Analysis · Speech on a motion · beta

Marie-Hélène Gaudreau

Bloc Québécois on Business of Supply 2026-10-22

949 words · 62 sentences · 72 clauses

Statement grade

A–

Average 86 / 100

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

Procedure 7%Thanks 2%Claims 18%Positioning 22%Reasoning 46%Promise 2%Aside 0%The ask 3%

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

Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 21 wordsfirst off, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with my esteemed colleague from Côte‑Nord—Kawawachikamachi—Nitassinan.Procedure Thanks · 20 wordsFirst, I would like to warmly congratulate my new colleagues in Quebec’s National Assembly who were elected on October 5.Thanks Claims · 20 wordsIn the Laurentians, from the La Vérendrye wildlife reserve to the Rivière des Mille Îles, nine sovereigntist MNAs were elected.¹ Positioning · 38 wordsAs a sovereigntist, the member for Laurentides—Labelle and a proud member of the Bloc Québécois, I wish to reiterate that I intend to work closely with my counterparts in the Parti Québécois for the future of our nation.PositioningOff point Reasoning · 20 wordsThe future of our nation depends on promoting what lies at the very heart of who we are: Vague promiseour culture. Positioning · 21 wordsI understand the federalist strategy all too well. Control over our cultural destiny is seen as a threat to Canadian unity.Positioning Reasoning · 20 wordsThat is why the affirmation and promotion of our culture have always been filtered through the lens of federalist policies. Claims · 21 wordsThe preservation of our heritage and cultural autonomy represents a real and tangible challenge to the broader project of Canadian nation-building.Partly on point Reasoning · 95 wordsFaced with Anglo-American cultural hegemony and pushes toward uniformity, Quebec must have the tools necessary to ensure its cultural sovereignty: produce its own works, promote them and make them available to its citizens, and showcase its world view across the globe. Its ability to choose its own cultural destiny depends on it. When the government backtracks on important legal pillars that have real, tangible and major effects on some of the population’s culture, we have every right to question the intentions behind these decisions. As an opposition legislator, it is my duty to do so. Positioning · 21 wordsThe government will definitely tell us that it has increased CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding. It did, and we are very glad it did.Positioning Claims · 5 wordsCBC/Radio-Canada is a public broadcaster. Promise · 21 wordsI am happy to know that in the coming weeks or months, hopefully, Radio-Canada will have reporters based in the Laurentians. Claims · 7 wordsWe do not have any right now.² Procedure · 10 wordsLet us turn to TVA, Noovo and private production companies.Procedure Positioning · 11 wordsHow can they compete against Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and the others?Positioning Reasoning · 64 wordsWhen production and distribution of cultural products fall into the hands of foreign giants, we risk losing more than just part of our identity. What we are asking for is not complicated. We must not give up the key ways in which we define our cultural priorities. We must maintain our presence in the public space and make our voice heard around the world. Procedure · 2 wordsIn 2026, ProcedureClaims · 26 wordsas American platforms share their content globally and play a pivotal role in our cultural life, the government is choosing to scrap the digital services tax.³ Aside · 1 wordsWow.Aside Reasoning · 29 wordsIt is choosing to give up one of the few levers at its disposal to get these giants to contribute to the cultural ecosystem where they make their profits. Aside · 2 wordsImagine that.Aside Positioning · 16 wordsThis choice puts commercial interests ahead of cultural interests. Yes, commercial interests come before cultural interests.Positioning Reasoning · 24 wordsRefusing to exercise the powers of the state means accepting the power relationship and letting these platforms set the ground rules on their own. Positioning · 17 wordsThis abdication is an admission of weakness and a profound disdain for francophone culture in North America.Positioning Procedure · 4 wordsLet me be clear.Procedure Positioning · 16 wordsWithout the Bloc Québécois, no one here would take such a strong stand on Quebec culture.Positioning Procedure · 12 wordsI am turning to my Liberal Party or Conservative Party colleagues here, ProcedureThe ask · 9 wordsand asking them where they stand on this issue. Reasoning · 41 wordsDefending Quebec culture involves defending the economy. They go hand in hand. Defending Quebec culture involves protecting jobs. Defending Quebec culture involves negotiating with the European Union. We have to stop assuming that protecting culture and creating jobs are mutually exclusive. Claims · 15 wordsThe Prime Minister wants to to create closer ties between Canada and the European Union. Reasoning · 12 wordsWe can also turn to the EU’s defence of culture for inspiration. Claims · 31 wordsEurope oversees huge platforms and ensures that its creative works are present and visible on streaming services. A number of its member states have also taken action on a fiscal level. Positioning · 24 wordsLet us be bold, and let us take pride in Quebec culture. I know that the Prime Minister understands the value of soft power.Positioning Procedure · 4 wordsI say to him: ProcedurePositioning · 25 wordsLet us take pride in seeing Quebec walk the red carpet at Cannes, shine at the Oscars and showcase its artists on the world stage.Positioning Reasoning · 16 wordsHowever, that kind of success does not happen on its own. Without funding, culture cannot thrive. Claims · 27 wordsFrom Théâtre du Marais in my riding in the Laurentians to Quebec TV series that are reaching audiences around the world, every link in the chain matters. Reasoning · 53 wordsWe need to support our culture and to show the world what Quebec has to offer. Our culture deserves the government support it needs to create, renew, be passed on to future generations and flourish. That is why it is essential that the government uphold the CRTC’s decisions imposing levies on streaming services, Claims · 7 wordsas set out in the Broadcasting Act, ⁴The ask · 19 wordsand that it make the interim payment of $600 million promised to the cultural sector for the current year.⁵ Positioning · 6 wordsHow many questions have we asked?Positioning Claims · 9 wordsIt should be possible to do this within days. Positioning · 11 wordsGovernments know how to move quickly when they want to invest.Positioning Procedure · 12 wordsThe question that I put to my colleague earlier focused on festivals.Procedure Reasoning · 64 wordsCulture, cultural events, festivals and tourism development are indeed part of who we are. It is not enough merely to express concern for them or to say that we value them. We must back those words with action. Quebec’s cultural sector, like its tourism sector, deserves recognition proportionate to its contribution to Quebec’s and Canada’s economies and to our collective identity. This is necessary.Partly on point

At a glance

Lost points for
Echo ×4“As set out in the Broadcasting Act.” Said 4 times by 4 members.Every time it was said
Echo ×3“Make the interim payment of $600 million promised to the cultural sector for the current year.” Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said

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What the tags mean

Signal · 64

27 of 39 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 “first off, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with my esteemed colleague from Côte‑Nord—Kawawachikamachi—Nitassinan.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “First, I would like to warmly congratulate my new colleagues in Quebec’s National Assembly who were elected on October 5.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “As a sovereigntist, the member for Laurentides—Labelle and a proud member of the Bloc Québécois, I wish to reiterate that I intend to work closely with my counterparts in the Parti Québécois for the future of our nation.”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 understand the federalist strategy all too well.”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 “Control over our cultural destiny is seen as a threat to Canadian unity.”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 government will definitely tell us that it has increased CBC/Radio-Canada’s funding.”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 did,”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 “and we are very glad it did.”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 turn to TVA, Noovo and private production companies.”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 can they compete against Netflix, Amazon, Disney+ and the others?”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 “In 2026,”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
A remark off to the side of the point.What the tags mean “Wow.”An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
A remark off to the side of the point.What the tags mean “Imagine that.”An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “This choice puts commercial interests ahead of cultural interests.”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 “Yes, commercial interests come before cultural interests.”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 abdication is an admission of weakness and a profound disdain for francophone culture in North America.”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 me be clear.”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 “Without the Bloc Québécois, no one here would take such a strong stand on Quebec culture.”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 turning to my Liberal Party or Conservative Party colleagues here,”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 “Let us be bold,”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 “and let us take pride in Quebec culture.”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 know that the Prime Minister understands the value of soft power.”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 say to him:”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 “Let us take pride in seeing Quebec walk the red carpet at Cannes, shine at the Oscars and showcase its artists on the world stage.”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 “How many questions have we asked?”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 “Governments know how to move quickly when they want to invest.”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 “The question that I put to my colleague earlier focused on festivals.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 83

11 of 39 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 “In the Laurentians, from the La Vérendrye wildlife reserve to the Rivière des Mille Îles, nine sovereigntist MNAs were elected.”About the Quebec election results in the Laurentides, not the motion’s calls.
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 a sovereigntist, the member for Laurentides—Labelle and a proud member of the Bloc Québécois, I wish to reiterate that I intend to work closely with my counterparts in the Parti Québécois for the future of our nation.”About working with Parti Québécois counterparts for the future of the nation, not the motion’s measures.
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 “I understand the federalist strategy all too well.”About federalist strategy toward Quebec culture, touching the motion’s subject 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 “Control over our cultural destiny is seen as a threat to Canadian unity.”About Canadian unity and control of cultural destiny, not the motion’s measures.
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 “That is why the affirmation and promotion of our culture have always been filtered through the lens of federalist policies.”About federalist policies filtering Quebec culture, not the motion’s asks on levies or funding.
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 “The preservation of our heritage and cultural autonomy represents a real and tangible challenge to the broader project of Canadian nation-building.”About cultural autonomy versus Canadian nation-building, touching the motion’s subject 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 “Culture, cultural events, festivals and tourism development are indeed part of who we are.”About festivals and tourism development, touching the motion’s subject 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 “It is not enough merely to express concern for them or to say that we value them.”A general call for action on festivals and tourism, not the motion’s asks.
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 “We must back those words with action.”A general call for action on festivals and tourism, not the motion’s asks.
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 “Quebec’s cultural sector, like its tourism sector, deserves recognition proportionate to its contribution to Quebec’s and Canada’s economies and to our collective identity.”Couples the cultural sector with tourism and broad recognition, going beyond the motion’s specific calls.
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 is necessary.”Affirms the preceding point on culture and tourism recognition, not the motion’s specific calls.

Respect · 100

0 of 39 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 · 97

1 of 39 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 “The future of our nation depends on promoting what lies at the very heart of who we are:”The speaker commits to future collaborative action without defining the scope or outcome.

Echo · 2 repeated lines

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

“As set out in the Broadcasting Act.”Said 4 times by 4 members.Every time it was said
“Make the interim payment of $600 million promised to the cultural sector for the current year.”Said 3 times by 3 members.Every time it was said

Claims · 5

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“nine sovereigntist MNAs were elected”Nine sovereigntist Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) were elected in the Laurentians, specifically from the La Vérendrye wildlife reserve to the Rivière des Mille Îles.search
2“We do not have any right now”CBC/Radio-Canada does not currently have any reporters based in the Laurentians.search
3“the government is choosing to scrap the digital services tax”In 2026, the government chose to scrap the digital services tax imposed on American platforms.search
4“as set out in the Broadcasting Act”The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) decisions imposing levies on streaming services are set out in the Broadcasting Act.search
5“make the interim payment of $600 million promised to the cultural sector for the current year”The government committed to making an interim payment of $600 million to the cultural sector for the current year.search

Analysed on 2026-10-24