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Elizabeth May

Green on Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on Bill C-30 2026-06-15

223 words · 9 sentences · 14 clauses

Statement grade

A+

Average 95 / 100

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

Procedure 9%Claims 76%The ask 15%

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

Madam Speaker, Procedure · 19 wordsover the course of this debate, I have heard a number of things said that need to be referenced.Procedure Claims · 170 wordsAs my hon. friend from Fort McMurray—Cold Lake pointed out, we have actually had one hour, or maybe a bit more by now, for the programming motion we are debating right now, and now we have closure on that programming motion, which is all about speeding things up. The hon. member says that the government was elected and “we were elected”. I remember the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie pointing out that climate change was mentioned 28 times in what the government was elected to do.¹ Pipelines were not mentioned once.² I will remind the hon. member that, in the spring economic statement, there is no reference at all to deciding that, if a pesticide is considered too dangerous for use, that decision can be overturned for economic reasons.³ That is now buried in an omnibus budget bill that only got studied at the finance committee and, even there, very briefly.⁴ That is not due to the Conservative filibuster, but to the priority of the whole committee in what witnesses got called. The ask · 34 wordsTherefore, I beg of the government to not push this through without taking the time necessary, to not push through those buried bits in the omnibus budget bill without any real discussion or debate.

At a glance

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What the tags mean

Signal · 86

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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “over the course of this debate, I have heard a number of things said that need to be referenced.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.

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.

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“climate change was mentioned 28 times in what the government was elected to do”The governing party’s election platform mentioned climate change 28 times.search
2“Pipelines were not mentioned once”The governing party’s election platform did not mention pipelines at all.search
3“if a pesticide is considered too dangerous for use, that decision can be overturned for economic reasons”Bill C-30 contains a provision allowing a decision that a pesticide is too dangerous for use to be overturned for economic reasons.search
4“only got studied at the finance committee”Bill C-30 was studied only by the Standing Committee on Finance.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20