Audit Trail · Article #2431326

Hanes: St-Pierre Plamondon rains on Carney's parade

Source article ↗ · Montreal Gazette · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-28T18:29:48 · ingested 2026-10-28T16:10:12.971889

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

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

The article discusses political tensions and potential sovereignty issues, which often have a liberal bias in Canadian media.

Trigger phrases: Quebec independenceminority government

      computed at 2026-10-28T16:10:12.971889
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.318 confidence: 45% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-28T16:33:56.054789-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.318

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-28T16:27:43.154887

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-28T16:44:56.846623

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: QC

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

mixed After the Parti Québécois won a minority government on Monday with only 28 per cent of the popular vote, some political commentators have downplayed the chances of a sovereignty referendum in Quebec.

While the text presents this as an ongoing situation, it does not provide evidence to support or refute claims about future referendum chances.

        V.E.T. · 2026-10-28T16:44:56.846623
      

true Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Quebec premier declined to attend the summit's dinner.

This statement is directly reported from the Prime Minister, making it verifiable through official sources.

        V.E.T. · 2026-10-28T16:44:56.846623
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

St pierre plamondon carney canada eu summit fallout 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-28T16:10:12.536607
    

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)

2026-10-28T16:10:12.971889 ingested

payload

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2026-10-28T16:33:56.054789 bias_v2_scored

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