👤 Alex Boutilier

17 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
17
2026-09-15 – 2026-10-30
Claims per article
21
352 extracted in total
Hedged claims
12%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,560
characters · 1 tagged analysis
Writes for Global News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
94%
Technology
6%
Most-tagged topics
CanadaCanadianLiberalsCAFUkrainethe European Unionthe United StatesAlberta

Leaning

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2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.12 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-17 · Global News · Politics
PM Carney: ‘Europe and Canada are even stronger together’
26 outlets covered this event
2026-09-16 · Global News · Politics
How Canada-EU ‘associate member’ proposal raises questions with few answers
26 outlets covered this event
2026-10-22 · Global News · Politics
Diplomacy or ‘interference’? U.S. warns Canadian officials as midterms near
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · Global News · Politics
Carney says deepening ‘alliance’ with European Union is a work in progress
10 outlets covered this event
2026-09-22 · Global News · Politics
Why a plan to end strikes impacting ‘national interest’ is drawing criticism
5 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-15 · Global News · Politics
Poilievre set to try to rally Conservative MPs ahead of Parliament’s return
3 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-15 · Global News
Carney says deepening ‘alliance’ with European Union is a work in progress
🔮 New Brunswick lawyer owes $1.4 million after complaints from clients who lost money The prime minister left the summit Tuesday to travel to Strasbourg, France, where he will become the first world leader to attend the European Union’s “state of the union” debate on Wednesday and on Thursday will address the continent’s politicians. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, suggested that Canada was exploring becoming an “associate” member of the EU. assertive
2026-09-15 · Global News
Poilievre set to try to rally Conservative MPs ahead of Parliament’s return
🔮 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will try to rally his MPs after a summer of conservative movement infighting and polling that shows his party continuing to trail the federal Liberals by double-digits. assertive
2026-09-16 · Global News
How Canada-EU ‘associate member’ proposal raises questions with few answers
🔮 The challenge with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s suggestion that Canada could become a European Union “associate member” is that nobody seems precisely sure what that means. mixed
2026-09-17 · Global News
PM Carney: ‘Europe and Canada are even stronger together’
🔮 Later that day, U.S. President Donald Trump said if Canada becomes the first associate member of the European Union it could be a “hostile act.” assertive
2026-09-22 · Global News
Why a plan to end strikes impacting ‘national interest’ is drawing criticism
🔮 One day after the federal Liberals proposed new legislation with the power to end strikes impacting the “national interest,” concerns are being raised that the bill is “anti-democratic” and would let the government decide who can exercise the right to strike. assertive
2026-09-25 · Global News
Canada’s foreign minister set to speak after German trade, security talks
🔮 Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will hold a joint press conference with her German counterpart after two days of trade and security talks between the two countries in Ottawa. assertive
2026-09-26 · Global News
Canadians more united despite separatist sentiment in Alberta, Quebec: Ipsos
🔮 An overwhelming majority of Canadians want Alberta to remain part of a unified Canada and would vote for their own province to do the same, according to new data from Ipsos exclusively for Global News. assertive
2026-09-27 · Global News
Threats to Canada’s North have ‘shifted significantly,’ foreign minister says
🔮 Anand, who formerly served as minister of national defence under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, pointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to ramp up defence spending and the impact that money will have on northern security. assertive
2026-09-29 · Global News
Canada’s military seeking anti-drone defences for bases, facilities
🔮 “I would say that the use of counter-drone technology around critical infrastructure is becoming the norm,” Carvin said. assertive
2026-10-05 · Global News
American officials have ‘concerns’ about Trump’s Canada attacks, MPs hear
🔮 Few are willing to be more public about it, and that’s their decision.” assertive
2026-10-06 · Global News
Canada’s new foreign agents database has received just 30 registrations
🔮 That’s a far cry from the roughly 2,422 foreign agents Public Safety Canada has estimated are active in Canada, raising questions from opposition MPs about how effective the Liberals’ registration scheme will be. assertive
2026-10-07 · Global News
Ottawa considering ‘options’ as foreign home buyer ban nears end: minister
🔮 Champagne appeared non-committal when asked if Ottawa would extend the ban, which banned foreign investors from buying Canadian residential property and was first enacted in 2022. assertive
2026-10-08 · Global News
Countering drones is ‘critical’ as warfare evolves, Canada’s military says
🔮 The increasing availability of sophisticated drone technology has led the Department of National Defence (DND) to move to take “critical” steps to counter “unauthorized drone activity” that could threaten Canadian military installations. assertive
2026-10-16 · Global News
As Alberta referendum nears, seeds to dispute results planted online: report
🔮 Researchers are McGill’s Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO) have been keeping tabs on the online discourse around the province’s referendum which will ask, among other questions, if Albertans want a binding provincial vote on independence from Canada. assertive
2026-10-19 · Global News
Pamela Wallin resigns Senate seat 2 years before mandatory retirement
🔮 While court documents revealed that the RCMP believed Wallin had broken the law and were trying to gather proof of criminal wrongdoing, the police force announced in 2016 that Wallin would not be charged. assertive
2026-10-22 · Global News
Diplomacy or ‘interference’? U.S. warns Canadian officials as midterms near
🔮 America’s top diplomat in Ottawa appears to be conflating public diplomacy with “foreign interference” as the Republicans brace for what polls suggest could be a bruising in the U.S. midterms. assertive
2026-10-30 · Global News
Canada needs a ‘good mix’ of new tech like drones, AI: NATO commander
🔮 A recent analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office suggested reaching that target would require “core” defence spending to increase from $95.7 billion in 2030 to $163.7 billion in 2035-36. assertive
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