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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity is 53. The grade is held to 30, 30 above Relevance. 30 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
70 / 100
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Relevance
0 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
88 / 100
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Positioning 19% Claims 75% Procedure 6%
Structure · 6 steps
Claims · 4
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 11 words I would love to know exactly what Madam Justice Arbour thought. Positioning Claims · 17 words We invited her to committee, 1 but she did not even bother showing up to defend her report.2 Procedure · 6 words Let us put this in perspective. Procedure Claims · 62 words Madam Justice Arbour’s study and report were done years ago. Things have changed. The director of military prosecutions had said that, on a short-term basis, they needed to adjust and pivot, 3 and to move all cases under the ministerial directive from one of the former ministers of national defence.4 Because of that, the military is prepared to deal with the cases today. Positioning · 9 words What Madam Justice Arbour said before is now irrelevant. Positioning Off point Unearned certainty
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×10 Positioning ×2 Procedure Unearned certainty Didn't answer None of this reply addressed the specific point raised or the topic under debate.
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Signal · 70
3 of 14 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.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “I would love to know exactly what Madam Justice Arbour thought.” 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 → “Let us put this in perspective.” 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 Madam Justice Arbour said before is now irrelevant.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 0
10 of 14 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.
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 → “I would love to know exactly what Madam Justice Arbour thought.” Pivots to wondering about Arbour’s views instead of answering what he says to the victims.
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 invited her to committee,” Talks about a committee invitation rather than addressing the victims’ stated wishes.
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 she did not even bother showing up to defend her report.” Criticizes Arbour for not appearing, sidestepping the question to him.
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 → “Let us put this in perspective.” A framing aside that introduces a different argument rather than an answer.
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 → “Madam Justice Arbour’s study and report were done years ago.” Offers the timing of Arbour’s report, not a response to the victims.
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 → “Things have changed.” A bare assertion that things changed, in place of addressing the victims.
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 director of military prosecutions had said that, on a short-term basis, they needed to adjust and pivot,” Discusses the director of military prosecutions’ position rather than speaking to the victims.
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 → “and to move all cases under the ministerial directive from one of the former ministers of national defence.” Refers to a ministerial directive, which is not what the questioner asked about.
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 → “Because of that, the military is prepared to deal with the cases today.” Asserts the military is prepared today, substituting that claim for an answer to the victims.
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 → “What Madam Justice Arbour said before is now irrelevant.” Declares Arbour’s views irrelevant instead of answering what he says to the victims.
Respect · no score
Not checked: graded before this measurement existed. Excluded from the average.
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.
Clarity · 88
1 of 14 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.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “is now irrelevant” The assertion that the report’s conclusions no longer matter is stated flatly with no source or evidence offered.
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 “We invited her to committee” The House of Commons national defence committee invited Madam Justice Louise Arbour to appear as a witness during its study of Bill C-11. search 2 “she did not even bother showing up to defend her report” Louise Arbour did not appear before the national defence committee during its study of Bill C-11. search 3 “The director of military prosecutions had said that, on a short-term basis, they needed to adjust and pivot” The Director of Military Prosecutions said that on a short-term basis adjustments were needed to how cases were handled. search 4 “move all cases under the ministerial directive from one of the former ministers of national defence” Cases covered by a ministerial directive issued by a former minister of national defence were to be moved (out of the military justice system) as part of that adjustment. search
