“Mr. Speaker, we frequently hear said in this place that the previous government under Stephen Harper was ready to move ahead with northern gateway and that it was the Liberals who struck it down. However, I am certain many people forgot, but I did not forget, that the Conservative platform in 2011 was specifically against exporting bitumen to Asia. Specifically, Stephen Harper’s platform said that we should not ship Canadian fossil fuels to refineries in countries that have weaker environmental standards than we did. The Conservatives were explicitly against pipelines across British Columbia to export to Asia. As for northern gateway, it was struck down by the Federal Court of Appeal, and due to actions by the previous government, not the Liberals.”
Statement grade
F
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 60. The grade is held to 30, 30 above Relevance.
30 / 100, held down by Relevance
A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Claims 18%Aside 56%Reasoning 26%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Claims · 11 wordsof course, I disagree with the member from the Green Party.Aside · 34 wordsWe probably disagree on everything.I think she needs to leave the past behind and, like Marty McFly, go back to the future and understand that Canada is in a different spot right now.AsideReasoning · 16 wordsWe need to get the pipelines built.We need to build in Canada, to serve Canadians.Off point
