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The average of Signal, Relevance and Clarity.
Average 49 / 100
Signal
43 / 100
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Relevance
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Respect
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Clarity
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Procedure 8% Claims 43% Positioning 48% Promise 1%
Structure · 8 steps
Claims · 1
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 4 words I will withdraw that. Procedure Claims · 56 words The message to the media is, “Do your jobs. Hold the government to account for everything that is going on with respect to spending, contracts and all that stuff.” Canadians are going to need to rely on the media to do this. Off point The Liberal government is handcuffing the opposition party right now, particularly on oversight committees. Positioning · 39 words With this motion and with everything else that we have seen, the sad reality is that Liberals expect Canadians to give up, get complacent and go away, Unearned certainty so that the Prime Minister can have total power without any accountability. Positioning Promise · 4 words That will not happen. Positioning · 89 words Our country and its people are worth fighting for. We will continue to fight for people to afford homes, fuel and food. Vague promise We will continue to fight for safety on our streets. Vague promise We will continue to fight for our resource workers and our soldiers. Vague promise Conservatives will continue to lead that fight, every day and in every way, in Parliament, across the country and into the next election when Canadians will reclaim this country we know and love, Vague promise and put the power back to the people and not the government. Positioning Off point Procedure · 17 words With that, I would like to close with an amendment to Government Motion No. 9. I move: Procedure Claims · 59 words That the motion be amended, in paragraph (b), (a) by adding, after the words “and Estimates”, the word “and”; 1 and (b) by adding, after the words “Public Accounts”, the following: “which shall consist of nine members and be composed of four members from the Liberal Party, four members from the Conservative Party and one member from the Bloc Québécois.”
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×11 Positioning ×8 Vague promise ×4 Procedure ×3 Unearned certainty
Little substance Much of this statement went to praise, blame, greetings, routine procedure or general stories rather than reasons, requests or specific points.
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Signal · 43
11 of 27 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 withdraw that.” 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 → “With this motion and with everything else that we have seen, the sad reality is that Liberals expect Canadians to give up, get complacent and go away,” 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 → “so that the Prime Minister can have total power without any accountability.” 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 → “Our country and its people are worth fighting for.” 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 → “We will continue to fight for people to afford homes, fuel and food.” 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 → “We will continue to fight for safety on our streets.” 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 → “We will continue to fight for our resource workers and our soldiers.” 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 → “Conservatives will continue to lead that fight, every day and in every way, in Parliament, across the country and into the next election when Canadians will reclaim this country we know and love,” 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 → “and put the power back to the people and not the government.” 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 → “With that, I would like to close with an amendment to Government Motion No. 9.” Procedure or throat-clearing: 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 → “I move:” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 44
11 of 27 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 motion 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 will withdraw that.” A procedural aside about withdrawing a remark, not about the motion.
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 message to the media is, “Do your jobs.” A message to the media rather than an argument about the committee changes in the motion.
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 → “Hold the government to account for everything that is going on with respect to spending, contracts and all that stuff.”” Addresses the media’s duties on government spending, not the motion’s changes to committees.
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 → “Canadians are going to need to rely on the media to do this.” Continues the topic of Canadians relying on media, unrelated to the motion.
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 → “That will not happen.” A vow that ‘that will not happen’ without linking to the committee composition being debated.
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 → “Our country and its people are worth fighting for.” General patriotic statement not tied to the motion.
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 will continue to fight for people to afford homes, fuel and food.” Turns to affordability of homes, fuel and food, a different subject from the motion.
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 will continue to fight for safety on our streets.” Street safety is a different subject from the committee changes.
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 will continue to fight for our resource workers and our soldiers.” Resource workers and soldiers are unrelated to the motion.
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 → “Conservatives will continue to lead that fight, every day and in every way, in Parliament, across the country and into the next election when Canadians will reclaim this country we know and love,” Election fighting and a general pledge, not the motion’s content.
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 put the power back to the people and not the government.” Restoring power to the people is a broad slogan not tied to the motion’s provisions.
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 · 60
5 of 27 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 → “the sad reality is” Asserts a characterization of the Liberals’ expectations without any source or evidence.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “We will continue to fight for people to afford homes, fuel and food” A commitment with no specific action, date, or measure of success.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “We will continue to fight for safety on our streets” No actor, action, or success condition is specified beyond the promise to ‘fight’.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “We will continue to fight for our resource workers and our soldiers” A general commitment with no concrete steps or measures attached.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “continue to lead that fight, every day and in every way” The phrase promises effort everywhere and always without any specific action or outcome.
Claims · 1
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 “That the motion be amended, in paragraph (b), (a) by adding, after the words “and Estimates”, the word “and”; ” John Brassard moved an amendment to Government Motion No. 9 that would set the Standing Committee on Public Accounts at nine members, composed of four Liberals, four Conservatives and one Bloc Québécois member. search