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Corey Hogan

Liberal on Finance 2026-04-30

133 words · 11 sentences · 11 clauses

Replying to Laila Goodridge (Conservative)

“Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister, a former banker who should know a thing or two about economics, has doubled Trudeau’s deficit. Higher deficits lead to higher debt, higher inflation and ultimately higher taxes for Canadians. He is effectively running up the government’s credit card without any plan to tackle the principle. Families do not run their budgets this way. Liberal policies are just driving up costs, and nowhere is this more clear than a trip to the grocery store. Canadians now have the highest food inflation in the G7. When will the Liberal Prime Minister end his costly credit card budgeting so Canadians can afford to eat?”

Statement grade

B–

Average 74 / 100

A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.

Claims 50%Positioning 27%Procedure 14%The ask 9%

This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.

Mr. Speaker, Claims · 24 words$4 billion in Cold Lake will be a nice start in helping develop the kind of overall community benefits that we are talking about.¹Partly on pointVague promise Positioning · 36 wordsI have to say we have heard a lot of the same questions from across the way. We get the point. I think they like to talk about the fact that there are prices and deficits.Positioning Procedure · 19 wordsLet us talk about the reality that we face right now.Unearned certainty Let us just take a little look here.Procedure Claims · 42 wordsWhat is our fiscal position in the G7? It is the best.² What are we looking at in terms of the investments we are making? We are looking at affordability, groceries and essentials, pausing the gas excise tax and reducing CPP contributions.³⁴ The ask · 12 wordsIf the Conservatives want to tell us what they want to cut—Off point

At a glance

Lost points for

Switch Claims on to list the checkable claims here.

What the tags mean

Signal · 51

5 of 9 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.

Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I have to say we have heard a lot of the same questions from across the way.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “We get the point.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I think they like to talk about the fact that there are prices and deficits.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us talk about the reality that we face right now.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us just take a little look here.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 72

2 of 9 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 question asked.

Staying near the subject without addressing the matter at hand: what was asked, or what the bill, motion or speech is about.What the tags mean “$4 billion in Cold Lake will be a nice start in helping develop the kind of overall community benefits that we are talking about.”About a Cold Lake spending project, not about ending the budgeting approach the question asks about.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “If the Conservatives want to tell us what they want to cut—”It is a challenge to the opposition to name cuts, not an answer to the question asked.

Respect · 100

0 of 9 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 · 72

2 of 9 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.

A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “the kind of overall community benefits that we are talking about”The commitment names no measure, date or success condition for what the benefits will be.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “the reality that we face”The word ‘reality’ asserts a framing as fact in place of any source.

Claims · 4

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“$4 billion in Cold Lake”There is $4 billion associated with Cold Lake (Alberta) as a start in developing community benefits.search
2“It is the best”Canada has the best fiscal position in the G7.search
3“pausing the gas excise tax”The government has paused the gas excise tax as an affordability measure.search
4“reducing CPP contributions”The government is reducing CPP contributions as an affordability measure.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20