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Ottawa IV 2026

Jan 31, 2026 · BP

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The field

Premier

One of the strongest fields in the circuit. Multiple nationally-ranked teams attend.

45 teams (This edition), 54 teams (2025)

Motions

Ottawa IV 2026 (2026)8 motions
  • Round 1THW break up energy companies in order to separate their green portfolios from their fossil fuel portfolios
  • Round 2This House believes that it is in the interest of the EPP to increase their collaboration with the far-right (e.g seek their support on legislation, open coalition negotiations after elections)
  • Round 3In high crime areas, THBT prosecutors should focus on litigating "Al Capone" cases as opposed to trying violent or drug cases
  • Round 4This House supports a norm of stigmatization against Elder Delegation
  • Round 5THS efforts by the Syrian government to assimilate former kurdish militia fighters into the Syrian Armed Forces as opposed to attempting integrating them into civilian life
  • SemifinalsTH, as Elizabeth May, would cross the floor to join the Liberal party in exchange for significant influence over the government's environment and climate change portfolio
  • Grand FinalTHP a world in which religious texts are never translated from their original language of composition
  • Novice FinalsTHP a world where all future people are born Gethenian

What gets set here

Politics25%
Economics13%
Law & Crime13%
Social & Identity13%
International Relations13%
Religion13%

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Practice Politics motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Politics · 25% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Social & Identity · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

18% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.6.

Last edition: 8 of 45 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break5 teams

How scoring works here

75.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.1 and 78.7.

This is 0.6 points below tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 81.2

Top-10 pace 79.6

Top-20 pace 78.2

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: UCLA IV 2025 (76.7), Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2025 (77.2)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Lily C.DPMIn high crime areas, THBT prosecutors should focus on litigating "Al Capone" cases as opposed to trying violent or drug cases83
🇨🇦 Eve P.LOTHS efforts by the Syrian government to assimilate former kurdish militia fighters into the Syrian Armed Forces as opposed to attempting integrating them into civilian life83
🇸🇬 Lit W.DLOTHW break up energy companies in order to separate their green portfolios from their fossil fuel portfolios83
🇨🇦 Vijay T.LOThis House supports a norm of stigmatization against Elder Delegation82
🇨🇦 Karel B.DLOThis House supports a norm of stigmatization against Elder Delegation82
🇨🇦 Claire C.OWTHW break up energy companies in order to separate their green portfolios from their fossil fuel portfolios82
🇨🇦 Eamon R.PMIn high crime areas, THBT prosecutors should focus on litigating "Al Capone" cases as opposed to trying violent or drug cases82
🇨🇦 Annika F.DPMThis House believes that it is in the interest of the EPP to increase their collaboration with the far-right (e.g seek their support on legislation, open coalition negotiations after elections)82
🇸🇬 Lit W.GWIn high crime areas, THBT prosecutors should focus on litigating "Al Capone" cases as opposed to trying violent or drug cases82
🇨🇦 Annika F.MOTHW break up energy companies in order to separate their green portfolios from their fossil fuel portfolios82
🇨🇦 Vijay T.OWTHW break up energy companies in order to separate their green portfolios from their fossil fuel portfolios82
🇨🇦 Raymond Q.MGIn high crime areas, THBT prosecutors should focus on litigating "Al Capone" cases as opposed to trying violent or drug cases82

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