Audit Trail · Article #2461028

Ontario Liberals call on province to end daylight saving time

Source article ↗ · Ottawa Citizen · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-10-31T22:11:05 · ingested 2026-10-31T18:29:43.643229

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: -0.20 vv3

The article presents a balanced view but slightly favors the Liberal Party's stance by discussing their call for permanent time changes.

Trigger phrases: Ontario Liberalscall on province to end daylight saving time

      computed at 2026-10-31T18:31:44.369767
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.317 confidence: 45% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-10-31T18:31:34.925548-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.658

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-10-31T18:31:44.369767

Tier-2 at: 2026-10-31T18:31:44.369767

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-10-31T18:31:44.369767

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (1)

unverified Quebec's new government says the fall 2026 clock change will be that province's last

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

        heuristic-v1 · 2026-10-31T18:29:43.663192
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Ontario Liberals call on province to end daylight saving time 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-10-31T18:29:43.656049
    

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)

2026-10-31T18:29:43.643229 ingested

payload

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  },
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}

2026-10-31T18:31:34.925548 bias_v2_scored

payload

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