Colgate Open 2026

1. Round 1This house would ban artificial intelligence providers from below-cost pricing in consumer markets.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house regrets the decline of community-driven development of esports games.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This house would ban gated communities in South Asia.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This house believes that utilitarianism is true.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house regrets the prominence of romantic love in popular media.Practise this motion
6. Grand FinalThis house opposes President Takaichi Sanae's efforts to remilitarize Japan.Practise this motion

1. Round 1In post-conflict states, This house would fabricate history to establish narratives and evidence of a shared history (i.e. different communities having lived peacefully in the past, successes achieved together).Practise this motion
2. Round 2This house believes that progressive news media should push the narrative of state capture in the United States.Practise this motion
3. Round 3Behind the veil of ignorance, this house, as a superhero, would prefer to exist in the Incredibles model of superhero regulation to the Sokovia accords.Practise this motion
4. Round 4𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 the Trump Administration’s Tariffs will bring more harm than good for China.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This house believes that progressive social movements should heavily prioritize non-state based solutions.Practise this motion
6. Grand FinalWhen responding to civilian casualties, this house believes that military action taken does not have to meet the principle of proportionality.Practise this motion

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1. Round 1THBT US colleges should have a 'public school' quota in college admissions equivalent to the percent of students that attend public school in the US.Practise this motion
2. Round 2In western liberal democracies, THBT feminist messaging should emphasize that women are more competent than men rather than just as skilled as men.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This house believes that developing countries should adopt economic development policies that heavily incentivise urbanisationPractise this motion
4. Round 4THP religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently good to religious doctrines that teach that people are inherently sinfulPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House Believes that progressive political parties should adopt Shorism.Practise this motion
6. Grand FinalTHR the narrative that self-sacrifice is a virtuePractise this motion

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1. Round 1THR the commercialization of social movements (e.g. the inclusion of pop cultural icons, financial and corporate sponsorship etc.)Practise this motion
2. Round 2TH, as ASEAN, would afford freedom of movement to all nationals of its member states.Practise this motion
3. Round 3THW only subsidize art that has been judged by a panel of civiliansPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT India should lease Protected Areas to local residentsPractise this motion
5. Round 5THBT developing countries should actively discourage the formation of primate citiesPractise this motion
6. SemifinalsTHBT the UBS purchase of Credit Suisse is bad for the global financial systemPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHS the creation of an open marketplace for the buying and selling of luck between individuals.Practise this motion
8. Novice FinalsTHS the narrative that all people are reedemablePractise this motion

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1. Round 1TH, as a minority artist in creative spaces that are widely prejudiced and toxic toward your identity (e.g. LGBT people in hip-hop, women in film directing), would not reference such identity in your art.Practise this motion
2. Round 2TH, as Danone, Regrets Faber's removalPractise this motion
3. Round 3THW not pursue romantic relationships with non-ReanimationistsPractise this motion
4. Round 4TH, as a progressive candidate, Would heavily prioritize economic policy over social policy.Practise this motion
5. Round 5THBT the international actors who had supported Fayulu should actively support Tshisekedi’s attempts to form a new government.Practise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsTHS the narrative that “education is the greatest equalizer.”Practise this motion
7. Novice FinalTHBT humans should give up on earth, instead of re-inhabitating it.Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsTHBT major pharmaceutical companies should cut off supply of its products to governments that don’t follow the company's protocol around their distribution and usage.Practise this motion
9. Grand FinalTHP this world over ours.Practise this motion

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