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Ottawa Round Robin
Apr 25 - 26 2026 · Hybrid · BP
Motions from this series
Ottawa Round Robin (2026)5 motions
- Round 1THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT)
- Round 2THP a bipartisan political system to a multipartisan system
- Round 3TH, as a developing country, P to borrow from the BRI as opposed to the World Bank.
- Grand FinalThis house, as Socrates, would reject Crito’s offer to escape
- testThis is just a test
Ottawa Round Robin 2025 (2025)8 motions
- Round 1ATHO the use of party leadership reviews in Canadian politics
- Round 2ATHBT openly queer men should refuse sexual and romantic relationships with closeted men.
- Round 3ATHP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world
- Round 3BTHP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world
- Round 4ATHO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking
- Round 4BTHO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking
- Round 5ATHO the consolidation of the islamist insurgency in the Sahel under Al Qaeda
- Grand FinalTHS the recent rise in prominent media that depicts male criminals through the Broken Man narrative (e.g. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Monster: The Jeffery Dhamer Story, Adolescence, 13 Reasons Why)
Ottawa Round Robin 2024 (2024)7 motions
- Round 1ATHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
- Round 1BTHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
- Round 2ATHBT it is in the interest of the US military to prioritise defense startups over traditional defense companies
- Round 3ATH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"
- Round 4AIn the aftermath of financial crises, THW ban short selling
- Round 5ATHS governments recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan
- Grand FinalTHBT the button should NOT be pressed
What gets set here
Economics25%
Politics10%
Social & Identity10%
Religion10%
International Relations10%
Sport10%
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Practice Economics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 24 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.
Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.
- 202424 pts · 79.3 speaks4/16
- 202523 pts · 80.3 speaks4/16
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Hayden S. | OW | THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT) | 80 |
| 🇨🇦 Rose Z. | MG | TH, as a developing country, P to borrow from the BRI as opposed to the World Bank. | 80 |
| 🇨🇦 NItin A. | MO | THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT) | 80 |
| Duncan M. | DPM | THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT) | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Dante F. | DPM | THP a bipartisan political system to a multipartisan system | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Zain I. | PM | TH, as a developing country, P to borrow from the BRI as opposed to the World Bank. | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Zain I. | MG | THP a bipartisan political system to a multipartisan system | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Amylee B. | DPM | THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT) | 79 |
| Matthew R. | PM | THR the development of generative AI (i.e. chatGPT) | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Dante F. | GW | TH, as a developing country, P to borrow from the BRI as opposed to the World Bank. | 79 |
| 🇨🇦 Owen L. | DPM | TH, as a developing country, P to borrow from the BRI as opposed to the World Bank. | 78 |
| 🇨🇦 Amylee B. | LO | THP a bipartisan political system to a multipartisan system | 78 |
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