Audit Trail · Article #2522004

Poilievre pans Liberal budget's $15M capital gains exemption, calls for 'simpler' plan

Source article ↗ · CBC English Top Stories · outlet lean: center-left · owner: CBC/Radio-Canada (public)

published 2026-11-08T09:00:00 · ingested 2026-11-08T04:22:00.850143

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER-RIGHT score: -0.50 confidence: 90% vv3

The article highlights criticism from a conservative leader, indicating a bias against the policy in question.

Trigger phrases: criticizingkey featurenarrowly excluding

      computed at 2026-11-08T04:22:00.850143
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.384 confidence: 55% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-08T09:38:08.765162-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER score: -0.058

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T04:38:22.598509

Tier-2 at: 2026-11-08T09:17:41.666438

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-08T04:38:22.602642

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: —

Province: —

Scope: unmappable

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (3)

true Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a key feature of the Carney government's latest budget.

The article clearly states that Poilievre is criticizing the budget, providing direct evidence for this claim.

        E.C.H.O. · 2026-11-08T09:17:41.666438
      

true 'Proposed $15-million capital gains exemption on the sale of qualifying shares from a Canadian company applies too narrowly.'

This statement directly reflects Poilievre's criticism as mentioned in the article.

        E.C.H.O. · 2026-11-08T09:17:41.666438
      

true 'Excluding key businesses' is part of his argument.

The article explicitly mentions that Poilievre believes the exemption does not apply broadly enough to include certain types of businesses.

        E.C.H.O. · 2026-11-08T09:17:41.666438
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Poilievre pans Liberal budget's $15M capital gains exemption, calls for 'simpler' plan 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-08T04:22:00.867738
    

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)

2026-11-08T04:22:00.850143 ingested

payload

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    "score": 0.633,
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2026-11-08T09:38:08.765162 bias_v2_scored

payload

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