👤 Rob Gillies

5 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
5
2026-08-21 – 2026-10-01
Claims per article
35
175 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
5,172
characters
Writes for The Globe and Mail, The Independent, Toronto Star.
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
80%
Economy/Business
20%
Most-tagged topics
CanadianU.S.Canadathe United StatesWashingtonAlbertaManitobaStrasbourg

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 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 -0.22 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-08-25 · The Globe and Mail · Politics
Ottawa to announce retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday as Trump tells Canada to ‘fall in line’
21 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-08-21 · The Independent · Politics
Canadian premier brands Trump ‘weak’ and predicts he’ll get ‘slaughtered’ in midterms
21 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-01 · The Independent · Politics
Canada fast-tracks oil pipeline to reduce dependence on US and mend relations with Alberta
8 outlets covered this event
2026-09-30 · Toronto Star · Politics
Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
2 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-18 · The Independent · Economy/Business
Carney says Canada is ‘strong’ as US borrowing costs rise and Europe ties deepen
no other outlet in the corpus covered this · leans left

What they said would happen

2026-08-21 · The Independent
Canadian premier brands Trump ‘weak’ and predicts he’ll get ‘slaughtered’ in midterms
🔮 Kinew also predicted that Trump would be “slaughtered” in the midterm elections. assertive
2026-08-25 · The Globe and Mail
Ottawa to announce retaliatory tariffs on Tuesday as Trump tells Canada to ‘fall in line’
🔮 Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of trying to subordinate Canada. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Independent
Carney says Canada is ‘strong’ as US borrowing costs rise and Europe ties deepen
🔮 A day after telling the European Parliament that Canada and Europe needed greater resilience so no country could control their markets, impair their sovereignty or dictate their choices, Carney pointed Friday to Canada’s fiscal position as another source of strength. assertive
2026-09-30 · Toronto Star
Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
🔮 If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year. assertive
2026-10-01 · The Independent
Canada fast-tracks oil pipeline to reduce dependence on US and mend relations with Alberta
🔮 A bid to keep Alberta in Canada Alberta is set to hold a public vote on Oct. 19 regarding whether to hold a referendum on seceding from Canada. assertive
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