Audit Trail · Article #2439752

Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support PM in seeking closer ties with Europe

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

published 2026-10-29T17:14:59 · ingested 2026-10-29T13:29:38.971396

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article focuses on a positive sentiment towards the Prime Minister's policies and includes supportive data, which may indicate a bias.

Trigger phrases: 73 per cent of Canadians support PMmajority support in every region

      computed at 2026-10-29T13:29:38.971396
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.321 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-29T15:23:50.622707-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.321

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-29T13:36:58.975730

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T01:03:03.489746

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)

true Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support PM in seeking closer ties with Europe

The article cites a poll by Canada Pulse Insights that supports this claim.

        T.A.L.O.N. · 2026-10-30T01:03:03.489746
      

true Support is consistent across regions but varies by age and education level.

The article provides specific percentages of support in different regions, ages, and educational levels.

        T.A.L.O.N. · 2026-10-30T01:03:03.489746
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support PM in seeking closer ties with Europe 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-29T13:29:38.979943
    

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)

2026-10-29T13:29:38.971396 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
    "band": "center",
    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 NO SIGNAL DETECTED (not a centrist finding)",
    "score": 0.0,
    "signal_detected": false
  },
  "source_id": 487
}

2026-10-29T15:23:50.622707 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
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  "label": "right",
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}

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