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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Respect and Clarity. Average 89 / 100
Signal
71 / 100
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Relevance
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Respect
100 / 100
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Clarity
97 / 100
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A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.
Procedure 10% Claims 64% Positioning 16% The question 9%
Structure · 7 steps
Claims · 4
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Procedure · 16 words Mr. Speaker. I have to come back to the issue of completion grants for the trades. Procedure Claims · 118 words Completion grants were started by Prime Minister Harper.1 It was a very successful policy and strongly supported. The Minister of Jobs and Families came to committee and said that completion grants were not working.2 It is on the record. The Minister of Jobs and Families said they were not working. The government cancelled completion grants, then it relaunched them under a new name.3 It is like the Liberals said, “We came up with this great idea. They are called completion grants, which had been cancelled for a few months.”4 The minister assured us at committee that we should not worry, as they were going to connect the funding to ensure that nobody lost out in the intervening period. Procedure · 4 words These are the facts. Procedure Unearned certainty Positioning · 28 words The government has no new ideas. It is repeatedly celebrating things that have existed in this country for decades, and its approach is failing. It is more announcements, Positioning Claims · 11 words and the government is cancelling and then renaming old Conservative programs. Positioning · 5 words There is work to do. Positioning Vague promise The question · 18 words When will the government get with the program and actually do the work that needs to be done?
At a glance
Lost points for Positioning ×5 Procedure ×3 Unearned certainty Vague promise
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Signal · 71
8 of 10 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.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “Mr. Speaker.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I have to come back to the issue of completion grants for the trades.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “These are the facts.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “The government has no new ideas.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It is repeatedly celebrating things that have existed in this country for decades,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “and its approach is failing.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It is more announcements,” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “There is work to do.” 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 10 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
2 of 10 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.
Unearned certainty Something stated as certain with nothing to back it. What the tags mean → “These are the facts” The speaker asserts the accuracy of the statement without providing a source for the information.
Vague promise A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible. What the tags mean → “There is work to do” The speaker makes a call for action that contains no specific actor, measures, or defined outcome.
Claims · 4
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 “Completion grants were started by Prime Minister Harper” Completion grants for the trades were started under Prime Minister Harper. search 2 “The Minister of Jobs and Families came to committee and said that completion grants were not working” The Minister of Jobs and Families told a parliamentary committee that completion grants were not working. search 3 “The government cancelled completion grants, then it relaunched them under a new name” The government cancelled completion grants and later relaunched them under a new name. search 4 “which had been cancelled for a few months” The completion grants had been cancelled for a few months before being relaunched. search
