Project analysis · signed by the Crossing the Floor project maintainer

Archive audit

A reproducible account of what the inherited collection contains, what has passed recorded source checks, and what remains unresolved.

Data audit: 2026-07-31

The aftermath board

Did crossing pay off?

We track documented offices, appointments, compensation, access, and election results after a change. An observed outcome is not proof that the crossing caused it.

231 named participation records in the archive

people with at least one published outcome: 17
people with a documented gain or retention: 11
people who gained or retained an office: 9
people later elected or re-elected: 7
participations with no published outcome: 214

Outcome types

Cabinet appointment: 9
Re-elected: 6
Defeated at election: 3
Other documented outcome: 3
Resigned: 3
Elected: 1
First-minister office: 1
Party leadership: 1
Party nomination: 1

Observed forms of benefit

Office: 11
Voter validation: 7
No benefit domain: 7
Compensation: 5
Influence or access: 5
Status or title: 4

Timing after the crossing

Before the crossing: 1
Same day: 6
1–30 days: 1
31–365 days: 9
More than one year: 6
Timing unknown: 5

What the sources say about causation

Causation established: 0
Causation alleged: 0
Denied or not established: 26
Not assessed: 2

The denominator includes every named participation. “Documented gain” requires a cited outcome, a positive result, a gained or retained effect, and an explicit benefit domain. Causation is counted separately.

5 outcomes with confirmed compensation · 8 outcomes whose compensation is unknown

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Source-link coverage of inherited leads

The numerator counts inherited rows linked to at least one source record. It does not mean that the source was reviewed, independent, reliable, or sufficient for publication.

18.3%

40/218

Reproducible measures

Published, source-checked events: 35
Inherited event leads: 218
Legacy leads with any source link: 40
Named participant records: 231
Unresolved group events: 10
Source leads: 153
Official or primary source leads: 56
Supported canonical claims: 67
Published material revisions: 50
Events with no claim citation: 173
Events still unverified: 203
Events with an exact day: 34
Participants with an exact day: 36
Participants whose voluntary status is unknown: 214
Participants whose appointment status is unknown: 214
Participants whose government direction is unknown: 214
Sources still pending review: 80
Tertiary source leads: 73
Unassessed source leads: 6
Sources with a recorded checksum: 73
Sources with an archive URL: 0
Sources with a precise locator: 73
Governed translation records: 74
Approved, current translations: 74
Recorded AI or human source checks: 231
Group events with no named participants: 10

Interpretation and limits

These figures describe the database, not Canadian political history. The inherited collection has uneven research depth, represents some group events as one row, and contains legacy labels and outcome scores that the canonical edition does not publish as fact. Source-bound AI research may publish literal facts when the claim, locator, method, confidence, and excluded inferences are recorded. Motive, causation, disputes, and project analysis remain separate data types.

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Information types

Database fact: A count computed directly from the current canonical or inherited tables.
Project analysis: An interpretation authored by the project and explicitly labelled as analysis.
Historical claim: A statement about an event or person; it is published only with claim-level evidence.
Unknown: A material detail that available evidence has not resolved.

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Reproducible measures

Published, source-checked events

Inherited event leads

218

Legacy leads with any source link

Named participant records

231

Unresolved group events

Source leads

153

Official or primary source leads

Supported canonical claims

Published material revisions

Events with no claim citation

173

Events still unverified

203

Events with an exact day

Participants with an exact day

Participants whose voluntary status is unknown

214

Participants whose appointment status is unknown

214

Participants whose government direction is unknown

214

Sources still pending review

Tertiary source leads

Unassessed source leads

Sources with a recorded checksum

Sources with an archive URL

Sources with a precise locator

Governed translation records

Approved, current translations

Recorded AI or human source checks

231

Group events with no named participants

Interpretation and limits

Read the counting and evidence rules Inspect the research queue

Information types

Database fact

A count computed directly from the current canonical or inherited tables.

Project analysis

An interpretation authored by the project and explicitly labelled as analysis.

Historical claim

A statement about an event or person; it is published only with claim-level evidence.

Unknown

A material detail that available evidence has not resolved.