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Leah Gazan

NDP on Residential Schools 2026-09-24

163 words · 9 sentences · 12 clauses

Statement grade

Average 92 / 100

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Claims 46%Reasoning 22%The ask 13%Thanks 19%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 75 wordsOrange Shirt Day is a day to honour residential school survivors and children, our relatives who never made it home and the parents who were left in deafening silence every September, which was when our children were kidnapped and taken off to residential schools. It was a violent plan to get us out of the way in the name of nation building. That is why, in 2022, the House recognized residential schools as a genocide, ¹Reasoning · 8 wordsbut we cannot honour survivors without protecting truth. The ask · 21 wordsI again implore the Liberal government to take on my bill to criminalize residential school denialism as an incitement of hate.² Reasoning · 28 wordsWe must protect survivors. Reconciliation is built on their stories, truth and the suffering they endured. We owe them the protection from any and all forms of hate. Thanks · 31 wordsOn behalf of the NDP, I honour all survivors, parents, families and communities. I lift them up today, not only on Orange Shirt Day, but every day, with all our love.Thanks

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Signal · 76

3 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 “On behalf of the NDP, I honour all survivors, parents, families and communities.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “I lift them up today, not only on Orange Shirt Day,”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “but every day, with all our love.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.

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Respect · 100

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Clarity · 100

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Claims · 2

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1“in 2022, the House recognized residential schools as a genocide”In 2022, the House of Commons passed a motion recognizing that residential schools constituted a genocide.search
2“my bill to criminalize residential school denialism as an incitement of hate”Leah Gazan has tabled a private member’s bill that would criminalize residential school denialism as an incitement of hate.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20