Audit Trail · Article #2366381

Feds agree to more than double Yukon gov’t borrowing limit to $3B - CBC

Source article ↗ · CBC North · outlet lean: center · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-10-19T17:54:56.241815 · ingested 2026-10-19T15:54:56.241815

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article reports on a government decision that could have significant economic impacts, without providing clear political bias.

Trigger phrases: federalgovernment borrowing

      computed at 2026-10-19T17:16:36.243000
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.305 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-19T17:14:56.436866-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.305

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-19T17:16:36.243000

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-19T17:16:36.243000

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-19T17:16:36.243000

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: YT

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified The federal government has agreed to increase the Yukon government's borrowing limit by more than doubling it from its current level.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T17:16:46.937846
      

unverified The new borrowing limit is set at $3 billion and will enable the Yukon government to finance a range of projects and initiatives.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-19T17:16:46.937846
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Feds agree to more than double Yukon gov’t borrowing limit to $3B - CBC 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-19T15:54:56.246891
    

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)

2026-10-19T15:54:56.241815 ingested

payload

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2026-10-19T17:14:56.436866 bias_v2_scored

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