Audit Trail · Article #2452844

Feds list Port of Vancouver's $5.9 billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as project of national interest

Source article ↗ · Vancouver Sun · outlet lean: center-right · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-31T00:02:25 · ingested 2026-10-30T20:29:42.287691

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 confidence: 80% vv3

The article is neutral in tone, providing factual information about the project without significant positive or negative bias.

Trigger phrases: decisionnational interest

      computed at 2026-10-30T20:32:32.563574
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.318 confidence: 46% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-30T20:55:14.714577-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: 0.059

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-30T20:32:32.563574

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-30T20:32:32.563574

AI analyzed: ✗

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: BC

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)

2026-10-30T20:29:42.287691 ingested

payload

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  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v3",
    "rationale": "triggers: mark carney(-0.15\u00d71)",
    "score": -1.0,
    "signal_detected": true
  },
  "source_id": 593
}

2026-10-30T20:55:14.714577 bias_v2_scored

payload

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  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.059,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.318
}

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