Toronto Star Article Rating

Final report on foreign interference in Canadian affairs set to drop Tuesday

  • Bias Rating

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -14% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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25% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Hogue's interim report, released last May after the first phase of hearings, concluded that while the results of both federal elections were ultimately not influenced by foreign meddling, the issue nevertheless undermined public confidence in Canada's democracy.
50% : OTTAWA -- In the shadow of a Liberal leadership race and a potential early federal election call, a public inquiry into foreign meddling in Canadian affairs is set to release its final report on Tuesday after more than a year of work probing the issue.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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