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Themes and arguments.

The arguments put forward or contested in the videos, grouped by theme and by period. Our local model draws them from a sample of political sentences, then they are checked against the sentences; each quote links back to its video.

The theme

Authority

Political sentences about authority, obedience, order or the use of force against those who break norms.

Reliability of the classifier 0.87F1 0.70checked precision The method
Period
Last 7 days Last 3 months* 2026* 2025* 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2009–2017

The last seven days are read again every day. * provisional, part of the period’s videos are still to be transcribed. Greyed out, reading pending.

170
political sentences on the theme
31
sentences read
Gemma 4 31B
read on 5 October 2026 at 13:18
The theme in a typical video
  1. Far right 5.2% 16 videos
  2. Manosphere 3.0% 1 videos
  3. Conspiracism 1.6% 3 videos
  4. Culture 2.8% 1 videos

Mean share, per video, of the political sentences on the theme; each video counts once, from 20 political sentences.

Where the theme’s sentences come from
  1. Far right 92% 156 sentences
  2. Manosphere 1% 2 sentences
  3. Conspiracism 6% 10 sentences
  4. Culture 1% 2 sentences

This split follows the size of each orientation’s corpus. It describes the channel selection, not the weight each side gives the theme.

Arguments come from a sample shared by the territories. Only excerpts from channels in the selected country and their associated arguments are kept here; counts are recalculated.

The arguments

What is put forward, and by whom.

Each card opens on all its sentences; each quote links back to its video.

  1. Carried by Far right 1

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  2. Carried by Far right 3

    « Je suis très fier de vous présenter aujourd'hui nos principales propositions. Parce que dans les dernières années, au niveau de la loi et de l'ordre, il y a eu un certain laxisme au Québec. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  3. Carried by Far right 1

    « Au Parti conservateur du Québec, vous le savez, nous sommes le parti de la loi et de l'ordre. Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire être le parti de la loi et de l'ordre? »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

  4. Carried by Conspiracism 1

    « Ils devraient stopper la présidence. qui agit comme commandant en chef des armées. »

    The argument, its videos and all its sentences

The videos

Where the theme weighs most.

Videos of the last four months, ranked by the share of their political sentences the classifier assigns to the theme; each record opens in a side panel.

  1. Presentation of the Conservative Party of Quebec's justice and security plan Actualité Politique Du Québec · 29 September 2026 · record
  2. Analysis of surveillance and political financing in Quebec Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 26 September 2026 · record
  3. FNL ep801 - Merci! Go vers 1000! Retour sur la semaine NLB - FreedomNews · 25 September 2026
  4. FNL ep804 - Un autre attentat islamiste en avion - Lien avec l'Iran pour l'attentat au UK NLB - FreedomNews · 1 October 2026
  5. FNL ep806 - Dernier blitz électoral; Invité Kevin Grenier; vote musul; G7: L'UE ouvre ses réserves; NLB - FreedomNews · 3 October 2026
  6. Discussion on the legacy of Francis of Assisi for his 800th anniversary Le Verbe médias · 27 September 2026 · record
  7. 24 septembre 2026. Président De L'Association De L’Union-Nationale · 25 September 2026
  8. 🍼 Duhaime attaque la CAQ sur les garderies : 5 000 places menacées ! Actualité Politique Du Québec · 26 September 2026
  9. Analysis of political and economic news in Quebec, the United States, and the United Kingdom NLB - FreedomNews · 28 September 2026 · record
  10. FNL ep805 - Suites de l'attentat islamiste en avion; Québec; Canada NLB - FreedomNews · 1 October 2026

The percentage is the share of the video’s political sentences assigned to the theme (at least 20 political sentences and 5 on the theme).

The periods

The theme, year by year.

Political sentences on the theme by period; click a period to show it. The number also depends on the share of videos transcribed, which varies a lot from year to year.

55 2009–2017 15 2018 24 2019 14 2020 745 2021 1.2k 2022 2k 2023 5k 2024 2.9k 2025* 571 2026*
How the arguments are drawn

The theme’s political sentences are drawn at random by period, with quotas per orientation and a cap per channel and per video. Our local model reads the sentences without knowing their channel or orientation, groups those making the same argument, separates those reporting it in order to contest it and sets aside those off the theme. Orientation shares and quotes come from the sentences, never from the model. The last seven days are read again every day.

The detail in the method
Project paper