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Ottawa WUDC 2027
125 days away · In person, Ottawa, ON, Canada · BP
Part of the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) series →
Motions from this series
Bulgaria WUDC 2026 (2025)19 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Chris C., Anna S., 🇺🇸 Dennis S., Joy H., Ruth A., 🇷🇸 Marta V., 🇬🇧 Matt C., 🇦🇺 Matthew T., Sajid K., 🇵🇭 David A.
- Round 1This House believes that Bulgaria should adopt a progressive tax system
- Round 2This House prefers a world where all religions prohibited visual depictions of the divine over a world where such depictions were central to all religions
- Round 3This House, as the leadership of a major news organisation (e.g., The Economist, CBS, The Washington Post), would adopt moralised journalism as a stance
- Round 4This House believes that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's rise to power has been good for Saudi Arabia
- Round 5This House opposes the popularisation of social justice speak
- Round 6This House believes that it is in the interests of the American people for the US government to acquire golden shares in strategically important firms (e.g., NVIDIA, MP Materials, US Steel)
- Round 7This House opposes the use of user-specific algorithms to deliver on-demand content for entertainment (including but not limited to: the pipeline of short-form videos on TikTok or Instagram, personalised suggestions on YouTube or Netflix)
- Round 8This House believes that the EU should adopt a significantly more aggressive foreign policy stance* in response to Russian hybrid warfare operations in Europe (*including but not limited to: retaliatory attacks on Russian shadow fleet ships in the Black Sea, cyber-attacks and sabotage operations targeting Russian infrastructure)
- Round 9This House predicts that the developing world will become more, rather than less, democratic over the next decade
- Partial Double OctofinalsThis House believes that domestication* has done more harm than good for non-human animals (*of pets, livestock, etc.)
- OctofinalsIn times of crisis, This House believes that central banks should use their direct credit allocation mechanisms to provide sectors with high positive externalities* easier credit access (*e.g., green tech, infrastructure, healthcare)
- QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the use of historical and religious narratives as justification for modern territorial claims
- SemifinalsThis House regrets the use of drastic state interventions to address the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., prolonged mass lockdowns, school closures, vaccine mandates)
- Grand FinalThis House opposes the development of AI systems to optimise for human influence
- ESL QuarterfinalsThis House supports the modern revival of the Monroe Doctrine
- ESL SemifinalsIn developed democracies, This House believes that growing up as a Millennial teenager (born 1981–1996) was better than growing up as a Gen Z teenager (born 1997–2012)
- ESL FinalsThis House believes that neoliberalism has failed
- EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world in which post-apartheid South Africa nationalised major firms, rather than pursuing policies that expanded Black private ownership
- EFL FinalsThis House, as an average person in a developed country, would lead a life heavily prioritising long term commitments (people, places, vocations, etc.) over heavily prioritising flexibility and keeping options open
What gets set here
Economics21%
Social & Identity21%
International Relations16%
Politics11%
Technology11%
Religion5%
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15% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 18 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.5.
Last edition: 50 of 337 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break50 teams
- ESL break33 teams
- EFL break16 teams
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