“Mr. Chair, the minister has been taking questions for a little over three hours now, but we have not gotten any real answers so far, just a lot of hot air. I will stick to the facts. We want to avoid being partisan, so we will stick to the facts. It is a fact that we have a $66.9-billion deficit this year. That is the biggest deficit in the history of the country, outside of the pandemic. What is worse, the Liberals are planning to spend an average of $59 billion per year for the next five years. They will rack up a deficit of $59 billion per year for the next five years. My question for the minister is very simple. At what point does it become unacceptable to burn through taxpayers’ money like that?”
Statement grade
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The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 89. The grade is held to 85, 30 above Signal.
85 / 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.
Positioning 24%Claims 60%Aside 16%
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Chair, Positioning · 13 wordsI am so glad to hear such an excellent question from my colleague.PositioningClaims · 27 wordsHe will be happy to hear that the deficit happens to be $11 billion lower than anticipated in budget 2025.1We restored fiscal discipline in this country.Aside · 16 wordsI will even help the hon. member out, because he will need a clip for that.AsideClaims · 34 wordsHe can ask the IMF, which is independent.The IMF does not need a clip to explain that to his constituents.The IMF says that Canada’s fiscal position is the strongest in the G7.2Positioning · 11 wordsI think that is what my colleague should tell his constituents.Positioning
