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Anna Roberts

79 words · 4 sentences · 6 clauses

Replying to Gord Johns (NDP)
“Madam Speaker, the motion before us cites that the Liberals have been in power for 11 years and that Canada is in an affordability crisis. Well, of course we support the motion, but the opposition’s role is to hold government to account and also to be propositional. Opposition days are precious. They are an opportunity for the opposition to bring forward good proposals and force Parliament to vote on them. Right now, we have a mental health crisis and a housing crisis. We have six million people who are not attached to a doctor. The Conservatives talk about treatment and recovery. We support that, but they have no proposal on how to fix it. Why are the Conservatives tying up the House all day without bringing forward a propositional solution to solve the problems that they outlined? I appreciate them outlining the problems, but—”
Statement grade
B+
Average 80 / 100
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Procedure 16%Claims 56%Positioning 28%

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Madam Speaker, Procedure · 13 wordsI am not sure whether the member was in the House this week, ProcedureClaims · 44 wordsbut we were discussing the opportunity to cut the diesel tax. We discussed cutting taxes abroad. We have single seniors who are paying 10 times more in taxes than a couple earning the same amount of money.1 We expect those taxes to go down, Vague promisePositioning · 22 wordsbut as long as the Liberal government continues to blow our money, we are never going to be able to afford it.PositioningPartly on point

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