Issues
Politicians who break the law should automatically lose their jobs
We should grant amnesty to dictators who voluntarily step down
We should not apologize for historical injustices
Immunizations should be compulsory
Free WiFi should be provided in all Canadian cities
In order to deal with crime, we support the following plan...
This House would significantly increase child payments to families
Education should go back to the basics
This House would abandon space exploration
This House supports Cultural appropriation
This House would abolish copyright
This House would make publishing Fake News a criminal offence
It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people
In a democratic society, felons ought to retain the right to vote
The International Criminal Court should be abolished
Voting should be mandatory
We should ban the paparazzi
This House would impose tolls on driving in major downtowns
This House would allow native groups to perform ceremonies in which participants may be harmed
This House would abandon all laws restricting cruelty to animals
This House would impose a moratorium on home foreclosures
This House would use disaster relief as a tool of diplomacy.
This House believes that following orders is an acceptable defense for war crimes
This House would prohibit in vitro fertilization clinics from creating savior siblings.
This House would pay a salary to stay-at-home parents.
Intelligence services should not be held to normal laws within democracies
This House would make Somali and other pirates walk the plank
This House would distribute development aid through religious organizations rather than the state
This House would jail only violent offenders
This House opposes the proposed airport security measures
This house would allow the police to use entrapment.
This house would use the education system to instill moral norms in children beyond mere obedience to the law.
This house would grant citizenship to illegal immigrants who report on work-place exploitation.
This house believes that western liberal countries have a moral duty to spread democracy across the world using force where necessary.
This house would allow doctors to actively lie to their patients in order to create or augment a placebo effect.
This house would allow the police to physically discipline children below the age of criminal responsibility.
This house would allow political parties to designate certain pre-election claims as binding promises, the breaking of which would trigger immediate fresh elections.
This house believes that countries where assisted suicide is illegal should prosecute those who assist others that travel abroad to receive euthanasia.
This house believes that desecration of religious sites is a legitimate tactic of warfare.
This house would remove all legal barriers to the genetic enhancement of humans.
This house would abolish all limits on immigration.
The media should show the full horror of war
This house believes the West should recognize the Dali Lama
This house would partition Ukraine
That this house would prosecute communities for complicity in honour killings
This House would abolish the taxes on alcohol and cigarettes that go beyond normal sales taxes
This house would prohibit high ranking members of the Sri Lankan military & the Tamil Tigers from participating in elections
This house would allow high ranking members of violent rebel groups to participate in elections
Failure to render reasonable assistance to a person in distress should be a criminal offence
This House would withdraw from the treaty banning landmines
This House would allow companies to refuse to hire smokers
This House would make the post-mortem donation of organs compulsory without exception
Electronic systems should replace humans in sports officiating.
This House believes the state should prohibit all items of clothing which cover the face
This House believes that the state should not fund any fertility treatments
This House would block the foreign takeover of important companies
This House would ban the use of evidence acquired from countries that practice torture
This House would allow the use of illegally obtained evidence
This House would assassinate Vladimir Putin
This House believes that every criminal defendant should be required to use a government provided defense lawyer
This house would prohibit the publication of biographies without the consent of the subject or the subject's estate
This House would compensate African-Americans for slavery
This house would conscript citizens for medical treatment in a severe epidemic
This House would ban arranged marriages
This House would prohibit people convicted of serious crimes from running for public office
This House would give minorities quotas in legislatures
This House would give artists a veto future modifications to their work
This house would allow terminally patients to demand treatment with drugs that have not completed clinical testing
This house would not respect the wishes of authors who do not want their works published after their deaths
This House should regard Cyberwar as an Act of War
This House would permit citizens to sell their vote
This House would use ethnic background as a major factor in determining adoption
This House would teach intelligent design in science classes
This House would invade country X (X to be defined in the 1st speech
This House would give second strike nuclear capability to all stable countries
This House supports safe injection sites
This house would make vaccinations mandatory
This house believes that politics and sports should not mix
This house believes that developing nations should put economic development ahead of labour laws
This House would restrict trade with China
This House would substantially increase limits on foreign investment
This House would make it an offence for Canadian companies to pay bribes in foreign countries even where it is normal business practice
This House would make insulting religious beliefs against the law
Politicians' personal lives should not be subject to media attention
This House believes there should be no age restrictions imposed on Olympic athletes.
Capital punishment should be restored
Abortion should be illegal
The drinking age should be raised
There should be exemptions from exams
We support standard province-wide exams in every subject for all Manitoba students
There is too much emphasis on marks
University entrance standards should be raised significantly
We would re-elect the current federal government
We would re-elect the current provincial government
The police should have more power
This house regrets the Free Trade Agreement
This house would abolish a mandatory retirement age
This house supports the seal hunt
This House condemns genetically modified crops
The government should decrease taxes rather than increase services
Canada should join the United States
The government should spend significantly more on medical care
NATO should be abolished
Canada should institute a guaranteed annual income program
This house supports Quebec independence
There should be a triple E senate
There should be mandatory drug testing of students
There is too much money in sports
This house supports Western Canadian independence
Religions should be kept out of state schools
There should be a national day care system established
The Canadian justice system should reduce its reliance on imprisonment
The court system is too generous to the accused
The welfare system is too generous
Affirmative action programs be banned
There should be laws enforcing equal pay for work of equal value
Environmental protection should be made the top priority worldwide
Tobacco products should be banned
The legalization of drugs is in the best interests of society
We support self-government for natives
The environment should be our first priority
The Young Offenders Act is too lenient
We should significantly increase foreign aid
Curbs should be placed on population growth
Schools should put more emphasis on life skills and less on academics
This house would allow hate literature
Universities' chief concern should be research rather than teaching
The United Nations should have significantly more power and authority
This house supports universal free trade
Canada should significantly increase defence spending
Taxes on fossil fuels should be significantly increased
It should be legal to advertise prescription drugs on TV
Canada should have a two-tiered health care system
We need more socialism
We should spend more on space research
We should have stronger gun control laws
Fur trapping should be banned
This House would ban the advertisement of prescription drugs
Hockey is too violent
Public transit should be free
The legal system should be simplified
Lotteries should be banned
This House would force homeless people into shelters
Students should be paid
There should be school uniforms
In the justice system, due process ought to be valued above the pursuit of truth when they are in conflict.
Social welfare programs should not be universal
Western nations should significantly reduce defence spending
We are becoming too American
TV cartoons are harmful to the younger generation
Lotteries do more good than harm
The rights of the victim should take precedence over the rights of the accused
Canadian trials should be televised
We need to be more accepting of views that are not "politically correct"
Students should be streamed academically
The US should not have invaded Iraq
We need more religion
There is a new world order
First world countries should forgive the debts owed them by third world countries
The public education must be radically reformed
Free trade is the answer
Development aid can solve economic inequities
This house would do away with juries
University tuition in Canada should be significantly increased
Canada's immigration policies should be significantly altered
Physical education should be mandatory for all grades in high school
Drivers under should have additional restrictions on their licenses
We are too fond of the free market
One superpower is better than two
Hollywood has a lot to answer for
The United Nations is our best hope for the future
The economic health of a nation is more important than social programs for its citizens
The CBC should be abolished
This house supports sexism
We should take stronger action against sexual offences
Legalized gambling should be significantly curtailed
Canada will not survive the 21st century
Civil disobedience is justified in a democracy
Special interest groups have too much power
The CRTC should be abolished
Mothers under should not be allowed to keep their children
This house would vote for the Reform Party (or use some other party in the resolution
We should modify the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
We should implement the user pay approach
The conservative revolution has gone too far
The monarchy should be abolished
The Canadian constitution should be changed
The marriage contract should be abolished
Western society is in decline
This house believes that uranium should be left in the ground
There is too much emphasis on sports
This house believes that royalty is passé
Spanking children should be illegal
We have more to fear than hope from genetic engineering
Our leaders should pay more attention to public opinion
We should censor the Internet
Limited development should be allowed in National Parks
We ought to value what we earn above what we are given.
Individuals ought to sacrifice their ideals for the sake of compromise.
The possession of weapons of mass destruction is immoral.
An adolescent’s right to privacy ought to be valued above a parent's conflicting right to know
Government subsidization of the arts is justified.
The individual ought to value the sanctity of life above the quality of life.
Community service ought to be a requirement for high school graduation.
Government limitations of Internet content are justified.
Schools ought to have the right to require testing of students for drug use.
The right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a nation's right to limit immigration.
Capitalism is superior to socialism as a means of achieving economic justice.
Human genetic engineering is morally justified.
When they conflict, native sovereignty ought to take precedence over provincial and/or national sovereignty.
The use of economic sanctions to achieve foreign policy goals is moral.
When they conflict, commercial use of free speech ought to be valued above respect for cultural sensitivity
Protection of the environment should take precedence over the development of natural resources
A journalist's right to shield confidential sources ought to be protected
Government limitations on political campaign spending are antithetical to democratic ideals.
The need for organ donations justifies prioritizing the rights of the living above the rights of the deceased.
A just social order ought to place the principle of equality above that of liberty
Civil Disobedience is justified in a democracy.
Jury trials should be abolished
This house would do more for aboriginal land rights
The government should do whatever is necessary to ensure that Canadians have clean drinking water
Professionalism has ruined the Olympic Games
Politicians should have term limits
Lower taxes are preferable to improved government services
Gambling should be illegal
Free trade is best
This house supports the US
This House believes that the world is facing a clash of civilizations
This House believes that Turkey should join the European Union.
This House believes that GM crops would feed the world.
This House believes that trade unions impede progress.
Uniformity in education leads to mediocrity
Nothing is politically right that is morally wrong
A just social order ought to place the principle of equality above that of liberty
The American media works against the best interest of the American Public
We should reduce media concentration
The restriction of civil liberties in North America. for the sake of combating terrorism is justified
Decisions of the Supreme Court in criminal cases ought to reflect the values of the Canadian people
The courts have too much power
When they are in conflict, the right to a free press is a higher priority than the right to a fair trial
The protection of public safety justifies random, mandatory drug testing throughout society
The public's right to know ought to be valued above National Security interests
The criminal justice system ought to place a higher priority on retribution than on rehabilitation
Individuals should follow the law rather than their moral beliefs
A liberal arts curriculum is preferable to an employment-readiness curriculum in schools
A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is justified as a response to physical abuse
The principle of majority rule ought to be valued above the principle of minority rights
Terminally ill patients have the right to die when and how they choose
When in conflict, protection of the innocent is of greater value than prosecution of the guilty
Laws that protect citizens from themselves are justified
When in conflict, Canadian cultural unity ought to be valued above cultural diversity
We should establish native urban reserves
When in conflict, a business' responsibility to itself ought to be valued above its responsibility to society
The public's right to know is of greater value than the individual's right to privacy
On balance, individuals ought to have a greater obligation to themselves than to their community
Canada should take part in the North American Missile Defence plan
Society would be better off with fewer laws
Handguns should be banned
Judges should be elected
We should reduce copyright protection
Canada should increase funding for the Arts
Refugee claimants should be detained until their cases are settled
We should reduce drug patent protection
We are too worried about the worst case
This house would not recycle
Fast food companies should pay people compensation for damaging their health
We should make parents more responsible for the crimes of their children
We should prosecute teenagers as adults for criminal offences
Trade unions impede progress
Governments should protect their native languages
Religion has no place in state schools
This house condemns the influence of the music industry on today's youth
The welfare state should be scrapped
Political parties have too much influence on democratic elections
Globalization perpetuates social iniquity
The world is facing a clash of civilizations
Taiwan should become independent
This House would impose a global ban on nuclear power
This House believes that we should incarcerate only violent offenders
This House believes that we should pay parents for staying at home with their children
This House would remove health benefits for those who choose an unhealthy lifestyle
This House believes that countries should not involve themselves with other conflicts
This House would not join the International Criminal Court
This House supports the removal of anonymity from sperm donors
This House would impose a wage cap in professional sports
This House would return cultural treasures to their homelands
This House supports tradable emissions quotas
This house would lock up beggars
This House believes that the permanent members of the U.N. Security Council should not have veto power
This House believes that regional trading blocs are preferable to global free trade
This House believes that the first priority of criminal justice is rehabilitation, not retribution
This House believes that education policy should be the responsibility of local authorities
This House would use affirmative action to compensate for historical injustices
This House believes that censorship does more harm than good
This House would ban the use of human embryos in scientific research
This House believes that political parties should be funded by the state
This House believes that the costs of space exploration outweigh the benefit
This House believes that Marx would support the Internet
This house would give the state rather than the family the right to determine when life support should be terminated for patients who are unable to communicate
The United States government should establish a foreign policy substantially increasing its support of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
The pursuit of scientific knowledge ought to be constrained by concern for societal good
Community standards ought to take precedence over conflicting national standards
The US government should decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause.
The United States and Canada should issue guest worker visas to illegal aliens.
Judicial activism is necessary to protect the rights of citizens
The right of an individual to emigrate ought to be valued above a nation's right to limit immigration.
When in conflict, equal treatment under the law ought to take precedence over the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
Hate crime warrants additional punishment.
Business monopolies ought to be allowed to operate free of antitrust regulation.
The public's right to know ought to be valued above the right to privacy of candidates for public office.
On balance, violent revolution is a just response to oppression.
Alleviation of a pressing social concern justifies governmental infringement of a patent right.
Decentralized governmental power ought to be a fundamental goal of democratic society.
The possession of nuclear weapons is immoral.
A lesser developed nation's right to develop ought to take priority over its obligation to protect the environment.
This house would torture terrorists
This house would arrange marriages
We need to change the way we treat our farmers
This house would change TV
This house believes that Canadians have too many rights
This house would overthrow the government of North Korea
This house would allow gender selection in in-vitro fertilization
That the United Nations should be the primary agent to lead and direct the fight against terrorism around the world
That the "Precautionary Principle" should guide government policies
Government funding should prioritize vocational education over college preparatory education.
Judicial activism is necessary to protect the rights of citizens.
The National Basketball Association (NBA should rescind its dress code.
The government should decrease its authority either to detain without charge or to search without probable cause
Use of cell phones while driving should be prohibited
The US is losing the War on Terror
We should significantly reduce copyright protection
The UN should consider it their duty to interfere in those countries where the government is unable to protect its citizens
Public opinion polls positively affect the political process
This House believes that outsourcing is beneficial to Canadian society
We should adopt a flat tax system for income tax
All provinces should evaluate student results through province-wide standardized exams
Provinces should share their wealth from natural resources wit the rest of the country
Canada should adopt a system of proportional representation
Canada should adopt fixed election dates for parliament and the legislatures
This House would ban all lotteries and casinos in Canada.
This House would allow referenda to set legislation in Canada.
This House believes labour unions are detrimental to the Canadian workplace.
This House supports the use of force to impose democracy.
This House would sacrifice economic growth for the environment.
This House supports amnesty for past dictators.
This House would try all youth charged with gun offences as adults.
This house supports a mandatory retirement age
Canada should only give foreign aid to democracies
This house would use military force to extradite those indicted for war crimes
This house supports Google's decision to censor internet search results for users in China
This house would introduce performance-related pay for teacher
This house would take international military action against Iran to prevent it developing a nuclear industry
This house would stand up to Russia
This house would compel western companies operating in the developing world to adhere to western environmental standards
This house would introduce chain-gangs to the penal system
That the media should not be allowed to publish material that is offensive to religion
That indigenous people should be punished by their own communities
That we should greatly increase our public transport system instead of building new freeways
That we should have video surveillance in all public places
That parents should be able to choose the gender of their children
That burning the flag should be illegal
That the US should introduce compulsory military service
That the government should not fund elite sporting organizations
That we should abolish quotas for Canadian-made television programs
That we should ban all private cars from the downtowns of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto
That public transport should be free
We should impose a youth curfew
We should ban boxing
Racist publications should be banned
Canada should spend more on foreign aid
The West should fear China
Exams should be replaced by continuous assessment
Peace for Israel is impossible
We should ban SUV’s
This House believes that democracy is not the best system of government for every nation
This House supports the international trading of pollution quotas
This House believes that captured terrorists should be treated as prisoners of war
This House believes that Internet search engines should boycott China until it allows its citizens unrestricted access to the Web
This House would place a worldwide ban on the use of civil nuclear energy
In matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means
This House would have an amnesty for illegal immigrants
The US government should substantially increase the size of its armed forces
Junk food should be banned in schools
Computers are the problem, not the solution
We need more discipline at school
Government investment in elite sport is money well spent
We should do more for the unemployed
We should legalize the sale of human organs
A victim's deliberate use of deadly force is a just response to repeated domestic violence.
Participating in multinational diplomatic efforts is beneficial to U. S. interests
A just government should provide health care to its citizens
The benefits of NASA's space exploration programs justify the costs
In matters of collecting military intelligence, the ends justify the means
We should grant amnesty to illegal immigrants
Schools should be allowed to have all-male and all-female sports teams
We should impose sanctions on North Korea
Canada should tighten up its enforcement of immigration laws
Diplomacy is the answer to the revival of fundamentalism
The United Nations' obligation to protect global human rights ought to be valued above its obligation to respect national sovereignty
The actions of corporations ought to be held to the same moral standards as the actions of individuals
Schools should have the right to censor teachers
We should ban prominent religious symbols and dress in state schools
The quantity of credit available to American consumers should be significantly reduced
This house would ban implantation of radio-frequency identification chips in people
This House would make the development of clean industry a condition for receiving non-emergency aid
This House believes that Holocaust denial should be a crime
This House believes that the United States should withdraw from its military bases in Asia
This House believes that free trade harms the developing world
This House believes that governments should not limit the areas that scientists may research
This House would ban the use of models who are under a healthy weight
This House would execute war criminals
This House would limit media reporting of terrorist atrocities
This House would force organizations to place more women in senior positions
This House would abolish the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
This House would privatize public utilities companies
This House would partition Iraq
This House would impose sanctions on Pakistan until democracy is restored
This House would allow safe injection sites
Capitalism provides for a better society than socialism
This house would use taxation to regulate behavior
The West will regret free trade
This House would ration the old to nurture the young
The West is losing the war on terror
Pakistan is the greatest threat to peace
This House would legalize all drugs
This House believes that the war on drugs is inadvisable in a free society
This House supports physician-assisted suicide
This House would remove government from the lives of the people
This House would soak the rich
This House would limit the cost of election campaign
The United States should sign the Ottawa Treaty to ban the production and export of land mines
If a school has uniforms, teachers should wear them too.
This House would increase taxes on inheritance
This House would abolish jury trials
This House would speed up trials
This House believes that governments should pay parents to have children
This house believes that people sentenced to life imprisonment should be allowed to choose the death penalty instead
This House supports a hour working week
This house would ban Cosmetic Surgery
This House would have harsher sentences for celebrity criminals
Eco-tourism does more harm than good
This House believes that the Olympics are a waste of money
This House would guarantee the amnesty of retired dictators
Video cameras should be allowed in courtrooms to televise criminal trials
Private schools should be banned
This House prefers coalition governments
This house would bail out failing industries
This house condemns the personality cult of politics
This House would negotiate with AL Qaida
This House would compel political parties to field % female candidates in General Elections
This House believes that the proceeds from natural resource exploitation should be paid directly to the population rather than to governments
This House believes that the West should not be the watchdog of the world
This House believes the world should invest in space
This House believes America has turned the page
This house supports a one child policy
This House would require people to work in return for welfare payments
This House believes that sporting bodies should penalize teams when their players commit criminal acts off the field
This House would make fines relative to wealth
This House believes developed countries should not accept skilled migrants from developing countries
This House would put pragmatism before its principles
This House would introduce compulsory community service
This House believes that outsourcing is good for the developed and developing nations
This House believes that the West will regret free trade
This house would introduce compulsory organ donation without exception
This House believes NATO should intervene in Sudan
This House opposes the use of nuclear power in the developing world
This house believes Taiwan has a right to become an independent country
This House would introduce compulsory blood donation
This House would allow prisoners facing life imprisonment to opt for the death penalty instead
This House would invade Burma
Pakistan is the greatest threat to world peace.
This House would make drug dealers responsible for the crimes of their clients
This House believes that following orders is an acceptable defense for war crimes
This House would introduce hard labour in prisons
This House would not cover medical expenses of those who choose unhealthy activities
This House would subsidize the purchasing of hybrid cars
This House would return cultural treasures to their country of origin
This House supports child labor
This House would greatly increase the consequences for fighting in hockey
This house would lift sanctions on Myanmar (Burma
This House supports term limits for politicians
This House supports amnesty for all those who have previously used performance-enhancing drugs in sports
This House would ban the use of tasers by police officers
This House would significantly increase the price of gasoline
This House would abolish mandatory minimum sentences
This house would legalize mercenaries
Developing nations should have the right to emphasize economic growth over environmental concerns
This House believes that all of a defendant’s previous convictions should admissible in a trial.
This house believes that laptops and computers are highly beneficial to students
This House supports public funding for religious schools
This House would have mandatory aboriginal seats in the House of Commons
Legislatures should adopt proportional representation
This House believes that governments should not fund the arts
This House would allow retests
This House would severely limit the sale of bottled water
In order to achieve peace in the Middle East, we support the following plan.
In order to improve education, we support the following plan.
In order to help the environment, we support the following plan.
This House would encourage the expanded use of civilian nuclear energy
This House believes that public services are best run by private companies
This House believes that cultural treasures should be returned to their areas of origin
This House would legalize current technologies for choosing human embryos on the basis of their genetic characteristics
This House believes that governments should grant amnesties to all illegal immigrants
This house would require people to work in return for welfare payments
This House would ban smoking in public places
This House would pursue minor crimes with the same vigour as major crimes
This House would legalize current technologies for choosing human embryos on the basis of their genetic characteristics
This House would ban the physical punishment of children by their parents
This House believes that terrorism can never be justified
This House believes that, on balance, the rise of Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC has had a positive impact
This House believes that vigilantism is justified when the government has failed to enforce the law
This House would assassinate despots
Society is failing boys
This House would go nuclear
Social networking sites have a negative influence
This House would abolish Human Rights Commissions
This house has no confidence in capitalism.
This house would focus more on adapting to climate change than preventing it.
This house believes that religious belief is the most important barrier for multiculturalism.
This house would force-feed anorexics
This house would make only organ donors eligible for organ transplant
This house believes trade unions should be mandatory
This house believes that developing nations should prioritize adapting to climate change over preventing it.
This house believes that we should prioritize adapting to climate change over preventing it.
This house would abolish exams
High school students should not have part-time jobs
When in conflict, the United Nations should prioritize global poverty reduction over environmental protection
Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization