Analysis · Speech on a motion · beta

Kevin Lamoureux

Liberal on Business of Supply 2026-10-08

1843 words · 115 sentences · 136 clauses

Statement grade

Average 77 / 100

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

Procedure 16%Positioning 17%Claims 58%Promise 4%The question 2%Aside 1%Reasoning 2%The ask 0%

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

Madam Speaker, Procedure · 34 wordsI have quite a bit to say about the motion that the opposition has brought forward. I kind of wish I had more time on it, quite frankly, because there is so much there.Procedure Positioning · 19 wordsWe as a government are very much listening to what Canadians are saying. We are listening and taking action.PositioningVague promise Procedure · 11 wordsThat is a very important thing to say at the outset, ProcedureClaims · 28 wordsbecause virtually from day one, we have been bringing forward programs to deal with the affordability issue in Canada. Canada is not alone in dealing with affordability issues. Positioning · 14 wordsAs a government, led by the Prime Minister, we are addressing the issue head-on.PositioningVague promise Procedure · 25 wordsI am going to list things we are doing to accommodate that. Before I get into that, though, I will provide a bit of commentary.Procedure Claims · 20 wordsI have been around Parliament Hill for a number of years now, much like the leader of the Conservative Party, Positioning · 7 wordsand never before have I seen this.Positioning Procedure · 9 wordsI do not know how best to describe it.Procedure Positioning · 18 wordsIs it laziness? I do not know what drove the Conservative Party to bring forward this opposition motion.Positioning Claims · 10 wordsThe Green Party leader just indirectly made light of it, Positioning · 29 wordsbut it is true. There really is zero merit to this opposition motion. I like to think that the members of the opposition could be a bit more creative.Positioning Claims · 50 wordsConservatives talk about how long the Liberals have been in government. Let me tell them how long it has been since the Prime Minister was elected on April 28, 2025.¹ That is 500 days.² Contrast that to the over 5,000 days that the Leader of the Opposition has been around.³ Promise · 76 wordsIf Conservatives want to do a comparison, I will do that. I will provide a detailed comparison so the people following this debate will better understand the degree of silliness and lazy opposition we see across the way and will see that we on the government benches are not only listening to what our constituents are saying but bringing their ideas and thoughts to the House of Commons, and actually acting on issues such as affordability. The question · 37 wordsI challenge the leader of the Conservative Party on why the Conservatives continue to vote against Liberal initiatives dealing with affordability while at the same time being critical of the government for not taking actions on affordability. Positioning · 14 wordsThe Conservative Party does not make any sense. It really and truly does not.Positioning Procedure · 16 wordsWe can stop and think about how Conservatives behave inside the chamber and their voting patterns.Procedure Claims · 16 wordsOn the one hand, they say they are concerned about affordability and are listening to Canadians. Procedure · 15 wordsLet me give a good, tangible example. I have raised this one in the past.Procedure Claims · 40 wordsThe Prime Minister and the government made a commitment to the children of Canada, 400,000 children.⁴ We are now making the national school nutrition program permanent.⁵ That program will provide food for the tummies of 400,000 children across the country. Procedure · 11 wordsWhat kind of response have we gotten from the Conservative Party?Procedure Claims · 44 wordsWe have had Conservatives call it a garbage program. We have had them say it is a non-existent program and that children are not being fed, but I can tell the House that it is having a real, tangible impact in every member’s constituency. Procedure · 11 wordsAs I have said before, this is not a new issue.Procedure Claims · 76 wordsIt has been an issue since I was first elected to the Manitoba legislature, back in 1988.⁶ We have a Prime Minister who has seen the merit of having this and bringing it in as part of affordability, ensuring that children are able to learn with some nutritious food as a part of their diet. There were many situations, even back in the eighties and nineties, when children were going to school on an empty stomach. Procedure · 9 wordsWe are doing two things at the same time, ProcedureClaims · 6 wordsand the Conservatives voted against them. Procedure · 14 wordsLet us look at another initiative to give a break and deal with affordability.Procedure Claims · 30 wordsThere is the program for first-time homebuyers, which got rid of the GST.⁷ That is a substantial saving for those individuals looking at purchasing a home for the first time. Procedure · 4 wordsIt does two things.Procedure Claims · 222 wordsOne is make it more affordable. The other is help build a stronger economy through our construction industry. That means more Canadian lumber and Canadian steel. It means having more engagement with our skilled labour and unionized workers. I could talk about the dental program and how many seniors on fixed incomes have benefited from that particular program. These are seniors living in every member’s riding across the country. That helps in terms of disposable income. It makes life more affordable. As with the school program, the Conservatives continue to vote against programs such as that. We have the groceries and essentials benefit. It is a program that puts a substantial increase of money into the pockets of individuals who are at the middle and lower-end income levels, more so than the multi-millionaires in our society, to deal with the affordability issue. Members of the Conservative Party talk about tax breaks. This Prime Minister and this government have delivered on tax breaks. The very first action taken by our Prime Minister was getting rid of the carbon tax.⁸ That was the first action by this Prime Minister under a new government following the election results in April last year. If we fast-forward to the spring economic update, there was the excise tax relief on gasoline.⁹ There is a great deal of benefit, Procedure · 10 wordsand it is not only on the issue of affordability.Procedure Claims · 46 wordsCanadians have recognized that one of the ways we can support the Canadian economy is by looking and travelling around Canada. Indirectly, it not only helps with the affordability issue but also encourages and promotes interprovincial and provincial travel for vacations and things of that nature. Procedure · 6 wordsThere are a number of initiatives.Procedure Claims · 12 wordsI did not mention the income tax break from 15% to 14%, ¹⁰Procedure · 4 wordsbut now I will.Procedure Claims · 11 wordsThere are 22 million Canadians who benefited from that tax break.¹¹ Procedure · 16 wordsThose are initiatives that deal with just affordability, and they are not all of the initiatives, ProcedureClaims · 32 wordsbut all of them have taken place since we got a new Prime Minister and a new government for the people of Canada. A member opposite asked if I just got here. Aside · 15 wordsI guess I have a lot of similarities with the leader of the Conservative Party.Aside Claims · 53 wordsBoth the leader of the Conservative Party and I have been around for a long time. That is why I do not have a problem doing a comparison between the leader of the Conservative Party and the Prime Minister of Canada, who has been around for less than a year and a half. Procedure · 49 wordsI have no problem at all doing that. I will now go on to the second stage. I just talked about the issue of affordability. Do members want to talk about what has taken place? With the issue of affordability, we have the short term and the long term.Procedure Claims · 46 wordsThe long term might be, for example, pharmacare or the dental program, or the national food program being made permanent by this Prime Minister. There is a whole new area with regard to what we are doing to build an economy that works for all Canadians. Positioning · 17 wordsAgain, we have a Prime Minister and a government focused on building a stronger, healthier Canadian economy.Positioning Claims · 55 wordsUnlike what the Conservative leader says, it is not just words.Off point Just as I illustrated regarding affordability, there are tangible actions putting money into the pockets of Canadians and increasing their disposable income. There are also tangible actions by this government and this Prime Minister that are building a stronger, healthier Canadian economy and society.Off point Procedure · 17 wordsThis is not by choice. All we have to do is look at the last federal election.Procedure Reasoning · 24 wordsIf the Conservatives were listening to their constituents, they would have found out what I and every member of the Liberal caucus found out, Claims · 12 wordswhich is that they are concerned about Donald Trump, tariffs and trade. Positioning · 9 wordsThese are things we should all be concerned about.Positioning Claims · 22 wordsAt the very least, I can assure those who are listening that the government has been focused on them from day one. Positioning · 42 wordsI ask members to tell me the last time we saw a prime minister work as collaboratively with the provinces and indigenous leaders collectively, as well as other stakeholders, as we have seen this Prime Minister work over the last 18 months.Positioning Claims · 39 wordsI have been around, as I said, since 1988, starting in the Manitoba legislature, and there has not been a prime minister who has worked as collaboratively with stakeholders in my time as a parliamentarian. The results are there, Promise · 6 wordsand we continue to move forward.Vague promise Claims · 18 wordsWe have been talking about Bill C-39.¹² There has been a great deal of debate on Bill C-39.Off point Positioning · 14 wordsThis bill is a very important aspect of the government’s long-term and short-term agenda, PositioningClaims · 26 wordsbecause we made a commitment to Canadians that we were going to not only deal with the issue of affordability but build Canada for the future.Partly on point Positioning · 25 wordsWe are talking about jobs for today and jobs for tomorrow to continue to make Canada the best country in the world to call home.PositioningOff point Procedure · 18 wordsWhat have we done? We can take a look at some of the Prime Minister’s very first actions.Procedure Claims · 39 wordsEven before he took his seat in the House physically, he was meeting and talking with premiers and trying to build that sense of collaboration that is necessary to be able to expand trade opportunities beyond the Canada-U.S.A. border.Off point Procedure · 9 wordsLet us take a look at the mandate letters.Procedure Positioning · 61 wordsMinisters in our front benches and others, even members of the Liberal caucus in the backbenches, are all on the same page. That page is to look at ways we can expand and grow Canada’s economy and at the same time protect our environment, making sure that we are doing it in the right way, protecting indigenous rights and working collaboratively.Positioning Claims · 13 wordsThe results are there. They are tangible We took down the federal barriers.¹³ Reasoning · 6 wordsThere should be one Canadian economy. Claims · 94 wordsThe federal barriers have been taken down to facilitate more trade between our provinces and territories. Even today, we continue to work with and encourage the provinces to do likewise and take down those interprovincial trade barriers that they need to.Vague promise That has been a very high priority for this Prime Minister. We then passed Bill C-5 to allow major projects to get up and running.¹⁴ If we listen to the Conservatives and the silliness that comes over from them, they say we have not built any major projects, but they built 20,000 projects. Positioning · 5 wordsWhat a bunch of garbage.PositioningOff point Procedure · 5 wordsLet us think about it.Procedure Claims · 6 wordsThey say they built 20,000 projects.¹⁵ Positioning · 39 wordsHow many of them were over $1 billion? What sort of collaboration took place between the provinces, indigenous people and stakeholders to develop major projects over $1 billion? When you talk about 20,000 projects, I am working on projects.Positioning The ask · 7 wordsI want the Seven Oaks General Hospital—Off point

At a glance

Lost points for
Echo ×29“We introduced the Canada groceries and essentials benefit.” Said 29 times by 19 members.Every time it was said

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What the tags mean

Signal · 58

56 of 99 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.

Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I have quite a bit to say about the motion that the opposition has brought forward.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I kind of wish I had more time on it, quite frankly,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “because there is so much there.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “We as a government are very much listening to what Canadians are saying.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “We are listening and taking action.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “That is a very important thing to say at the outset,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “As a government, led by the Prime Minister, we are addressing the issue head-on.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I am going to list things we are doing to accommodate that.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Before I get into that, though, I will provide a bit of commentary.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “and never before have I seen this.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I do not know how best to describe it.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Is it laziness?”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I do not know what drove the Conservative Party to bring forward this opposition motion.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “but it is true.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “There really is zero merit to this opposition motion.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I like to think that the members of the opposition could be a bit more creative.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “The Conservative Party does not make any sense.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “It really and truly does not.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “We can stop and think about how Conservatives behave inside the chamber and their voting patterns.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let me give a good, tangible example.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I have raised this one in the past.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “What kind of response have we gotten from the Conservative Party?”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “As I have said before, this is not a new issue.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “We are doing two things at the same time,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us look at another initiative to give a break and deal with affordability.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “It does two things.”Procedure or throat-clearing: 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 it is not only on the issue of affordability.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “There are a number of initiatives.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “but now I will.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Those are initiatives that deal with just affordability,”Procedure or throat-clearing: 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 they are not all of the initiatives,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
A remark off to the side of the point.What the tags mean “I guess I have a lot of similarities with the leader of the Conservative Party.”An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I have no problem at all doing that.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I will now go on to the second stage.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “I just talked about the issue of affordability.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Do members want to talk about what has taken place?”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “With the issue of affordability, we have the short term and the long term.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Again, we have a Prime Minister and a government focused on building a stronger, healthier Canadian economy.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “This is not by choice.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “All we have to do is look at the last federal election.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “These are things we should all be concerned about.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I ask members to tell me the last time we saw a prime minister work as collaboratively with the provinces and indigenous leaders collectively,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “as well as other stakeholders,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “as we have seen this Prime Minister work over the last 18 months.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “This bill is a very important aspect of the government’s long-term and short-term agenda,”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “We are talking about jobs for today and jobs for tomorrow to continue to make Canada the best country in the world to call home.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “What have we done?”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “We can take a look at some of the Prime Minister’s very first actions.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us take a look at the mandate letters.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “Ministers in our front benches and others, even members of the Liberal caucus in the backbenches, are all on the same page.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “That page is to look at ways we can expand and grow Canada’s economy and at the same time protect our environment, making sure that we are doing it in the right way, protecting indigenous rights and working collaboratively.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “What a bunch of garbage.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Let us think about it.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “How many of them were over $1 billion?”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “What sort of collaboration took place between the provinces, indigenous people and stakeholders to develop major projects over $1 billion?”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “When you talk about 20,000 projects, I am working on projects.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 56

39 of 99 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.

Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “There is a whole new area with regard to what we are doing to build an economy that works for all Canadians.”About building the broader economy, not the motion’s recognition of the Liberals’ time in office or the affordability crisis.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “Again, we have a Prime Minister and a government focused on building a stronger, healthier Canadian economy.”About the government’s general economic agenda, not the motion’s two points.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “Unlike what the Conservative leader says, it is not just words.”A dispute with the Conservative leader on the economy, not the motion’s subject.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “There are also tangible actions by this government and this Prime Minister that are building a stronger, healthier Canadian economy and society.”About building the economy and society generally, not affordability or the motion’s recognition.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “If the Conservatives were listening to their constituents, they would have found out what I and every member of the Liberal caucus found out,”About what Conservatives would have learned from constituents, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “which is that they are concerned about Donald Trump, tariffs and trade.”About concern over Trump, tariffs and trade, not the motion’s subject.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “These are things we should all be concerned about.”About tariffs and trade concerns, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “At the very least, I can assure those who are listening that the government has been focused on them from day one.”About the government’s focus on trade concerns, not the motion’s subject.
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 ask members to tell me the last time we saw a prime minister work as collaboratively with the provinces and indigenous leaders collectively,”About the Prime Minister’s collaboration with provinces and indigenous leaders, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “as well as other stakeholders,”About stakeholders in collaboration, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “as we have seen this Prime Minister work over the last 18 months.”About collaborative work over the last 18 months, not the motion’s points.
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 have been around,”About the speaker’s own years in politics, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “as I said, since 1988, starting in the Manitoba legislature,”About the speaker’s service since 1988, not the motion.
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 there has not been a prime minister who has worked as collaboratively with stakeholders in my time as a parliamentarian.”Comparing past prime ministers’ collaboration, not the motion’s subject.
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 results are there,”About results of collaboration, not the motion.
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 we continue to move forward.”About moving forward generally, not the motion.
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 have been talking about Bill C-39.”About debate on Bill C-39, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “There has been a great deal of debate on Bill C-39.”About the amount of debate on Bill C-39, not the motion.
Staying near the subject without addressing the matter at hand: what was asked, or what the bill, motion or speech is about.What the tags mean “This bill is a very important aspect of the government’s long-term and short-term agenda,”About Bill C-39’s place in the government’s agenda, touching affordability only in passing.
Staying near the subject without addressing the matter at hand: what was asked, or what the bill, motion or speech is about.What the tags mean “because we made a commitment to Canadians that we were going to not only deal with the issue of affordability but build Canada for the future.”About a commitment tied to Bill C-39, mentioning affordability but centred on the bill and building Canada.
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 are talking about jobs for today and jobs for tomorrow to continue to make Canada the best country in the world to call home.”About jobs and building Canada for the future, not the motion’s two points.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “Even before he took his seat in the House physically, he was meeting and talking with premiers and trying to build that sense of collaboration that is necessary to be able to expand trade opportunities beyond the Canada-U.S.A. border.”About meeting premiers to expand trade, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “Ministers in our front benches and others, even members of the Liberal caucus in the backbenches, are all on the same page.”About the caucus being aligned, not the motion.
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 page is to look at ways we can expand and grow Canada’s economy and at the same time protect our environment, making sure that we are doing it in the right way, protecting indigenous rights and working collaboratively.”About growing the economy and protecting the environment, not the motion.
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 results are there.”About tangible results generally, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “They are tangible We took down the federal barriers.”About removing federal trade barriers, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “There should be one Canadian economy.”About a single Canadian economy, not the motion.
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 federal barriers have been taken down to facilitate more trade between our provinces and territories.”About interprovincial trade barriers, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “Even today, we continue to work with and encourage the provinces to do likewise and take down those interprovincial trade barriers that they need to.”About encouraging provinces on trade barriers, not the motion.
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 has been a very high priority for this Prime Minister.”About the Prime Minister’s priorities on trade, not the motion.
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 then passed Bill C-5 to allow major projects to get up and running.”About Bill C-5 and major projects, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “If we listen to the Conservatives and the silliness that comes over from them, they say we have not built any major projects,”About Conservative claims on major projects, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “but they built 20,000 projects.”About projects built under previous governments, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “What a bunch of garbage.”A dismissal of the Conservative claim on projects, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “They say they built 20,000 projects.”About the Conservatives’ projects claim, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “How many of them were over $1 billion?”About the size of past projects, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “What sort of collaboration took place between the provinces, indigenous people and stakeholders to develop major projects over $1 billion?”About collaboration on past major projects, not the motion.
Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “When you talk about 20,000 projects, I am working on projects.”About the speaker’s own projects, not the motion.
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 want the Seven Oaks General Hospital—”About a local hospital project, not the motion.

Respect · 100

0 of 99 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 · 95

4 of 99 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.

A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “We are listening and taking action”The commitment names no measure, date or success condition for the action.
A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “we are addressing the issue head-on”The pledge to address the issue names no specific measure or test of progress.
A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “we continue to move forward”Moving forward is a commitment with no actor’s action, date or measure named.
A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “we continue to work with and encourage the provinces”Continuing to work with the provinces states no specific step, date or outcome.

Echo · 1 repeated line

Words members of Parliament keep repeating, found by the same rule for every member. No score depends on it.

“We introduced the Canada groceries and essentials benefit.”Said 29 times by 19 members.Every time it was said

Claims · 15

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“the Prime Minister was elected on April 28, 2025”Canada’s Prime Minister was elected on April 28, 2025.search
2“That is 500 days”As of the debate on October 8, 2026, 500 days had passed since the Prime Minister was elected on April 28, 2025.search
3“the over 5,000 days that the Leader of the Opposition has been around”The Leader of the Opposition has been a parliamentarian for over 5,000 days as of October 2026.search
4“a commitment to the children of Canada, 400,000 children”The government committed to providing the national school nutrition program to 400,000 children in Canada.search
5“making the national school nutrition program permanent”The government is making the national school nutrition program permanent.search
6“I was first elected to the Manitoba legislature, back in 1988”Kevin Lamoureux was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1988.search
7“which got rid of the GST.”The government’s first-time homebuyers program removed the GST for first-time home purchases.search
8“The very first action taken by our Prime Minister was getting rid of the carbon tax”The first action taken by the Prime Minister’s new government after the April 2025 election was eliminating the carbon tax.search
9“there was the excise tax relief on gasoline”The spring economic update included excise tax relief on gasoline.search
10“the income tax break from 15% to 14%”The government reduced the lowest federal income tax rate from 15% to 14%.search
11“There are 22 million Canadians who benefited from that tax break”22 million Canadians benefited from the income tax rate reduction from 15% to 14%.search
12“We have been talking about Bill C-39”Bill C-39 is a government bill currently before the House of Commons.search
13“We took down the federal barriers”The federal government has removed federal interprovincial trade barriers to facilitate trade between provinces and territories.search
14“We then passed Bill C-5 to allow major projects to get up and running”Parliament passed Bill C-5, which allows major projects to proceed.search
15“They say they built 20,000 projects”The Conservatives have said that 20,000 projects were built under the previous government.search

Analysed on 2026-10-19