Ottawa WUDC 2027

1. Round 1This House believes that Bulgaria should adopt a progressive tax systemPractise this motion
2. 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 religionsPractise this motion
3. 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 stancePractise this motion
4. Round 4This House believes that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's rise to power has been good for Saudi ArabiaPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House opposes the popularisation of social justice speakPractise this motion
6. 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)Practise this motion
7. 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)Practise this motion
8. 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)Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House predicts that the developing world will become more, rather than less, democratic over the next decadePractise this motion
10. Partial Double OctofinalsThis House believes that domestication* has done more harm than good for non-human animals (*of pets, livestock, etc.)Practise this motion
11. 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)Practise this motion
12. QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the use of historical and religious narratives as justification for modern territorial claimsPractise this motion
13. SemifinalsThis House regrets the use of drastic state interventions to address the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., prolonged mass lockdowns, school closures, vaccine mandates)Practise this motion
14. Grand FinalThis House opposes the development of AI systems to optimise for human influencePractise this motion
15. ESL QuarterfinalsThis House supports the modern revival of the Monroe DoctrinePractise this motion
16. 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)Practise this motion
17. ESL FinalsThis House believes that neoliberalism has failedPractise this motion
18. EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world in which post-apartheid South Africa nationalised major firms, rather than pursuing policies that expanded Black private ownershipPractise this motion
19. 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 openPractise this motion

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1. Round 1This House Prefers secondary schools adopting a classical education model rather than a progressive education modelPractise this motion
2. Round 2This House Opposes confidence culturePractise this motion
3. Round 3This House Believes that US involvement in Panama has benefitted PanamaPractise this motion
4. Round 4This House Believes that feminists in Western Liberal Democracies should adopt reconciliatory rather than confrontational approaches in their advocacyPractise this motion
5. Round 5This House Believes that the student organisers of the July Revolution should not transition into formal political roles (e.g., run for elected office, form their own political party)Practise this motion
6. Round 6This House Supports the rise of specialised private equity firms and funds that focus on specific sectors or geographiesPractise this motion
7. Round 7This House Prefers the citizen welfare standard to the consumer welfare standardPractise this motion
8. Round 8This House Supports the use of La Mano Dura policies in areas with high crime rates in Latin America.Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House Believes that India should prioritise policies that aim to significantly reduce economic inequality rather than prioritise policies that aim to rapidly drive economic growthPractise this motion
10. Partial Double-Octo FinalsThis House Supports the widespread adoption of the Sankofa philosophy in West AfricaPractise this motion
11. Octo FinalsThis House Opposes the prominence of the trauma plot in media and artPractise this motion
12. Quarter FinalsThis House Believes that it is in the interest of the USA to significantly reduce the size and power of federal government agenciesPractise this motion
13. Semi FinalsThis House Would militarily intervene in SudanPractise this motion
14. Grand FinalThis House Supports the shift away from the traditional left-right spectrum in the politics of major democraciesPractise this motion
15. ESL Semi FinalsThis House Opposes the increased shift to subscription based business modelsPractise this motion
16. ESL Grand FinalThis House, as the Holy See, would adopt the "two-speed Church" policyPractise this motion
17. EFL Grand FinalThis House Believes That Trumpism is in the long-term interest of the Republican PartyPractise this motion

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1. Round 1This House believes that education systems should over-inflate children’s academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.).Practise this motion
2. Round 2This House prefers the integrated model to the specialty modelPractise this motion
3. Round 3This House believes that opposition parties in illiberal democracies should strongly pivot towards empowering women as the primary focus of their campaign.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House supports the remilitarisation of Japan.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House prefers reactive to proactive EMS enforcementPractise this motion
6. Round 6This House supports Centrist Compacts.Practise this motion
7. Round 7This House prefers the 5 City Model over prioritising growing Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi.Practise this motion
8. Round 8THBT central banks should 'lean against the wind'.Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House supports a norm against self-pity.Practise this motion
10. Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House would remove restrictions on interstate farm commerce in India.Practise this motion
11. OctofinalsThis House opposes the stigma against lazinessPractise this motion
12. QuarterfinalsThis House supports implementing a Pact of Forgetting in post-conflict statesPractise this motion
13. SemifinalsThis House would ban vulture funds from suing countries whose debt they have purchased.Practise this motion
14. Grand FinalThis House opposes the norm to prefer the natural to the artificialPractise this motion
15. ESL QuarterfinalsThis House believes that religious leaders should primarily focus on individual circumstances rather than community-based reasons when addressing acts of religious extremismPractise this motion
16. ESL SemifinalsThis House would ban defensive measures against hostile take overs.Practise this motion
17. ESL FinalsThis House welcomes the end of workPractise this motion
18. EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a diverse number of highly competitive banks to a small number of banks.Practise this motion
19. EFL FinalsThis House believes that post-revolutionary states should deemphasise the role of elite groups in favour of portraying revolution as primarily led by the lower classesPractise this motion

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1. Round 1THBT it's in the interest of the team for the player to be excluded from the World Cup finals squadPractise this motion
2. Round 2THP the quality of art being viewed as predominantly subjective as opposed to predominantly objectivePractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currencyPractise this motion
4. Round 4THBT governments, when determining housing policy, should heavily prioritise supporting renters over home ownersPractise this motion
5. Round 5THS the increasing prominence of data journalism at the expense of qualitative journalismPractise this motion
6. Round 6In developing countries with a history of ethnic, racial and/or religious tensions, THP a change of power from dominant political partiesPractise this motion
7. Round 7THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Practise this motion
8. Round 8TH, as an average individual in the world today, would prefer to be immortalPractise this motion
9. Round 9THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than goodPractise this motion
10. Partial Double-OctofinalsTHW allow democratic governments to overturn supreme court/constitutional court decisions with a simple majority in the legislaturePractise this motion
11. OctofinalsTHP a focus on societal factors (e.g. socioeconomic factors) as opposed to individual factors (e.g. personal history) when addressing the causes and consequences of mental health issuesPractise this motion
12. QuarterfinalsTHBT the IMF removing all conditions on these loans, except for explicit anti corruption provisions, is preferable to the recent conditions to developing countriesPractise this motion
13. SemifinalsTHR the dominance of left/liberal views at universitiesPractise this motion
14. Grand FinalTHP a world where all individuals have a strong belief in UbuntuPractise this motion
15. ESL SemifinalsTHBT education systems in Africa should emphasise pan-African history and identities rather than national onesPractise this motion
16. ESL FinalsWhen they are not part of that religion, THBT feminists should refrain from critiquing widespread religious practices that have different rules based on gender (e.g. wearing of veils, separate prayer spaces, women on their period being forbidden from fasting, Iddah (waiting) period after divorce/death of a husband, etc.)Practise this motion
17. EFL FinalsTHBT religious organisations should syncretise over remaining independentPractise this motion

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1. Round 0QWERTYPractise this motion
2. Round 1In disaster-prone areas, This House Would replace all state rebuilding and reconstruction efforts with direct cash transfers to affected citizensPractise this motion
3. Round 2This House Prefers the Franchise Model to the Qualifier Model for E-Sports leaguesPractise this motion
4. Round 3This House Believes That LGBTQ+ movements in developing countries should integrate patriotism into their messaging* *including actions such as celebrating LGBTQ+ soldiers, talking openly about being "queer and a patriot", displaying the pride flag with the national symbol, and avoiding actions such as supporting independence movements within the country or publicly criticizing nationalismPractise this motion
5. Round 4This House Would prohibit companies from regulating the private behaviors of their employees in employment contracts* *e.g., mandatory drug tests, no smoking policies, regulating their employees' social media, prohibiting models/actors from dating etc.Practise this motion
6. Round 5This House Opposes the emphasis on the struggle against the Ottoman Empire in the history curriculum of Balkan countriesPractise this motion
7. Round 6In times of economic crisis, This House Would implement fiscal central bankingPractise this motion
8. Round 7This House Opposes the popularization of therapy speakPractise this motion
9. Round 8This House Prefers that the Eastern bloc countries had formed their own Union instead of joining the European Union (EU)Practise this motion
10. Round 9This House Opposes the pressure to focus on promoting one's career at the expense of forming a familyPractise this motion
11. Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House Believes That the environmental movement should take more radical action in the fight against climate change (e.g., blocking roads, vandalism, blowing up pipelines etc.)Practise this motion
12. OctofinalsThis House Would ban corporate residential landlords* *Corporate residential landlords refers to corporations that own and maintain multiple apartments for the purpose of renting them out for residential usePractise this motion
13. QuarterfinalsThis House Would ban the use of advanced analytics in political campaignsPractise this motion
14. SemifinalsThis House Prefers religions that "center the self" to religions that "reject the self"Practise this motion
15. Grand FinalThis House Supports a decline in global reliance on the dollarPractise this motion
16. ESL QuarterfinalsThis House Opposes the rise in anti-establishment discoursePractise this motion
17. ESL SemifinalsBehind a veil of ignorance, This House Prefers to be born with an exceptionally high sense of self-awareness* *Self-awareness is one's innate ability to consciously know and understand their own character, feelings, motives, and desiresPractise this motion
18. ESL FinalsThis House Supports the 10 pilots flying to their deathPractise this motion
19. EFL SemifinalsThis House Would grant the power to pardon convicted criminals to pardoning committees instead of government executives (e.g. presidents, governors etc.)Practise this motion
20. EFL FinalsThis House Prefers a world in which humans cannot experience nostalgia* *Nostalgia is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for something in the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associationsPractise this motion

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1. Round 1This House would impose a BBC-style impartiality requirement on all news platforms.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This House supports the rapid global elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to free trade.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This House would allow children to sue their parents for religious indoctrination.Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House would abolish the Olympic Games.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House believes that the Mexican government should adopt measures that enable one cartel to monopolise the drug market. (These measures can include but are not limited to: targeting enemy cartels; selective arrests; stopping military deployments to areas controlled by this cartel; and renouncing the headhunt on its current leaders.)Practise this motion
6. Round 6In liberal democracies, This House would implement a Social Credit System.Practise this motion
7. Round 7This House believes that ASEAN should abandon "the ASEAN Way".Practise this motion
8. Round 8This House believes that the feminist movement should support the narrative that "beauty does not matter" over the narrative that "all bodies are beautiful".Practise this motion
9. Round 9This House would abolish primary and secondary school grades/years that group children based on age, and instead group them by competency and intelligence.Practise this motion
10. Open Partial Double-OctofinalsThis House prefers religions in which all individuals have roughly equal religious obligations and are encouraged to develop a personal connection with the divine, over religions in which religious obligation and access to the divine are concentrated in religious authority figures.Practise this motion
11. ESL QuarterfinalsIn a relatively equal society where the "protected sphere model" is the norm, This House, as a parent, would raise their children according to the "deferred happiness model".Practise this motion
12. Open OctofinalsThis House prefers a cynical and pessimistic perception of democratic politics to an idealistic and optimistic one.Practise this motion
13. ESL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world without the Neuralink.Practise this motion
14. EFL SemifinalsThis House prefers a world where, starting today, all humans have identical intellectual abilities (equivalent to the current global average).Practise this motion
15. Open QuarterfinalsThis House believes that developing countries should acquire, on the open market, large stakes in major publicly-traded global corporations (eg. Google, JP Morgan, Shell, and Pfizer).Practise this motion
16. Open SemifinalsThis House prefers a "Brave New World" to the status quo in Western Liberal Democracies.Practise this motion
17. EFL Grand FinalThis House would abolish the private ownership of (housing) property in major metropolitan areas.Practise this motion
18. ESL Grand FinalThis House believes that the United States government should cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving African Americans (as either victims or alleged perpetrators) to African American interest groups, and allocate funding for this.Practise this motion
19. Open Grand FinalThis House, as China, would grant universal suffrage to Hong Kong.Practise this motion

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