“Madam Speaker, I did a couple of round tables on the safe social media act in Hamilton and nearby, and some of the most interesting and, frankly, disturbing testimony came from public health officials. I know my hon. colleague already talked a bit about his perspective as a physician, but perhaps he can expound a little more on what family or public health officials are saying about the dangers our youth are facing and the consequences they are seeing among our youth.”
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The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 90. The grade is held to 88, 30 above Clarity.
88 / 100, held down by Clarity
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Claims 85%Reasoning 15%
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 59 wordsI have rarely seen such uniformity among not only the public health community but the medical community at large, including the front line.We are hearing from pediatricians and emergency physicians who are seeing the effects.I remember the minister remarking when presenting this legislation that emergency physicians are asking to see more broken bones and fewer broken souls.Reasoning · 14 wordsThis speaks to the uniformity of consensus on the public health effects on children.Unearned certaintyClaims · 21 wordsAnxiety, depression, cyber-bullying, even self-harm and suicide are occurring at rates never seen since the promulgation of this social media blitz.Unearned certainty
