Audit Trail · Article #2451103

Ottawa designates B.C. port expansion as project of national interest

Source article ↗ · The Globe and Mail · outlet lean: center · owner: Globe and Mail Inc. (Woodbridge) (corporate)

published 2026-10-30T20:08:23 · ingested 2026-10-30T16:29:39.561272

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-LEFT score: -0.20 vv3

The article provides a factual account without overtly expressing political positions, but the mention of environmental and Indigenous concerns suggests a balance that leans slightly towards public interest.

Trigger phrases: critical roleenvironmental safeguardsIndigenous communities

      computed at 2026-10-30T16:52:56.152129
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.288 confidence: 41% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-30T16:49:47.920917-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.288

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-30T16:52:56.152129

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T16:52:56.152129

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-30T16:52:56.152129

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (0)

No claims extracted yet.

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa lists B.C. port expansion as project of national interest 9 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-30T15:59:45.966252
    

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)

2026-10-30T16:29:39.561272 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
  },
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2026-10-30T16:49:47.920917 bias_v2_scored

payload

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