NPDL-TOC 2026 Topics & Announcements

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Guide to “This House” motions

Once both teams have completed topic strikes, the 20 minute preparation time begins. Topic strikes should be conducted as soon as both teams are present, even if judges are not yet present.

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Round 2

Topic Strikes in Room: 6:40pm

  1. Bosnia and Herzegovina should transition from a consociational system to a majoritarian democratic system. INFOSLIDE: A consociational system is a form of governance in which political power is distributed among distinct social groups—often through mechanisms like group representation and veto rights—while a majoritarian democratic system allocates decision-making power based primarily on majority rule, with fewer formal structures for group-based power-sharing.

  2. This House regrets the creation of the Albania-Croatia-Kosovo trilateral defence alliance.

  3. NATO military intervention in former Yugoslavia has done more harm than good.

Round 1

Topic Strikes in Room: 4:40pm

  1. This House regrets the Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act. INFOSLIDE: This act temporarily prohibited most individuals without Canadian citizenship or permanent residency status and corporations incorporated outside Canada from purchasing residential property. The ban took effect in 2023 and is scheduled to expire in 2027.

  2. State governments should impose financial penalties on local jurisdictions that fail to meet mandated housing development targets.

  3. In the United States, state governments should adopt social housing models in which the government directly builds and permanently owns a large share of housing stock.

NPDL TOPIC STRIKE PROCEDURES

Each round shall have three possible topics. Before the preparation period, teams shall strike topics as follows: The Opposition team shall strike one of the three topics, and then the Government team shall strike one of the remaining two.