“Mr. Speaker, the only problem with Eisenhower’s comments is that they rely on rational actors who have the same interests in mind. I would suggest that perhaps our interests are not aligned like they may have been at that time when he said those words here. In lieu of the fact that trade is suffering and that we need to look for other opportunities, there is a great opportunity that comes, for our ridings and all of our neighbouring ridings, and that is the new Alto project, which would help, with a lot of building, with people working and with the steel and aggregate that is required. Are these not the nation-building projects that we should be focusing on right now? Does the member not believe that the Alto project will be tremendous for the region of the country?”
Statement grade
B+
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 88. The grade is held to 83, 30 above Signal.
83 / 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.
Claims 57%Positioning 43%
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 3 wordsAlto cannot proceed.3Positioning · 5 wordsI am dead against it.PositioningClaims · 49 wordsIt is $90 billion, 1and that is just a fraction of the cost that we are looking at.Individuals, businesses, farms and communities across our riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga are being threatened with loss of income.2Their homes are being uprooted.This is the situation across the board.Positioning · 34 wordsExpropriation is worrisome, and with the idea that Alto is going to be the grand fix when the situation across our country is dire, this is a tough and strange question from the government.Positioning
