Analysis · Speech on a motion · beta

Sandra Cobena

Conservative on Business of Supply 2026-04-30

1070 words · 85 sentences · 107 clauses

Statement grade

Average 90 / 100

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

Reasoning 28%Claims 34%Procedure 5%Positioning 25%Anecdote 3%Promise 6%

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

Mr. Speaker, Reasoning · 20 wordswe cannot build wealth by going further into debt. A sovereign wealth fund requires one thing above everything else, wealth, Claims · 30 wordsand yet, after 11 years, the Liberal government wants to create a sovereign wealth fund using $25 billion of borrowed money on top of the $1.3 trillion of national debt.¹ Procedure · 7 wordsLet us call it what it is.ProcedureUnearned certainty Reasoning · 13 wordsThis is not a sovereign wealth fund. This is a sovereign debt fund, Positioning · 15 wordsand Canadians are the ones being handed the bill. Ask Canadians how wealthy they feel.Positioning Claims · 21 wordsAsk the 2.2 million Canadians relying on food banks.² Ask the young families who have quietly given up on home ownership. Positioning · 24 wordsAsk the parents who are trying to stretch every dollar to put food on the kitchen table. This is not what wealth feels like.Positioning Procedure · 6 wordsLet us look at the record: ProcedureClaims · 46 words$1.3 trillion in debt, the worst housing affordability in the G7, the lowest investment per worker, food prices rising faster than anywhere else and, now, interest payments climbing to nearly $81 billion a year by 2030.³⁴ That is over $3,400 per household just to service debt.⁵ Positioning · 7 wordsThis is not a foundation for wealth.Positioning Reasoning · 27 wordsCanada should be the wealthiest country in the world, but it starts with honesty. It starts with discipline. It starts with calling things by the proper name. Positioning · 8 wordsThis is not wealth, and Canadians deserve better.Positioning Anecdote · 33 wordsThis plan reminds me of something. It is like someone maxing out their credit card and then calling their bank and saying that they did not spend it; they invested it in themselves.Anecdote Reasoning · 16 wordsThat does not work with one’s bank and it certainly does not work for our economy. Claims · 42 wordsSovereign wealth funds like those in Norway or Saudi Arabia are built on surpluses.⁶ They unlock the resources. They generate wealth. They then invest it. In Canada, the Liberal government has been blocking our resources and delaying projects. We are losing investment. Positioning · 13 wordsThe Liberals then borrow money and they are trying to call it wealth.Positioning Reasoning · 77 wordsCanadians understand something simple, that we cannot tax and spend our way to affordability. They also understand that a government that cannot live within its means will never make life affordable for those who must live within theirs. They also understand something hopeful, that when Canada builds, Canada wins. We win when we say yes to projects, yes to energy and yes to innovation. When a government gets out of the way, opportunity, investment and prosperity follow. Positioning · 49 wordsWe do not need more illusions. We do not need more bureaucracies or layers of complication. We need a country that believes in itself again. When we do, there is no limit to what Canadians can build. We have seen this movie before, Unearned certaintyand Canadians know how it ends.Positioning Claims · 59 wordsThe Canada Infrastructure Bank, the Canada Growth Fund and the green slush fund or Sustainable Development Technology Canada, all have different names but the same promise, to trust them and they will unlock investment. After all that, Canada now has the worst investment record in the G7.⁷ Nearly $1 trillion has left our country since 2015, ⁸as per RBC. Procedure · 9 wordsLet us consider the Canada Infrastructure Bank, for example.Procedure Claims · 40 wordsIt was supposed to deploy $35 billion, ⁹but it is billions of dollars behind. After years in operation, it could not even cover its own operating costs for the first seven years.¹⁰ It is a bank that cannot sustain itself, Procedure · 8 wordsbut I will talk about what did deliver: ProcedureClaims · 16 words$8 million in bonuses to executives in one year.¹¹ Canadians are lining up at food banks, Positioning · 46 wordsand insiders are lining up for bonuses. That is not investment. That is misaligned priorities. We can do better than this. Canada does not need more experiments. It does not need more bureaucracies, Crown corporations or transition offices. We need to get back to the basics.Positioning Reasoning · 9 wordsWhen we do, confidence in investment will come back. Procedure · 5 wordsHere is a simple question: ProcedurePositioning · 14 wordsIf a project is good enough to be supported, why not just approve it?Positioning Claims · 42 wordsInstead, the Liberal government wants another Crown corporation, another transition office and another layer where companies must seek political approval. This time it is even more centralized, because there is no truly independent investment board. Everything flows back to the prime minister. Positioning · 13 wordsThat is not how we attract investment. That is how we discourage it, PositioningReasoning · 22 wordsbecause investors do not want more politics. They want certainty. They want clear rules. They want a fair process and equal opportunity. Procedure · 5 wordsThis is the bigger issue.Procedure Claims · 18 wordsInstead of unlocking Canada’s potential, the Prime Minister has created 13 new government entities in just one year.¹² Positioning · 34 wordsThat is more bureaucracy, more layers and more distance between Canadians and opportunity. Canadians are not asking for more government. They are asking for a government that unlocks our resources and unlocks our people.Positioning Reasoning · 82 wordsThe best economy is not one where a few are chosen. It is one where everyone has a chance, not just the people who are politically connected, not the friends of the politicians and not the individuals or corporations that are hand-picked by the government at the time. Success should be earned, not granted or hand-picked. Canada works best when it is open, when it is fair and when it is free. When that happens, Canadians do not just compete; Canadians lead. Procedure · 5 wordsWe have seen it before.ProcedureUnearned certainty Reasoning · 12 wordsCanada does not have a funding problem. It has a confidence problem. Claims · 39 wordsThe Canadian Federation of Independent Business calls it the “entrepreneurial drought”, ¹³because for six quarters in a row now, more businesses have been closing than opening.¹⁴ Only 18% say that it is a good time to start a business.¹⁵ Positioning · 7 wordsThat should concern every one of us, PositioningReasoning · 12 wordsbecause when entrepreneurs stop believing, growth stops, momentum stops and jobs leave. Procedure · 5 wordsHere is some good news: ProcedureClaims · 12 wordsCanada has everything it needs. It has talent, resources, ideas and people. Positioning · 16 wordsHowever, what it needs is for the Liberal government to just get out of the way.Positioning Promise · 28 wordsThat means lower barriers, faster approvals, a system that rewards hard work, and a country where investment flows, not because it is forced but because it makes sense. Positioning · 18 wordsCanada is not a country in decline. It is a country being held back by the Liberal government.Positioning Promise · 31 wordsThe moment we remove the barriers I have spoken about, and the moment we restore confidence, this country will grow, will build and will lead. Let us start by building wealth, Reasoning · 9 wordsbecause Canada has everything it needs to create it.

At a glance

Lost points for
Echo ×15“The highest housing costs and the second-highest unemployment in the G7.” Said 15 times by 12 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×6“We have seen this movie before.” Said 6 times by 6 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×4“That is not a sovereign wealth fund.” Said 4 times by 4 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×3“Canada now has the worst investment record in the G7.” Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×3“Canada should be the wealthiest country in the world.” Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×3“Canadians are lining up at food banks.” Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said

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What the tags mean

Signal · 62

42 of 45 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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us call it what it is.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and Canadians are the ones being handed the bill.”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 “Ask Canadians how wealthy they feel.”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 “Ask the parents who are trying to stretch every dollar to put food on the kitchen table.”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 “This is not what wealth feels like.”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 look at the record:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “This is not a foundation for wealth.”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 “This is not wealth,”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 “and Canadians deserve better.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “This plan reminds me of something.”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “It is like someone maxing out their credit card and then calling their bank and saying that they did not spend it;”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “they invested it in themselves.”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The Liberals then borrow money and they are trying to call it wealth.”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 do not need more illusions.”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 do not need more bureaucracies or layers of complication.”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 need a country that believes in itself again.”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 “When we do, there is no limit to what Canadians can build.”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 have seen this movie before,”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 “and Canadians know how it ends.”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 consider the Canada Infrastructure Bank, for example.”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 “but I will talk about what did deliver:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and insiders are lining up for bonuses.”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 “That is not investment.”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 “That is misaligned priorities.”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 can do better than this.”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 “Canada does not need more experiments.”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 “It does not need more bureaucracies, Crown corporations or transition offices.”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 need to get back to the basics.”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 “Here is a simple question:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “If a project is good enough to be supported, why not just approve it?”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 “That is not how we attract investment.”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 “That is how we discourage it,”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 “This is the bigger issue.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That is more bureaucracy, more layers and more distance between Canadians and opportunity.”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 “Canadians are not asking for more government.”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 “They are asking for a government that unlocks our resources and unlocks our people.”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 “We have seen it before.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That should concern every one of us,”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 “Here is some good news:”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “However, what it needs is for the Liberal government to just get out of 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 “Canada is not a country in decline.”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 “It is a country being held back by the Liberal government.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 100

0 of 45 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 motion under debate.

Nothing lost points.

Respect · 100

0 of 45 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 · 99

3 of 45 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.

Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “Let us call it what it is”The formula asserts a verdict as if settled, in place of any source or argument for it.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “We have seen this movie before”The formula claims shared witnessed experience as backing without pointing to any case or source.
Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “We have seen it before”The formula substitutes claimed common experience for a source or example.

Echo · 6 repeated lines

Words members of Parliament keep repeating, found by the same rule for every member. No score depends on it.

“The highest housing costs and the second-highest unemployment in the G7.”Said 15 times by 12 members.Every time it was said
“We have seen this movie before.”Said 6 times by 6 members.Every time it was said
“That is not a sovereign wealth fund.”Said 4 times by 4 members.Every time it was said
“Canada now has the worst investment record in the G7.”Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said
“Canada should be the wealthiest country in the world.”Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said
“Canadians are lining up at food banks.”Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said

Claims · 15

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“$25 billion of borrowed money on top of the $1.3 trillion of national debt”Canada’s national debt is $1.3 trillion and the government proposes funding a $25 billion sovereign wealth fund with borrowed money.search
2“2.2 million Canadians relying on food banks”2.2 million Canadians rely on food banks.search
3“interest payments climbing to nearly $81 billion a year by 2030”Canada’s annual interest payments on the public debt are projected to reach nearly $81 billion by 2030.search
4“the worst housing affordability in the G7”Canada has the worst housing affordability among G7 countries.search
5“over $3,400 per household just to service debt”Canada’s debt servicing costs amount to over $3,400 per household.search
6“Sovereign wealth funds like those in Norway or Saudi Arabia are built on surpluses”Norway’s and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth funds were built on budget surpluses and resource revenues.search
7“Canada now has the worst investment record in the G7”Canada has the worst investment record among G7 countries.search
8“Nearly $1 trillion has left our country since 2015”Nearly $1 trillion in investment has left Canada since 2015, according to RBC.search
9“It was supposed to deploy $35 billion”The Canada Infrastructure Bank was mandated to deploy $35 billion.search
10“could not even cover its own operating costs for the first seven years”For its first seven years, the Canada Infrastructure Bank did not generate revenue covering its own operating costs.search
11“$8 million in bonuses to executives in one year”Executives received $8 million in bonuses in one year, in the context of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.search
12“the Prime Minister has created 13 new government entities in just one year”The Prime Minister has created 13 new government entities in one year.search
13“The Canadian Federation of Independent Business calls it the “entrepreneurial drought””The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has used the term ‘entrepreneurial drought’.search
14“for six quarters in a row now, more businesses have been closing than opening”For six consecutive quarters, more Canadian businesses have closed than opened, per CFIB data.search
15“Only 18% say that it is a good time to start a business”Only 18% of respondents say it is a good time to start a business, per CFIB.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20