Methodology

For reported news, SmartCal Signal separates material claims, requires a primary source plus independent professional corroboration, verifies Canadian usefulness, and submits every candidate to a separate machine audit. Deterministic thresholds, English/French parity, and rights checks must all pass.

Evidence confidence describes the strength and consistency of reviewed evidence; it is not a guarantee of truth.

Official-source briefs are a separate labelled category summarizing Statistics Canada Daily releases, with attribution and no claim of independent journalistic corroboration. Factual checks, bilingual review, rights checks and a separate machine audit still apply.