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François-Philippe Champagne

Liberal on Business of Supply 2026-05-26

83 words · 7 sentences · 8 clauses

Replying to Jean-Denis Garon (Bloc Québécois)

“Madam Chair, once again, he is cutting funding for science, agriculture and the National Film Board of Canada, but he managed to find one-third of a million dollars for the Governor General. Does he think the Governor General and her office now have the resources to produce a nice film for us about the $7,000 shoes the Governor General just might buy with that money?”

Statement grade

A+

Average 98 / 100

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

Greeting 6%Claims 81%Reasoning 13%

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

Madam Chair, Greeting · 5 wordsthank you for that reminder.Greeting Claims · 50 wordsTo correct the statement made by my colleague, for whom I have a great deal of respect, I can say that we have, in fact, protected the security-related investments included in the budget.¹ We also protected our defence budgets.² We have protected budgets in areas such as research and development, ³Reasoning · 11 wordsbecause we are well aware of the importance of those sectors. Claims · 17 wordsThe same goes for indigenous services.⁴ The idea was to protect certain departments. That is what we—

At a glance

Lost points for
AnsweredOf this reply, 100% addressed the question or point raised.
Echo ×5“For whom I have a great deal of respect.” Said 5 times by 4 members.Every time it was said

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What the tags mean

Signal · 92

1 of 1 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.

Greetings and pleasantries.What the tags mean “thank you for that reminder.”A greeting: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 100

0 of 1 deductions are Relevance

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the point put to the member, and the motion under debate.

Nothing lost points.

Respect · 100

0 of 1 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 1 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 · 1 repeated line

Words members of Parliament keep repeating, found by the same rule for every member. No score depends on it.

“For whom I have a great deal of respect.”Said 5 times by 4 members.Every time it was said

Claims · 4

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“we have, in fact, protected the security-related investments included in the budget”The government’s budget protected security-related investments from the savings exercise.search
2“We also protected our defence budgets”The government’s budget protected defence budgets from the savings exercise.search
3“We have protected budgets in areas such as research and development”The government’s budget protected research and development budgets from the savings exercise.search
4“The same goes for indigenous services”The government’s budget protected indigenous services budgets from the savings exercise.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20