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McGill IV 2026
Feb 7, 2026 · BP
Motions from this series
McGill IV 2026 (2026)9 motions
- Round 1THR smartphones
- Round 2In nations with a very high prevalence of substance use disorders, This House prefers Model A over Model B.
- Round 3THBT Western governments should bail out AI firms in the event of an AI crash
- Round 4THP a world in which all resource-rich developing countries constitutionally mandated that all profits from those resources were evenly distributed amongst the population
- Round 5From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year
- QuarterfinalsTH, as an Arab novellist born and living in Israel, W write an assimilation narrative rather than a heritage narrative
- SemifinalsTHS private credit firm's rise in the retirement savings market (eg, launching new vehicles compatible with 401(k)s and other defined-contribution plans for retirement, reaching more large funding deals from pension funds)
- Grand FinalTHR the victory of Barack Obama in 2008
- Novice FinalTH as Canada W mandate conscription
McGill IV 2025 (2025)9 motions
- Round 1This House regrets the recent rise of works about radical class subjugation
- Round 2This House would require medical centers to document and publish the findings from their morbidity and mortality conferences
- Round 3This House, as Alberta, prefers a world where Quebec successfully seceded from Canada in 1995
- Round 4This House regrets the shift in consumption from offline, single-player video games (e.g., God of War, Grand Theft Auto V, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) to online, multiplayer video games (e.g., Rust, Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto Online)
- Round 5This House believes that the United States should legalize cocaine
- QuarterfinalsThis House prefers the fundholder-owned model to the shareholder-owned model in investment management firms
- Semifinals[Redacted]
- Grand FinalThis House believes that it would be unethical for you to press the button
- Novice FinalsThis House regrets the trivialization of young love
McGill IV 2024 (2024)9 motions
- Round 1This House opposes the stigmatisation of esotericism (e.g. tarot reading, astrology, witchcraft).
- Round 2This House believes that governments should introduce the “Zombie Voting System” for firms that receive significant assistance during financial crises.
- Round 3This House regrets the addition of Prolonged Grief Disorder to the DSM.
- Round 4This House opposes the expectation of prominent Muslims in Western Liberal Democracies (WLDs) to condemn problems in Muslim countries e.g. terrorism, women's rights, LGBT discrimination.
- Round 5This House believes that peak globalization has already been reached.
- QuarterfinalsAssuming feasibility, This House prefers a world with the TrustHuman system.
- SemifinalsThis House prefers atomic communitarianism to contemporary liberal democracy.
- Grand FinalThis House believes that a US-recognized independent Palestinian state will exist within 15 years.
- Novice FinalsThis House believes that all legal proceedings (both civil and criminal) directly involving Donald Trump should be televised.
What gets set here
Social & Identity22%
Economics19%
Politics15%
Health & Medicine11%
Technology7%
Law & Crime7%
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20% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.0.
Last edition: 16 of 86 teams broke.
- 202411 pts · 79.2 speaks16/85
- 202510 pts · 78.2 speaks16/68
- 202611 pts · 79.6 speaks16/86
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break5 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Rhys N. | MO | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 86 |
| 🇨🇦 Guo C. | OW | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Xiao L. | DLO | THBT Western governments should bail out AI firms in the event of an AI crash | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Diego M. | DLO | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 James S. | DPM | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Mirabel R. | GW | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Diba H. | DLO | THR smartphones | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Alex L. | DPM | In nations with a very high prevalence of substance use disorders, This House prefers Model A over Model B. | 84 |
| Tanay P. | LO | THBT Western governments should bail out AI firms in the event of an AI crash | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Rhys N. | LO | THR smartphones | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Haotian P. | LO | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Taira M. | MO | From behind the veil of ignorance, This house would rather be born in China than in the United States this year | 84 |
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