Analysis · Members' statement · beta

Scott Reid

Conservative on Centre Block 2026-06-15

199 words · 7 sentences · 10 clauses

Statement grade

A+

Average 100 / 100

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Claims 57%Reasoning 41%The ask 2%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 114 wordsI hope that all colleagues have reviewed the seating plan that has been proposed for our return to Centre Block. Faced with a growing number of MPs in a fixed space, the government’s solution is, number one, to expand by about 30% the size of the desks assigned to cabinet so the Prime Minister will feel like he is back home on his favourite luxury jet, ¹and number two, having thereby caused an artificial space shortage for everyone else, to shove 300 MPs into four rows of bleachers, ²so tightly packed that MPs will no longer have a usable workspace and will have to tread on each other’s toes to get to their seat. Reasoning · 81 wordsA better idea would be to use the Quebec legislature’s new seating plan as our model. We could have five rows, with each row containing 36 members, connected by four aisles.³ This would result in wider seats, retention of desks instead of bleachers, and enough room for members to circulate behind each other’s seat rather than over each other’s feet. All we need for this to happen is to acknowledge the ancient principle that all MPs are treated and seated equally. The ask · 4 wordsLet us do that.

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Signal · 100

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Respect · 100

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Claims · 3

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1“expand by about 30% the size of the desks assigned to cabinet”The proposed Centre Block seating plan expands the desk space assigned to cabinet by about 30%.search
2“300 MPs into four rows of bleachers”The proposed Centre Block seating plan places 300 MPs in four rows of bleachers.search
3“five rows, with each row containing 36 members, connected by four aisles”The Quebec legislature’s new seating plan has five rows of 36 members each, connected by four aisles.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20