Audit Trail · Article #1443859

Avi Lewis puts preparing NDP for next general election ahead of bid for House of Commons seat

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

published 2026-08-01T14:05:06 · ingested 2026-08-01T15:17:31.580162

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.57 vv3

triggers: ndp(-0.60×3), liberals(-0.20×1), liberal(-0.15×1), mark carney(-0.15×1), conservative(+0.50×1), conservatives(+0.50×1), fossil fuel(-0.30×1), fossil fuels(-0.30×1), climate emergency(-0.40×1), climate change(-0.15×1), progressive(-0.18×1)

      computed at 2026-08-31T22:08:07.079562
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.302 confidence: 43% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-08-01T11:49:09.988102-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.151

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-08-01T17:17:50.009252

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-08-01T17:17:50.009252

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (4)

unverified NDP Leader Avi Lewis prioritizes preparing the party for an election over winning a House of Commons seat.

        fact_v1 · 2026-08-01T17:18:04.957216
      

unverified Lewis plans to campaign with candidates in by-elections set before the end of the year but will not run himself.

        fact_v1 · 2026-08-01T17:18:04.957216
      

unverified The NDP is aiming to be fully prepared for elections across Canada, considering four by-elections to take place in August.

        fact_v1 · 2026-08-01T17:18:04.957216
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-08-01T17:43:59.793202
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Avi Lewis puts preparing NDP for next general election ahead of bid for House of Commons seat 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-08-01T15:17:31.870002
    

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': 1, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (1 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 · 1 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-08-01T15:17:31.580162 ingested

payload

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2026-08-01T15:49:09.988102 bias_v2_scored

payload

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