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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Respect and Clarity. Average 89 / 100
Signal
82 / 100
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Relevance
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Respect
100 / 100
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Clarity
85 / 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.
Positioning 13% Claims 53% Reasoning 10% The question 23%
Structure · 6 steps
Claims · 4
This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.
Mr. Speaker, Positioning · 14 words if the government was serious about this issue, it would have created the agency, Positioning Claims · 26 words which it promised in 2021, 1 and it would not have missed the legal deadline to review the Proceeds of Crime, Money Laundering, 2 and Terrorist Financing Act. Reasoning · 11 words The reality is that police need timely access to this information, Unearned certainty Claims · 30 words and yet the Auditor General found that it took on average 112 days for FINTRAC to give law enforcement information, 3 and said that it was, “too late to be useful.”4 The question · 24 words Why is the Minister of Finance not giving police across Canada the tools and information they need to stop money laundering and terrorist financing?
At a glance
Lost points for Positioning Unearned certainty
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Signal · 82
1 of 2 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.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “if the government was serious about this issue, it would have created the agency,” 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 2 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 · 85
1 of 2 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 → “The reality is” The speaker asserts a perceived objective truth without offering external evidence or citation.
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 “which it promised in 2021” The government promised in 2021 to create the agency referred to in the statement. search 2 “it would not have missed the legal deadline” The government missed the legal deadline to review the Proceeds of Crime, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act. search 3 “112 days for FINTRAC to give law enforcement information” The Auditor General found it took on average 112 days for FINTRAC to give law enforcement information. search 4 “too late to be useful.” The Auditor General said FINTRAC’s disclosure of information to law enforcement was ‘too late to be useful’. search
