Audit Trail · Article #2376822

‘Stay the hell out of bargaining’: Unions blast Bill C-39’s labour provisions during committee testimony

Source article ↗ · National Post · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-20T20:48:10 · ingested 2026-10-20T17:27:55.264238

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.70 vv3

The article focuses on the opposition from unions to government intervention in labour relations, which is a left-leaning perspective.

Trigger phrases: Unions called on'Stay the hell out of bargaining'blast Bill C-39's labour provisions

      computed at 2026-10-20T17:39:24.621380
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.238 confidence: 34% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-20T17:55:38.428004-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.469

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-20T17:39:24.621380

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-20T17:39:24.621380

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-20T17:39:24.621380

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-20T17:39:30.520810
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

‘Stay the hell out of bargaining’: Unions blast Bill C-39’s labour provisions during committee testimony 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-20T17:27:55.273580
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-20T17:27:55.264238 ingested

payload

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2026-10-20T17:55:38.428004 bias_v2_scored

payload

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