“Mr. Speaker, my colleague said something that resonates with me because it is something I have felt as well. According to feedback from the public, when they saw the exchange between my colleague and the Minister of Finance, they did not understand why the minister was not answering. I must admit that, over the past year, this is one of the things I have noticed that really amazes me. When we go to a committee meeting and ask questions, it seems as though the government’s primary goal is to avoid answering questions and just run out the clock. I really do not understand what the point of that is. Does my colleague have any explanation or possible theories to share?”
Statement grade
B
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 82. The grade is held to 79, 30 above Signal.
79 / 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.
Thanks 21%Positioning 24%Claims 55%
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 24 wordsI would like to thank my colleague, whom I hold in particularly high regard and who lives in an incredible part of the country.ThanksPositioning · 28 wordsThis is sad.It is something we often say, for example during oral question period, which is aptly named.It is a question period, not an answer period.PositioningClaims · 63 wordsIt is the same in committee.We ask questions, and sadly, we get no answers.There are Canadians who listen to question period and committee hearings.Unfortunately, all this does is fuel their cynicism about politics.People can clearly see that we are not getting any answers from the government.Unearned certaintyThis applies even more in the case of financial scandals like this one.
