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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity is 57. The grade is held to 44, 30 above Relevance. 44 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
57 / 100
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Relevance
14 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
100 / 100
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A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Aside 7% Positioning 30% Claims 49% The question 13%
Structure · 7 steps
Claims · 3
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Aside · 6 words get the minister some rocket fuel. Aside Positioning · 20 words The Liberals are experts at paying a lot for nothing. They have turned a gravel pit into a money pit. Positioning Claims · 31 words A former Liberal MP got $237 million for ventilators that went straight into the scrap heap.1 A Nova Scotia wind farm, tightly connected to former Liberal MPs, got a $206-million loan.2 Positioning · 5 words Liberal insiders are making bank, Positioning Claims · 9 words while too many Canadians are at the food bank. Off point The question · 11 words When will a satellite be launched from our $200-million parking lot?3
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×6 Positioning ×3 Aside
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Signal · 57
4 of 10 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.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “get the minister some rocket fuel.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “The Liberals are experts at paying a lot for nothing.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “They have turned a gravel pit into a money pit.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “Liberal insiders are making bank,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 14
6 of 10 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 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 Liberals are experts at paying a lot for nothing.” A rhetorical jab about Liberals generally rather than an answer about the lease.
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 have turned a gravel pit into a money pit.” Wordplay on the parking lot that offers no answer to the 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 → “A former Liberal MP got $237 million for ventilators that went straight into the scrap heap.” Offers a different contract, ventilators, in place of the lease the question was 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 → “A Nova Scotia wind farm, tightly connected to former Liberal MPs, got a $206-million loan.” Offers a different example, a wind farm loan, rather than the spaceport lease 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 → “Liberal insiders are making bank,” Restates the question’s premise as a political point without answering 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 → “while too many Canadians are at the food bank.” Pivots to food banks, a different subject entirely.
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 · 100
0 of 10 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 · 3
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 “A former Liberal MP got $237 million for ventilators” A former Liberal MP received $237 million for the supply of ventilators that are now being scrapped. search 2 “A Nova Scotia wind farm, tightly connected to former Liberal MPs, got a $206-million loan” A Nova Scotia wind farm with ties to former Liberal MPs received a $206-million loan. search 3 “$200-million parking lot” The Canadian government paid $200 million for a spaceport facility that remains an undeveloped site with no satellite launch. search
