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Alexis Deschênes

122 words · 8 sentences · 10 clauses

Statement grade
A+
Average 100 / 100
A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Claims 54%Reasoning 34%The question 11%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 25 wordsyesterday, the National Assembly of Quebec passed a law to protect certain ridings in my region, the Gaspé Peninsula, 3as well as one in Montreal. Reasoning · 42 wordsWith every electoral redistribution exercise comes tension between, on the one hand, population growth and the need to ensure that each vote carries similar relative weight, and, on the other hand, the importance of ensuring that ridings do not become too large. Claims · 41 wordsThe Quebec National Assembly chose to protect certain ridings. Similar situations exist at the federal level. My riding, Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, now covers 23,000 square kilometres.1 That is larger than the area of Djibouti.2 Several of my colleagues have even larger ridings. The question · 14 wordsWhat does my colleague think we can do to better balance these two requirements?

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