Audit Trail · Article #2452015

Calgarians to get education property tax relief in 2027

Source article ↗ · Calgary Herald · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-30T22:09:02 · ingested 2026-10-30T18:29:43.245848

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article presents a government announcement that may impact property taxes, which could be seen as favoring the perspective of the UCP party.

Trigger phrases: UCP governmentPremier Danielle Smith

      computed at 2026-10-30T18:45:40.315896
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

CENTER score: 0.000 confidence: 40% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-30T18:42:43.914917-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.500

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-30T18:45:40.315896

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T18:45:40.315896

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-30T18:45:40.315896

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: AB

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Smith said there will be a nearly $98-million savings on property taxes province-wide next year

Rule-based: source_credibility=False, has_stat=True, hedged=True

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-30T18:29:43.260994
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Calgarians to get education property tax relief in 2027 2 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-30T18:29:43.254157
    

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)

2026-10-30T18:29:43.245848 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: tax relief(+0.40\u00d73)",
    "score": 1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 13757
}

2026-10-30T18:42:43.914917 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center-right",
  "ensemble_score": 0.5,
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