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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Respect and Clarity is 83. The grade is held to 78, 30 above Signal. 78 / 100, held down by Signal
Signal
48 / 100
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Relevance
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Respect
100 / 100
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Clarity
100 / 100
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A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Procedure 13% Positioning 34% Claims 30% The question 23%
Structure · 7 steps
Claims · 2
Echo · 2 repeated lines
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 5 words let us not be fooled. Procedure Positioning · 22 words What we have with this Liberal Prime Minister is higher costs, higher taxes, more debt and more money on the credit card . Positioning Procedure · 6 words It is always the same thing. Procedure Positioning · 6 words He is just another costly Liberal. Positioning Claims · 25 words The Liberal debt has now reached $1.475 trillion.1 Meanwhile, according to Le Journal de Montréal, one in three Quebeckers is going into debt to eat.2 The question · 19 words Will the Prime Minister take this situation seriously? When will he put an end to his credit card budgets?
Signal · 48
4 of 4 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 → “let us not be fooled.” 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 → “What we have with this Liberal Prime Minister is higher costs, higher taxes, more debt and more money on the credit card.” 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 → “It is always the same thing.” 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 → “He is just another costly Liberal.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · no score
Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.
Respect · 100
0 of 4 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 4 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.
Echo · 2 repeated lines
Words members of Parliament keep repeating, found by the same rule for every member. No score depends on it.
“More debt and more on the national credit card.” Said 12 times by 11 members. Every time it was said → “He is just another costly Liberal.” Said 6 times by 5 members. Every time it was said →
Claims · 2
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 Liberal debt has now reached $1.475 trillion.” The Liberal debt has reached $1.475 trillion. search 2 “one in three Quebeckers is going into debt to eat.” According to Le Journal de Montréal, one in three Quebeckers is going into debt to eat. search
