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Toronto Star Article Rating

Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives won a toehold in Toronto last year. Can they hang on to it?

  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -43% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. 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.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

29% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : None, she said, had appropriately addressed the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and "what, in my perception, is a lack of meaningful action by any level of government to help Jewish people feel safe as Jews.
40% : "Also, I'm looking at national leadership and who is going to protect the country, which is also under threat" from Trump.
40% : ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Wolfe said she likes Carney on standing up to Trump but was given pause when he said Canadian funds will continue flowing to UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinians, which saw nine staff fired after a UN investigation concluded they could have been involved in the Hamas attacks.
33% : However, after talking to Church about that issue and others, Wolfe said, "I'm leaning Liberal." The NDPer: Bruce Levy knows his party is being squeezed out by the Liberals, the Conservatives, and Trump, but he refuses to give in to strategic voting and will vote for the NDP candidate -- himself.
26% : "Poilievre was a lot more palatable when the alternative was Justin Trudeau," Kates said, noting that last June Donald Trump was not yet U.S. president nor threatening Canada with annexation and punishing trade tariffs.
16% : She said she hears about Donald Trump, tariffs and sovereignty at voters' front doors, but that how parties have reacted to the Mideast conflict and the resulting tension is "one of the top issues in the riding.

*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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