Audit Trail · Article #2418713

Liberals set to table bill restricting access to MAID in cases of mental illness

Source article ↗ · Winnipeg Free Press · outlet lean: center · owner: FP Newspapers (independent local) (independent)

published 2026-10-27T08:00:08 · ingested 2026-10-27T04:27:00.731218

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.40 confidence: 80% vv3

The article presents a political stance on a bill proposed by the Liberal Party, indicating a potential bias.

Trigger phrases: Liberals set to table bill

      computed at 2026-10-27T04:27:00.731218
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.656 confidence: 94% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-27T04:34:32.569077-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.828

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-27T04:37:02.679460

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T03:12:22.243427

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-27T04:28:58.114951

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: MB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

true Liberals are proposing a bill that would restrict access to MAID in cases of mental illness.

The article directly states the claim and provides context for the proposed legislation.

        V.E.T. · 2026-10-28T03:12:22.243427
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Liberals set to table bill restricting access to MAID in cases of mental illness 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-27T04:27:00.739133
    

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)

2026-10-27T04:27:00.731218 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "rationale": "triggers: liberals(-0.20\u00d73)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13761
}

2026-10-27T04:34:32.569077 bias_v2_scored

payload

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