Audit Trail · Article #2398948

Housing, homelessness in focus in Ottawa’s Rideau-Vanier race

Source article ↗ · Nunatsiaq News · outlet lean: center-left · owner: Nortext Publishing (independent)

published 2026-10-23T19:39:33 · ingested 2026-10-23T16:19:46.903806

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article focuses on the housing and homelessness issues, which are typically left-leaning policy concerns. The candidates discussed their views on these issues.

Trigger phrases: housinghomelessnesssupportive housing

      computed at 2026-10-23T16:19:46.903806
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.258 confidence: 37% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-23T16:29:53.230270-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER LEFT score: -0.258

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-23T16:29:59.829309

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-01T00:14:23.678769

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

true Evans criticized the city’s approach to encampments, stating that pushing people out of a park and destroying all their belongings doesn’t stop them from being homeless.

This statement is based on the candidate's personal experience and concerns about the effectiveness of the city's current policy.

        C.O.N.D.U.I.T. · 2026-11-01T00:14:23.678769
      

true Statistics Canada counted 1,270 Inuit in Ottawa in the 2021 census.

This is a factual statement based on official data from Statistics Canada.

        C.O.N.D.U.I.T. · 2026-11-01T00:14:23.678769
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Housing, homelessness in focus in Ottawa’s Rideau-Vanier race 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-23T16:19:46.911030
    

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)

2026-10-23T16:19:46.903806 ingested

payload

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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 14336
}

2026-10-23T16:29:53.230270 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-left",
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  "score": -0.258
}

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