👤 Benjamin Shingler

10 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
10
2026-08-14 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
30
304 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,648
characters
Writes for CBC 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
70%
Crime & Law
20%
Economy/Business
10%
Most-tagged topics
QuebecCAQCBC NewsCanadaMontrealParti QuébécoisOttawaQuebecers

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
5 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 -0.18 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-10-08 · CBC News · Politics
Parti Québécois win with record-low vote share revives calls for electoral reform
13 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-10-06 · CBC News · Politics
What to expect from a Parti Québécois government
13 outlets covered this event
2026-09-24 · CBC News · Politics
Missed the debate? Key takeaways from Quebec party leaders’ final showdown
5 outlets covered this event
2026-10-16 · CBC News · Crime & Law
Montreal police suspend 2 officers following report officer urinated on unhoused person
3 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-07 · CBC News · Politics
Lawyer files injunction seeking to force incoming PQ government to take oath to King
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-07 · CBC News · Politics
Immigration, high-speed rail and Bill 21: Where new PQ government could test Ottawa
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-14 · CBC News
Rollout of AI surveillance by Montreal police raises privacy concerns
🔮 This software will not be used to verify the identity of individuals in video images, but rather to identify the video passages where the targeted known element appears," de Repentigny said in an email to CBC earlier this year. assertive
2026-08-19 · CBC News
Will the PQ's Trump-era referendum pause work with voters?
🔮 Will the PQ's Trump-era referendum pause work with voters? assertive
2026-08-27 · CBC News
Trump upended last year’s federal election. Will he do the same to the Quebec campaign?
🔮 Will he do the same to the Quebec campaign? assertive
2026-09-03 · CBC News
Is Quebec actually the most taxed jurisdiction in North America?
🔮 On the whole, if Nova Scotia's tax system were applied to Quebecers, they would actually pay more. assertive
2026-09-24 · CBC News
Missed the debate? Key takeaways from Quebec party leaders’ final showdown
🔮 A little later, St-Pierre Plamondon was asked if he would hold a referendum after Trump leaves office even if the polls suggest the No side will win again. assertive
2026-10-06 · CBC News
What to expect from a Parti Québécois government
🔮 What to expect from a Parti Québécois government A tighter budget, cuts to immigrations levels, fights with Ottawa — and maybe a referendum The sovereigntist Parti Québécois is back in power, securing enough seats to form a majority government. assertive
2026-10-07 · CBC News
Immigration, high-speed rail and Bill 21: Where new PQ government could test Ottawa
🔮 Immigration, high-speed rail and Bill 21: Where new PQ government could test Ottawa assertive
2026-10-07 · CBC News
Lawyer files injunction seeking to force incoming PQ government to take oath to King
🔮 The lawsuit warns that any laws passed by an illegally assembled body — especially a law attempting to abolish the lieutenant governor — would be void, creating an "unprecedented legal crisis." assertive
2026-10-08 · CBC News
Parti Québécois win with record-low vote share revives calls for electoral reform
🔮 Quebec's next premier promises to hit the ground running as PQ takes power Electoral reform keeps stalling in Canada, but advocate says it isn't dead Whether those promises will lead to action remains uncertain. Both former prime minister Justin Trudeau and former Quebec premier François Legault campaigned on electoral reform, only to abandon those commitments after being elected under the existing system. assertive
2026-10-16 · CBC News
Montreal police suspend 2 officers following report officer urinated on unhoused person
🔮 Montreal police suspend 2 officers following report officer urinated on unhoused person Allegations 'undermine the dignity every person deserves,' says Montreal mayor assertive
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