Analysis · Members' statement · beta

Aaron Gunn

Conservative on Finance 2026-05-05

169 words · 8 sentences · 8 clauses

Statement grade

A–

Average 88 / 100

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

Positioning 14%Claims 33%Reasoning 40%The ask 14%

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

Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 10 wordswhat a a colossal and grotesque waste of taxpayer money.Positioning Claims · 55 wordsHow else could one describe the deliberate Liberal decision to double the size of Canada’s deficit and add $1 trillion to Canada’s debt?¹ It will increase the amount of taxpayer money wasted on interest payments to $80 billion every single year.² That is $5,000 per Canadian household not going toward health care, education or roads.³ Positioning · 13 wordsThat is money taken from the pockets of everyday, hard-working Canadians and squandered.Positioning Reasoning · 68 wordsIf we keep borrowing all this money with no plan to pay it all back, this story will end only one way.Unearned certainty It will end with ever-increasing interest charges consuming a larger and larger share of Canada’s budget, meaning less money to pay for the essential government services on which we all rely and a deeper hole that will become only more difficult to dig ourselves out of. The ask · 23 wordsI implore the Liberal Prime Minister to put down the shovel, stop digging and restore fiscal discipline and fiscal sanity to this country.

At a glance

Lost points for

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What the tags mean

Signal · 82

2 of 3 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 “what a a colossal and grotesque waste of taxpayer money.”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 money taken from the pockets of everyday, hard-working Canadians and squandered.”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 3 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 · 83

1 of 3 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 “this story will end only one way”Asserts a single inevitable outcome without citing any source or evidence.

Claims · 3

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“double the size of Canada’s deficit and add $1 trillion to Canada’s debt”Liberal government decisions doubled the size of Canada’s federal deficit and added $1 trillion to Canada’s debt.search
2“increase the amount of taxpayer money wasted on interest payments to $80 billion every single year”Canada’s annual government interest payments on the debt will reach $80 billion per year.search
3“$5,000 per Canadian household”Canada’s annual interest payments amount to $5,000 per Canadian household.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20