Audit Trail · Article #2131724

Conservative MP Larry Brock officially resigns from House of Commons

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-09-18T17:31:53 · ingested 2026-09-18T16:00:37.533927

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article focuses on the resignation of a Conservative MP, which could be seen as slightly negative for the party. However, it does not heavily criticize Brock or the party.

Trigger phrases: ConservativeMP leaves caucus

      computed at 2026-09-19T03:36:24.425979
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.574 confidence: 82% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-09-18T17:16:04.203398-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

RIGHT score: 0.787

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-09-19T03:36:24.425979

Tier-2 at: 2026-09-19T03:36:24.425979

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-09-19T03:36:24.425979

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified Larry Brock has officially resigned from his position as an MP for Brantford-Brant South.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-19T03:36:28.752354
      

unverified The seventh Conservative MP to leave Poilievre's caucus since the 2025 election has triggered a byelection for the riding.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-19T03:36:28.752354
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Conservative MP Larry Brock officially resigns from House of Commons 3 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-09-18T16:00:37.537503
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-09-18T16:00:37.533927 ingested

payload

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2026-09-18T17:16:04.203398 bias_v2_scored

payload

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