Audit Trail · Article #2131835

Ontario Conservative MP Larry Brock formally resigns from House of Commons

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-09-18T16:08:53 · ingested 2026-09-18T16:00:47.023473

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

RIGHT score: 1.00 confidence: 80% vv3

triggers: conservative(+0.50×3)

      computed at 2026-09-18T16:00:47.023473
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.620 confidence: 88% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-09-18T17:09:22.606332-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

RIGHT score: 0.810

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-09-19T01:51:44.616405

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-09-19T01:51:44.616405

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified Larry Brock has formally resigned from the House of Commons.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-19T01:52:01.455270
      

unverified A by-election will be called in Ontario riding where Larry Brock previously represented.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-19T01:52:01.455270
      

unverified Four members have defected to the Liberal government or joined the Senate since Pierre Poilievre became leader.

        fact_v1 · 2026-09-19T01:52:01.455270
      

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)

2026-09-18T16:00:47.023473 ingested

payload

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2026-09-18T17:09:22.606332 bias_v2_scored

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