Audit Trail · Article #2443847

Quebec premier’s boycott of Canada-EU summit turns heads

Source article ↗ · Global News · outlet lean: center · owner: Corus Entertainment (corporate)

published 2026-10-30T01:43:00 · ingested 2026-10-29T22:59:36.247919

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 confidence: 85% vv3

The article presents a balanced view but leans slightly towards the Quebec perspective, highlighting Premier St-Pierre Plamondon's stance and criticisms of the federal government.

Trigger phrases: Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondondispute with Ottawarefuse to see Quebec reduced

      computed at 2026-10-29T23:23:19.904140
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.358 confidence: 51% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-29T23:20:50.221069-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.358

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-29T23:23:19.904140

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-29T23:23:19.904140

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-29T23:23:19.904140

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

unverified The Canada-EU summit in Montreal did not include Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon because of an ongoing dispute with Ottawa.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-29T23:23:19.992753
      

unverified Paul St-Pierre Plamondon's participation at the Canada-EU summit was likely influenced by his conflict with the Canadian government.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-29T23:23:19.992753
      

unverified The disagreement between Quebec and Ottawa regarding the cancellation of Quebec's contribution to the EU-Canada trade agreement drew significant attention at the summit.

        fact_v1 · 2026-10-29T23:23:19.992753
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Quebec Premier skips Canada-EU summit in Montreal over Ottawa’s refusal to let him speak 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-29T20:29:41.544502
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

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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)

2026-10-29T22:59:36.247919 ingested

payload

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2026-10-29T23:20:50.221069 bias_v2_scored

payload

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