Audit Trail · Article #2270298

Ottawa to turn defence procurement agency into Crown corporation, sources say

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

published 2026-10-05T21:41:35.442323 · ingested 2026-10-05T17:41:35.442323

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides balanced information without overt bias, but leans towards the government's perspective by mentioning sources and details related to legislative changes.

Trigger phrases: Sources sayPrime Minister Mark Carney’s government createdlegislation being tabled this week

      computed at 2026-10-05T23:38:38.634575
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.389 confidence: 56% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-05T21:45:09.206717-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.305

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-05T23:38:38.634575

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-05T23:38:38.634575

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-05T23:38:38.634575

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-05T23:38:46.126565
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ottawa to turn defence procurement agency into Crown corporation, sources say 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-05T17:41:35.450307
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 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 · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-10-05T17:41:35.442323 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "left",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: crown corporation(-0.12\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 488
}

2026-10-05T21:45:09.206717 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "confidence": 0.556,
  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
  "ensemble_score": -0.305,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.389
}

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