“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have painted themselves into a corner. They failed to negotiate a treaty with Cowichan Tribes, so they got sued and lost in Richmond. Now the Prime Minister says he will advance “viable legal arguments to protect private property”, but the Liberals told their lawyers not to argue the primacy of property rights at trial. By now, it must have dawned on them that an argument not advanced at trial is not viable on appeal, because the minister just told us he is asking private property owners to do their work for them. The Liberals talk about negotiation, but the failure to negotiate is how we got here in the first place, so what are they going to do?”
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Positioning 54%Reasoning 46%
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 19 wordsI would remind the Conservatives that real leadership means actually working to address problems, not fearmongering for political gain.PositioningOff pointReasoning · 16 wordsReal leadership is respecting the Constitution, respecting the courts and respecting the work of advancing reconciliation.Partly on point
