Motions

Grand Final

  • This House believes that Gulf States attempting to transition away from hydrocarbon reliance should shift from a public investment-led approach to a market-led approach

    • Semifinals

  • This House believes that sports leagues facing declining viewership should significantly prioritize the development of modified short-form versions of their games

    • Quarterfinals

  • Assuming feasibility, This House, as Dexter, would permanently erase all memories of Nancy

    • Partial Octofinals

  • This House prefers the mediation of diplomatic negotiations by third-party states to mediation by international organizations

    • Round 5

  • This House regrets the dominant narrative of good always winning in children's media.

    • Round 4

  • This House believes that diaspora engagement initiatives that grant citizenship or residency rights to descendents of formerly enslaved Africans (e.g., Ghana's Year of Return, Benin's My Afro Origins initiatives, etc.) do more harm than good

    • Round 3

  • This House prefers a world where pop culture icons are held to the same behavioural standards and expectations as government officials (e.g., mandatory disclosure of major income streams, strict consequences for personal misconduct, etc.)

    • Round 2

  • This House opposes the rise of the meal replacement industry

    • Round 1

  • This House supports religious institutions integrating contemporary cultural trends, references and practices in their outreach (e.g., encouraging the emergence of Vatican-backed social media influencers, adapting trending hip-hop music to Hindu sacred texts, delivering sermons referring to pop culture gossip, creating Muslim dating apps, etc.)