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Braeden Caley

Liberal on Building Canada Strong Act 2026-09-23

125 words · 5 sentences · 7 clauses

Replying to Alexis Deschênes (Bloc Québécois)

“Mr. Speaker, I would like to start by welcoming our new colleague on behalf of the Bloc Québécois. I would like to congratulate him on his election, and I hope that we will have fruitful debates in pursuit of the common good. My colleague talked about development, but he also talked about environmental protection. If a project is approved before an environmental assessment has been done, and if the project is already under way, what value can that environmental assessment possibly have when it is carried out? How can anyone seriously believe the environment will be protected if the assessment does not happen until the project is already under way?”

Statement grade

A–

Average 89 / 100

A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.

Thanks 5%Claims 86%Procedure 9%

This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.

Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 6 wordsI appreciate the member’s important question.Thanks Claims · 108 wordsI know that exactly that kind of consideration was a key theme of the consultations that have taken place over previous months.Unearned certainty It is one that is important to me as well in ensuring that those assessments are rigorous from the beginning, that they are built in from the beginning and that they are serious at every stage. The bill would do that by ensuring that rigour is not conflated alone with the time that such a process takes, ¹and that this rigour could be brought into the timelines that allow us to build faster while still building sustainably. That is what I believe the bill would do, Procedure · 11 wordsand that is why I am very proud to support it.Procedure

At a glance

Lost points for
AnsweredOf this reply, 100% addressed the question or point raised.

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What the tags mean

Signal · 82

2 of 3 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.

Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “I appreciate the member’s important question.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “and that is why I am very proud to support it.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 100

0 of 3 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.

Nothing lost points.

Respect · 100

0 of 3 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 · 75

1 of 3 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.

Something stated as certain with nothing to back it.What the tags mean “I know that exactly that kind of consideration”Certainty is asserted in the speaker’s own voice about what consultations found, with no source offered.

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“ensuring that rigour is not conflated alone with the time that such a process takes”Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, ties the rigour of project assessments to factors beyond the length of the assessment process.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20