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Pat Kelly

Conservative on Adjournment Proceedings 2026-10-22

487 words · 15 sentences · 22 clauses

Statement grade

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Average 88 / 100

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The ask 13%Claims 50%Positioning 29%Procedure 2%Reasoning 6%

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Madam Speaker, The ask · 36 wordsa few weeks ago, I asked the government if it would adopt the Conservative plan to repeal its antidevelopment laws, remove capital gains taxes on investment gains reinvested in Canada and remove its industrial carbon tax.³ Claims · 32 wordsThe response from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship was quite remarkable. He rose in this place and said, “We used to build things in this country.”⁴ Positioning · 111 wordsI thought what a telling response that was, what a strange response from a parliamentary secretary speaking for a government that has been in power for 11 years, to concede that under the Liberals’ watch, Canada has indeed become a country where things do not get built. It was quite surprising, and I could not help but say then that the parliamentary secretary is going to be really upset when he finds out who has been in charge for the last 11 years. It is as if the government were having an out-of-body experience, viewing what has transpired in Canada and the transformation that has occurred in Canada during its tenure.Positioning Claims · 119 wordsThe parliamentary secretary must be really upset to find out now that the government for which he is a spokesperson brought in a ministerial order, immediately upon taking office, to cancel the northern gateway pipeline, that the government brought in a bill, Bill C-48, to slam the door shut on a northern pipeline by banning shipping traffic, ¹²or to prevent shipping traffic coming into either the port of either Kitimat or the port of Prince Rupert. He must have been really disappointed that the government passed Bill C-69 in 2019, ⁷which, following several years of continual moving of goalposts, made it absolutely impossible for any private sector proponent to propose, gain approval for and build a pipeline in Canada. Positioning · 18 wordsThe parliamentary secretary must have been very disappointed that the government chased TransCanada Pipeline out of the country.Positioning Claims · 76 wordsIt changed its name to TC Energy and focused its energy and investment activity in Mexico and the United States.⁵ He and the other Liberals must be very disappointed to suddenly learn that their government has presided over a decline in per capita GDP growth during the time they were in office and that they have presided over a now continual collapsing of housing starts, ⁶which they keep promising are going to increase but do not. Procedure · 4 wordsThis is the record.Procedure Reasoning · 5 wordsIt is the Liberals’ responsibility, Claims · 17 wordsand it is during their tenure that we became a country where we failed to build projects. The ask · 25 wordsI do implore the Liberals to adopt the Conservative plan to actually repeal the laws that prevent projects from getting built, instead of their approach, Reasoning · 23 wordswhich is to grant themselves more power to then politically interfere by declaring which projects the laws of Canada will not apply to. Procedure · 8 wordsI will have to leave it at that, ProcedurePositioning · 13 wordsand we will see what the parliamentary secretary has to say in response.Positioning

At a glance

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What the tags mean

Signal · 63

8 of 8 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.

Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it.What the tags mean “I thought what a telling response that was, what a strange response from a parliamentary secretary speaking for a government that has been in power for 11 years, to concede that under the Liberals’ watch, Canada has indeed become a country where things do not get built.”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 was quite surprising,”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 I could not help but say then that the parliamentary secretary is going to be really upset when he finds out who has been in charge for the last 11 years.”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 is as if the government were having an out-of-body experience, viewing what has transpired in Canada and the transformation that has occurred in Canada during its tenure.”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 parliamentary secretary must have been very disappointed that the government chased TransCanada Pipeline out of the country.”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 the record.”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 have to leave it at that,”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 we will see what the parliamentary secretary has to say in response.”Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · no score

Not applicable: nothing to answer. Excluded from the average.

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue.

Respect · 100

0 of 8 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 · 100

0 of 8 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.

Nothing lost points.

Claims · 7

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“ministerial order, immediately upon taking office, to cancel the northern gateway pipeline”The government introduced a ministerial order immediately upon taking office to cancel the northern gateway pipeline.search
2“The parliamentary secretary must be really upset to find out now that the government for which he is a spokesperson brought in a ministerial order, immediately upon taking office, to cancel the northern gateway pipeline, that the government brought in a bill, Bill C-48, to slam the door shut on a northern pipeline by banning shipping traffic, ”The government introduced Bill C-48 to prevent shipping traffic coming into either the port of Kitimat or the port of Prince Rupert.search
3“a few weeks ago, I asked the government if it would adopt the Conservative plan to repeal its antidevelopment laws, remove capital gains taxes on investment gains reinvested in Canada and remove its industrial carbon tax.”Pat Kelly asked the government whether it would adopt the Conservative plan to repeal antidevelopment laws, remove capital gains taxes on investment gains reinvested in Canada, and remove its industrial carbon tax.search
4“We used to build things in this country.”The Parliamentary Secretary stated, ‘We used to build things in this country.’search
5“changed its name to TC Energy and focused its energy and investment activity in Mexico and the United States.”TransCanada Pipeline changed its name to TC Energy and focused its energy and investment activity in Mexico and the United States.search
6“decline in per capita GDP growth during the time they were in office and that they have presided over a now continual collapsing of housing starts”The Liberal government oversaw a decline in per capita GDP growth during its term and a continual collapse of housing starts.search
7“passed Bill C-69 in 2019”The government passed Bill C-69 in 2019.search

Analysed on 2026-10-24