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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 66. The grade is held to 39, 30 above Relevance. 39 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
54 / 100
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Relevance
9 / 100
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Respect
100 / 100
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Clarity
100 / 100
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Procedure 21% Claims 60% Positioning 19%
Structure · 8 steps
Claims · 4
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 10 words I will start with the first part of his question. Procedure Claims · 4 words He mentioned la-la land. Positioning · 15 words What I find funny is that I get the impression he was talking to himself. Positioning Partly on point Procedure · 18 words Here is what I took from the Bloc Québécois after watching them during the debate on Bill C-30: Procedure Claims · 62 words They spent all their time complaining, but made no proposals. The Bloc Québécois did not table any amendments during consideration of Bill C-30.3 It did not table any amendments, yet spent all its time voting against the measures. It voted in favour of some measures and against others, 4 but it voted against the final outcome.1 It did not put forward any proposals. Positioning · 10 words We, on the other hand, are in the real world. Positioning Claims · 15 words We have put forward proposals. We have even tabled amendments which the opposition voted for.2 Off point
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×11 Procedure ×2 Partly on point ×2 Positioning ×2 Didn't answer None of this reply addressed the specific point raised or the topic under debate.
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Signal · 54
4 of 17 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.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I will start with the first part of his question.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “What I find funny is that I get the impression he was talking to himself.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Here is what I took from the Bloc Québécois after watching them during the debate on Bill C-30:” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “We, on the other hand, are in the real world.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 9
13 of 17 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the point put to the member, and the bill under debate.
Partly on point Staying near the subject without addressing the matter at hand: what was asked, or what the bill, motion or speech is about. What the tags mean → “He mentioned la-la land.” On the subject of the question, but no answer to what was asked can be drawn from it.
Partly on point Staying near the subject without addressing the matter at hand: what was asked, or what the bill, motion or speech is about. What the tags mean → “What I find funny is that I get the impression he was talking to himself.” On the subject of the question, but no answer to what was asked can be drawn from it.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “They spent all their time complaining,” About the Bloc’s conduct in debate, not whether he would accept airport privatization.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “but made no proposals.” About the Bloc’s failure to propose, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The Bloc Québécois did not table any amendments during consideration of Bill C-30.” About the Bloc’s record of amendments on the bill, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It did not table any amendments,” About the Bloc’s record of amendments on the bill, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “yet spent all its time voting against the measures.” About the Bloc’s voting record on the bill, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It voted in favour of some measures and against others,” About the Bloc’s voting record on the bill, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “but it voted against the final outcome.” About the Bloc’s voting record on the bill, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It did not put forward any proposals.” About the Bloc’s failure to propose, not the privatization question asked.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We, on the other hand, are in the real world.” Praise of his own side rather than an answer on airport privatization.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We have put forward proposals.” Praise of his own side’s proposals rather than an answer on airport privatization.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “We have even tabled amendments which the opposition voted for.” About the government’s amendments and opposition votes, not the privatization question asked.
Respect · 100
0 of 17 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 17 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 “voted against the final outcome” The Bloc Québécois voted against the final outcome of Bill C-30. search 2 “tabled amendments which the opposition voted for” The speaker’s party tabled amendments that the opposition voted for. search 3 “did not table any amendments during consideration of Bill C-30” The Bloc Québécois did not table any amendments during the consideration of Bill C-30. search 4 “voted in favour of some measures and against others” The Bloc Québécois voted in favour of some measures and against others. search
