Tuesday, May 26, 2026Vol. I · No. 023fortherecord.policyshift.ca
for the record.
fortherecord.policyshift.ca · The municipal reference

Every vote your councillor has cast, in plain English.

Per-councillor pages built from public council minutes — voting record by topic, position changes, recent activity, and a chat surface scoped to a single person. Research-grade, neutral, refreshed every six hours.

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§01What you get

Voting record by topic

Every recorded vote, grouped by issue area with yea / nay / absent counts and drill-down to the motion.

Position changes

Cross-meeting shifts in stance, with the reasoning and links to both underlying votes.

Recent activity

A running, chronological log of the councillor's most recent votes.

Scoped chat

Ask anything about one councillor's record — answers drawn only from their votes.

Councillor responses

Where a councillor has explained a vote, their words appear verbatim and time-stamped.

At a glance

A short, neutral, factual overview synthesized from the record — no editorializing.

§02Cities
Toronto
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Cambridge
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§03Source & method
Public council minutes are reconciled with each city clerk's office and refreshed every six hours. Approved councillor responses are reproduced verbatim and time-stamped at submission. No editorial commentary is layered on top of either.