Audit Trail · Article #447388

How is your city using strong mayor powers? Search our exclusive database of 4,242 decisions across Ontario - Toronto Star

Source article ↗ · Toronto Star · outlet lean: center-left · owner: Torstar (corporate)

published 2026-05-27T04:18:58 · ingested 2026-05-28T12:48:58.219466

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

CENTER score: 0.00 vv3

triggers: none — defaulted center

      computed at 2026-05-29T08:19:24.664376
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

RIGHT score: 0.299 confidence: 43% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-06-09T19:52:42.884324-04:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

CENTER RIGHT score: 0.299

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1+full

Tier-1 at: 2026-05-29T08:19:24.664376

Tier-2 at: 2026-05-29T08:19:24.664376

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-05-29T08:19:24.664376

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-05-29T08:22:03.753595
      

unverified No verifiable claims detected.

        fact_v1 · 2026-05-30T03:38:11.726778
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

Inside the investigation: Your questions on Ontario’s strong-mayor powers, answered - Toronto Star 4 articles across outlets

      clustered at 2026-05-28T12:41:34.760036
    

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)

2026-05-28T12:48:58.219466 ingested

payload

{
  "bias": {
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    "heuristic_version": "v1",
    "rationale": "triggers: none \u2014 defaulted center",
    "score": 0.0
  },
  "source_id": 486
}

2026-06-09T23:52:42.884324 bias_v2_scored

payload

{
  "confidence": 0.428,
  "ensemble_band": "center",
  "ensemble_score": 0.149,
  "label": "right",
  "model": "valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3",
  "score": 0.299
}

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