit Order Paper questions.7 The government was going to decide what was a valid Order Paper question, not an elected MP. The minister would decide. Also under Motion No. 6, the government stated that it would decide what was an appropriate amount of debate. The Liberals would stop the Conservatives, the Bloc and the NDP from debating certain issues. Of course, we all remember that famous night of Motion No. 6, known as “elbowgate”, when the former prime minister manhandled the late Gord Brown and also elbowed an NDP member in the chest.8 During COVID, we saw Bill C-13 under the Trudeau government, 9 and again, a majority of the members opposite were part of that government. With Bill C-13, the Liberals brought in a bill that would allow them, for 21 months, to have unlimited taxing and unlimited spending without any oversight or vote in this Parliament.10 The whole reason Parliament exists goes back to King Edward I, 1295, when calling the model Parliament, stating that “ what touches all should be approved by all”.11 Here we have the Liberal government under Bill C-13 saying that, for 21 months, what touches all should only be approved by the Liberals and not by all elected members. Positioning · 12 words This government has a long history of trying to stamp out opposition. Positioning Claims · 66 words We have seen this government and my colleague from Winnipeg North constantly call out any opposition to Liberal plans as obstruction. Let us remember that the finance minister refused to table a budget last spring.12 He said there would not even be a budget in 2025, and yet when the Liberals finally tabled a budget, 10 months later, they accused the opposition of purposely delaying it.13 Off point Procedure · 19 words I understand I am out of time for this half of my speech about Liberal obstruction and blocking accountability. Procedure Promise · 7 words I look forward to continuing it afterwards.
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×40 Procedure ×3 Positioning ×3 Off topic Only 1% of this speech directly addressed the bill under debate.
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What the tags mean →
Signal · 87
6 of 46 deductions are Signal
Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “it is hard to fit in so much on an attack on democracy and explain it in four and a half minutes,” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “but I will try.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “Now, we have seen the contempt the Liberals have for this Parliament.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It is clear again and again,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “This government has a long history of trying to stamp out opposition.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I understand I am out of time for this half of my speech about Liberal obstruction and blocking accountability.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 1
40 of 46 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I am pleased to rise on Motion No. 9, another attempt by the Liberal government to quash all opposition and criticism of its government.” About Motion No. 9 on opposition and committees, not the hate crimes provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Now, this is not about the legitimacy of the Liberal majority, however vile the betrayal of their constituents was by the MPs who crossed.” About the legitimacy of the government’s majority, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is still allowed within the Westminster system and I do respect that.” About parliamentary conventions on party switching, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I recognize the government as a majority.” About recognizing the government’s majority, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The Prime Minister commented that he was going to do things differently, with a less partisan approach to governing.” About the Prime Minister’s comments on governing style, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Of course, that comment aged about as well as his comment that affordability is at its best in the last 10 years.” About past comments on affordability, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I am fine with the Liberals adding more members to committees.” About committee membership under a motion, not the hate crimes measures in Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I would note that when the Liberals formed the committees in June, they actually reduced the number of committee members they normally had, stating they did not have enough members to do the work.” About past committee composition decisions, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is funny to see them now actually bumping up two people on committees, when really they could make do with one.” About committee member numbers, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Again, I am perfectly fine with it.” About accepting the government’s majority on committees, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “They do have the majority.” About the government’s majority, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “However, this House and Canadians deserve oversight from this government.” About government oversight generally, not the hate crimes provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “For the sake of accountability and transparency, we need better oversight.” About accountability and oversight of government, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That is why we are proposing that the operations committee, known as the mighty OGGO, the public accounts committee, the access to information committee, also known as the ethics committee,” About committee composition under a motion, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and the status of women committee maintain the current setup,” About maintaining committee setups, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “which is traditionally led by the opposition, with the Conservatives and the Bloc making up the majority.” About committee composition and party balance, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Again, this is for accountability and transparency.” About accountability through committees, not the hate crimes measures in Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Now, we have seen the contempt the Liberals have for this Parliament.” About the government’s conduct toward Parliament generally, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is clear again and again,” About alleged contempt for Parliament, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and this goes back to 2015.” About conduct going back to 2015, not the provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The Liberal government always seems to say that it wants an audience and not an opposition.” About the government’s attitude to opposition, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We have seen motions like this in the past.” About past motions, not the hate crimes measures in Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Going back to the 42nd Parliament, we had Motion No. 6 from this government.” About a motion from the 42nd Parliament, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Many of the Liberals here today were here for Motion No. 6.” About members’ presence during a past motion, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That was a motion that would have gutted Conservative opposition members’ ability to submit Order Paper questions.” About Order Paper questions under a past motion, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The government was going to decide what was a valid Order Paper question, not an elected MP.” About deciding validity of Order Paper questions, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The minister would decide.” About ministerial control of Order Paper questions, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Also under Motion No. 6, the government stated that it would decide what was an appropriate amount of debate.” About debate limits under a past motion, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The Liberals would stop the Conservatives, the Bloc and the NDP from debating certain issues.” About past limits on debate, not the hate crimes provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Of course, we all remember that famous night of Motion No. 6, known as “elbowgate”, when the former prime minister manhandled the late Gord Brown and also elbowed an NDP member in the chest.” About a past incident in the House, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “During COVID, we saw Bill C-13 under the Trudeau government,” About a prior bill on spending powers, not the provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and again, a majority of the members opposite were part of that government.” About members’ past roles in another bill, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “With Bill C-13, the Liberals brought in a bill that would allow them, for 21 months, to have unlimited taxing and unlimited spending without any oversight or vote in this Parliament.” About spending powers under a prior bill, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The whole reason Parliament exists goes back to King Edward I, 1295, when calling the model Parliament, stating that “ what touches all should be approved by all”.” About the historical purpose of Parliament, not the provisions of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Here we have the Liberal government under Bill C-13 saying that, for 21 months, what touches all should only be approved by the Liberals and not by all elected members.” About a prior bill’s spending powers, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “This government has a long history of trying to stamp out opposition.” About the government’s general conduct toward opposition, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We have seen this government and my colleague from Winnipeg North constantly call out any opposition to Liberal plans as obstruction.” About responses to opposition generally, not the hate crimes measures in Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Let us remember that the finance minister refused to table a budget last spring.” About the tabling of a budget, not the subject of Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “He said there would not even be a budget in 2025,” About the timing of a budget, not Bill C-9.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and yet when the Liberals finally tabled a budget, 10 months later, they accused the opposition of purposely delaying it.” About the budget timeline and blame for delays, not the provisions of Bill C-9.
Respect · 100
0 of 46 deductions are Respect
Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Nothing lost points.
Clarity · 100
0 of 46 deductions are Clarity
Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Nothing lost points.
Claims · 13
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
1 “the MPs who crossed” Some MPs crossed the floor to give the Liberals a majority. search 2 “he was going to do things differently, with a less partisan approach” The Prime Minister said he would govern with a less partisan approach and do things differently. search 3 “affordability is at its best in the last 10 years” The Prime Minister said affordability is at its best in the last 10 years. search 4 “when the Liberals formed the committees in June, they actually reduced the number of committee members” When the Liberals formed the committees in June, they reduced the number of committee members, saying they did not have enough members to do the work. search 5 “the status of women committee maintain the current setup” The Conservatives are proposing that the operations, public accounts, ethics and status of women committees keep their current membership setup, traditionally led by the opposition with Conservatives and the Bloc forming the majority. search 6 “we had Motion No. 6 from this government” In the 42nd Parliament the Liberal government brought in Motion No. 6. search 7 “a motion that would have gutted Conservative opposition members’ ability to submit Order Paper questions” Motion No. 6 in the 42nd Parliament would have restricted opposition members’ ability to submit Order Paper questions, with the government deciding what counted as a valid question and how much debate was appropriate. search 8 “the former prime minister manhandled the late Gord Brown and also elbowed an NDP member in the chest” In the ‘elbowgate’ incident during the Motion No. 6 debate, the former prime minister physically contacted Conservative MP Gord Brown and elbowed an NDP member in the chest. search 9 “During COVID, we saw Bill C-13 under the Trudeau government” The Trudeau government introduced Bill C-13 during COVID. search 10 “for 21 months, to have unlimited taxing and unlimited spending without any oversight or vote” Bill C-13 would have allowed the government to tax and spend without a parliamentary vote for 21 months. search 11 “The whole reason Parliament exists goes back to King Edward I, 1295, when calling the model Parliament, stating that “ what touches all should be approved by all”.” King Edward I called the Model Parliament in 1295, associated with the phrase ‘what touches all should be approved by all’. search 12 “the finance minister refused to table a budget last spring” The finance minister did not table a federal budget in spring 2025 and said there would be no budget in 2025. search 13 “when the Liberals finally tabled a budget, 10 months later” The Liberals tabled a federal budget about 10 months after the spring 2025 period when the finance minister said there would be no budget that year. search
