“Mr. Speaker, I feel like we are playing a game of spot-the-lie tonight. How can my colleague say that this bill respects indigenous rights when over 100 communities are being threatened by the prospect of a western pipeline and when 14 communities are challenging Bill C‑39 in court? How can he say things like that and not see that his nose is growing longer?”
Statement grade
A+
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity.
Average 97 / 100
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Positioning 9%Claims 59%Reasoning 32%
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Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 7 wordsI completely disagree with my colleague’s remarks.PositioningClaims · 46 wordsBill C‑39 does not release our government from its duty to consult indigenous peoples and respect their rights.1On the contrary, it seeks to make consultations more coordinated and more predictable.2Our government is proposing a coordinated consultation process to facilitate indigenous participation in project assessments.Reasoning · 25 wordsAccelerating a process should not come at the cost of rights.Consultations must continue, impacts must be assessed and mitigation measures must be applied fully.
