“Mr. Speaker, I agree with the member that we have an amazing country. It is the best country in the world to call home. We have a Prime Minister and a government that work every day of the week to build Canada strong for all of us. The member talked about abuse of power. We could easily talk about the past, about “Stephen Harper, Serial Abuser of Power” and the evidence that was compiled. We could talk about the dozens of infractions. However, let us put the past behind us and talk about going forward. All that is happening in this motion is that we are recognizing that if a party has a majority of seats on the floor of the House of Commons, it gets a majority of seats in the standing committees. That is the history and the tradition of Parliament here in Canada and the Commonwealth. Does the member believe in that principle?”
Statement grade
B+
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 88. The grade is held to 80, 30 above Signal.
80 / 100, held down by Signal
A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Positioning 46%Claims 13%The ask 41%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 33 wordsI believe in the tens of thousands of folks who elected me.I believe in the millions of people who voted for this opposition to do our job to hold the government accountable.1PositioningClaims · 9 wordsThe government made backroom deals to manufacture this majority.The ask · 29 wordsIf the Liberals had some decency, they would keep our committees the way they are, let Canadians hear the truth, stop this power grab and stand up for democracy.
