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Methodology and sources

How BC + AI decides what counts as evidence, how candidate statements are separated from party positions and Council votes, the source register, and how to get something corrected.
Version 0.6 · Effective 2026-10-10

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What counts as evidence

Every claim is classified before it is written. That controls how it may be described.

Candidate statement

01

A direct, attributable statement by the candidate.

May be described as the candidate's position, within its date and context.

Candidate policy

02

Policy published by the candidate or explicitly adopted by them.

May be described as the candidate's policy, with version and date.

Party position

03

A position of the candidate's elector organization or party.

Remains a party position unless the candidate personally adopts it.

Official action

04

A motion, amendment, vote, directive, decision, filing, or other official act.

Describe the exact actor, body, procedure, date, and result.

Staff or institutional record

05

A staff report, City program, employer policy, board decision, or institutional action.

Do not attribute personally without evidence of authority or adoption.

Professional record

06

Relevant public work, role, publication, board action, or organizational leadership.

Context only, unless it establishes personal authorship or decision authority.

Third-party characterization

07

Reputable reporting, analysis, or public description by someone else.

Attribute it. Do not restate it as fact when a primary source is available.

BC + AI interpretation

08

BC + AI's stated inference from cited evidence.

Label visibly and explain the evidence and the uncertainty.

Disputed

09

A material statement or interpretation contested with evidence.

Present the dispute and the current disposition.

Unknown

10

Evidence is insufficient to establish a position or fact.

Use Unclear or No public position located. Never a guessed answer.

How sources are weighted

A stronger source displaces a weaker one. Where only limited evidence exists, the guide says so.

  1. Tier 1

    Official primary record

    Legislation, regulation, City agenda, minutes, motion, amendment, vote, staff report, filing, government dataset, decision, procurement record, candidate filing, or official transcript.

  2. Tier 2

    Direct candidate or party source

    Policy page, release, speech, interview recording, verified public statement, questionnaire answer, or official campaign publication.

  3. Tier 3

    Authoritative professional record

    A public employer, board, regulator, professional association, published paper, or organization record that establishes role and action.

  4. Tier 4

    Reputable reporting

    A named outlet and author using identifiable evidence or direct interviews.

  5. Tier 5

    Commentary and public discussion

    Useful for leads, framing, and disputed viewpoints. Not sufficient for a material factual claim that a stronger source can support.

Search snippets, generated summaries, reposts, screenshots without provenance, anonymous claims, opposition research, rumours, and private messages are not publication evidence.

Public copy cites source IDs. Do not drop a bare URL into prose when an ID exists.

Five answer states

A public comparison cell uses one of these states and nothing else. Each one still needs a qualification and source.

Yes
Direct evidence supports the proposition.
No
Direct evidence rejects the proposition.
Conditional
The position depends on stated conditions.
Unclear
Relevant evidence exists but does not resolve the proposition.
No public position located
Reasonable documented searches found no attributable position as of the check date.

There are 5 states and no sixth. A state is never converted into a point total or aggregate verdict.

Candidate ordering

The City held the random ballot draw on September 18 at 5:00 pm under section 79 of the Vancouver Charter. The guide lists candidates in that order and shows each ballot number, so a voter can find the same name on the ballot. No other ordering is used.

Current rule
Final
Listed in official ballot order, as set by the City's random ballot draw on September 18, 2026.
Roster gates
2
Official checks
Order everywhere
One
No route-specific sorting

2026-09-11

Nominations close at 4:00 pm

Reconcile every successfully submitted mayoral nomination, add any missing candidate under the same research scope, and retire declared non-filers from the current publication set.

reconciled 2026-09-27 · City of Vancouver

2026-09-18

Withdrawal deadline at 4:00 pm; random ballot draw at 5:00 pm

Freeze the final roster and replace surname order with the verified official ballot order.

reconciled 2026-09-27 · City of Vancouver, checked against Elections BC on 2026-09-28

The questions this guide asks of the record

Seven questions, read against every candidate's public record by the same rules. They are the origin of the seventeen propositions in the comparison.

These seven questions define what the guide looks for in each candidate's public record. They are the origin of the seventeen propositions in the comparison. BC + AI is not sending them to candidates; the guide is built from the public record alone, and the public correction route is open to candidates on the same terms as everyone else.

  • R01

    Every candidate's record is read against the same seven questions.

  • R02

    Each question breaks down into propositions, and each proposition is answered with one of five factual states.

  • R03

    A state that asks for a position is answered Yes, No, or Conditional only where an attributable public statement supports it.

  • R04

    Where a documented search finds nothing attributable, the answer is No public position located, which is a fact about the record and not about the candidate.

  • R05

    A party position is recorded as the party's and marked as such; it is never filed as the candidate speaking.

  • R06

    Every answer carries its evidence, its date, and its source.

  1. Q1 / Vancouver's civic AI direction

    Open the complete question

    Where should the City of Vancouver use artificial intelligence during the next four years, and where should it not be used?

    Please identify:

    • one high-value municipal use you would advance;
    • one unacceptable or prohibited use; and
    • the principle that separates the two.

    Please also state who remains accountable when a City employee or contractor uses an AI system to produce advice, content, analysis, or a decision.

  2. Q2 / Public register and resident rights

    Open the complete question

    Will you support a public register of AI and automated decision systems used by the City and its agencies?

    Please state whether the register should include the responsible department, vendor, purpose, data sources, risk assessment, human oversight, performance evidence, reported incidents, and current status. When an AI or automated system materially affects a resident, what rights should that person have to notice, a plain-language explanation, access to a real human, correction, review, appeal, and redress?

  3. Q3 / Procurement, privacy, workers, and accountability

    Open the complete question

    What requirements should apply when Vancouver buys, builds, pilots, or renews an AI system?

    Please address:

    • privacy and data minimization;
    • security and data residency;
    • independent testing and City audit access;
    • open standards, intellectual property, portability, and vendor lock-in;
    • accuracy, bias, accessibility, incident reporting, and responsibility for harm;
    • worker consultation, training, job redesign, collective bargaining, and workplace surveillance; and
    • conditions that would require the City to suspend or terminate a system.

  4. Q4 / Data-centre development

    Open the complete question

    Which position best reflects yours?

    • A. Continue considering proposals under current rules.
    • B. Allow proposals only under a new data-centre framework.
    • C. Pause or prohibit new approvals for a defined period.
    • D. Another approach.

    Please explain how your approach would address electricity, water withdrawal and consumption, cooling, heat reuse, land use, noise, operational and embodied emissions, grid and infrastructure costs, emergency planning, and decommissioning. Please identify which decisions belong to the City and which require provincial, utility, federal, regulatory, or First Nations action.

  5. Q5 / The public bargain

    Open the complete question

    What measurable public benefits should Vancouver require from a large AI or data-centre project?

    Please address local procurement, apprenticeships and career pathways, taxes and infrastructure costs, heat reuse, community-benefit agreements, research partnerships, accessible compute for public-interest organizations and local firms, transparency, and consequences when promised benefits are not delivered. Which benefits are non-negotiable, and which should be evaluated project by project?

  6. Q6 / First Nations governments, rights, and data governance

    Open the complete question

    How would your administration work government-to-government with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations on municipal AI, digital infrastructure, land use, and data governance?

    Please address:

    • decisions that require government-to-government engagement;
    • rights, title, Nation laws, protocols, and decision authority;
    • ownership, equity, revenue, procurement, employment, or capacity-building opportunities; and
    • control, access, retention, use, and disclosure of Nation-controlled information.

    Please distinguish negotiated benefits from rights-based obligations.

  7. Q7 / First 100 days

    Open the complete question

    What single civic-AI action would you complete or formally initiate during your first 100 days as mayor?

    Please identify:

    • the concrete deliverable;
    • the responsible City body or external partner;
    • any required Council motion, budget, procurement, policy, consultation, or intergovernmental action;
    • the expected completion or public-report date; and
    • the evidence residents should use to determine whether it happened.

Where sources disagree

A conflict remains visible until stronger evidence or an authoritative correction resolves it.

CIVIC-CNF-001

Is the East 5th Avenue rezoning the same project as the announced TELUS Mount Pleasant facility?

The July 15 Council motion described the proposal as a TELUS data centre. TELUS separately announced a Mount Pleasant facility. No official source reviewed establishes that the two are the same project.

SourcesVAN-INFRA-006VAN-INFRA-004

CIVIC-CNF-002

Does a completed privacy impact assessment mean the public can see how a system works?

For the City, FIPPA section 69(5.3) requires the applicable PIA process. It is not a general proactive-disclosure obligation.

SourcesVAN-PRIV-005VAN-PRIV-001

CIVIC-CNF-003

Does FIPPA compliance mean municipal data stays in Canada?

No. A Canadian data-residency promise may exceed the statute, while compliance alone does not establish where all data resides or who controls it.

SourcesVAN-PRIV-007VAN-PRIV-001

CIVIC-CNF-004

What does the July 15 vote on Motion 5 establish about an individual councillor?

The minutes extract names seven opposed members and Fry absent. It does not name any member as voting in favour. The open voting-records dataset, queried 2026-09-09, does not contain Vote No. 11790. An absence from a list is not a vote. A named vote against one motion is not a complete position on data centres or AI.

SourcesVAN-INFRA-005CIVIC-SRC-006

CIVIC-CNF-005

Does Elections BC's no-cost internet exclusion automatically exempt this voter guide?

Not automatically. The actual production cost, placement, audience, content, independence, and distribution facts require a human activity-by-activity determination before launch.

SourcesCIVIC-SRC-005CIVIC-SRC-030

Corrections and limitations

If something here is wrong, BC + AI will fix it and say that it was fixed.

  1. 01

    A candidate or a member of the public can identify a factual error and supply a public source.

  2. 02

    A correction to a factual error is made and recorded with its date.

  3. 03

    A disagreement with a BC + AI interpretation is published alongside the interpretation rather than replacing it.

  4. 04

    Superseded versions stay in the version history. A correction never means deleting the record of what was there before.

To report an error, use the BC + AI contact page with the page, the statement, and a public source.

This guide covers the mayoral race only. It does not cover council, Park Board, or school board.

The roster is final. It follows the City's final candidate list and official ballot order, published after the September 18, 2026 withdrawal deadline and ballot draw. All eight candidates on it have been through one documented research pass.

BC + AI does not determine rights, title, affected Nations, consultation adequacy, or consent. Nothing in this guide should be read as doing so.

This guide is not legal, engineering, privacy, or environmental advice.

No candidate has been contacted, so no candidate has yet had the chance to correct their own record.

Published by BC + AI, a community organization for artificial intelligence in British Columbia. BC + AI is not an elector organization and does not support or oppose any candidate. No candidate or campaign paid for, reviewed, or approved this guide. BC + AI's own policy views are set out separately in the policy baseline and are not used to rate candidates.

Paid or boosted promotion is prohibited under the current owner decision. Elections BC's published guide identifies potential exclusions for qualifying no-cost websites, free internet posts, private communications, free media coverage, and direct communications to an organization's members. Whether this purpose-built guide and each actual distribution channel satisfy those exclusions depends on the production, audience, cost, independence, and format facts. Issue 2402 must record the activity-by-activity determination before public launch or outreach.

Source register

Search 153 public-safe source IDs, shown as 128 documents when the same record was filed under more than one ID. Search by ID, title, publisher, classification, status, or locator. Filter by evidence tier without losing the full record.

Evidence tier

Showing 128 of 128 sources

CIVIC-SRC-001

Tier 1official action

2026 Vancouver Election

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Election dates and City notices

Primary City election hub; accessible when rechecked on 2026-09-03.

CIVIC-SRC-002

Tier 1official action

Run for office in Vancouver

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Nominations, challenges, withdrawal deadline, campaign period, ballot draw

Primary City filing guidance.

CIVIC-SRC-003

Tier 1official action

2026 General Local Elections

Elections BC · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Institutional roles and candidate-list timing

Local authorities administer nominations and voting; Elections BC administers campaign-financing and advertising rules.

CIVIC-SRC-004

Tier 1official action

2026 General Local Elections registered candidates

Elections BC · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Vancouver, Mayor: eight registered candidates with affiliations

Checked 2026-09-28 against the City's final list (CIVIC-SRC-031): the same eight names, with no affiliation for Caliman or Gilbert. The file also lists financial agents' names and addresses, which the guide does not use.

CIVIC-SRC-005

Tier 1official action

Local Third Party Advertising Sponsors

Elections BC · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Registration, sponsor identification, independence, expenses, disclosure

High-level requirements. Use CIVIC-SRC-030 for detailed inclusions and exclusions.

CIVIC-SRC-006

Tier 1official action

Council voting records

City of Vancouver Open Data · Retrieved 2026-09-09

vote_number 11790; catalog data_processed 2026-05-08

Queried 2026-09-09 via Open Data API v2.1. Vote No. 11790 returned 0 records. Latest vote_date 2026-04-21. City says corresponding minutes are the official vote record.

COV-AI-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-007KS-010, same document as CIVIC-SRC-007

CIVIC-SRC-007

Tier 1staff or institutional record

New AI chatbot improves access to City information

This is one document, also cited as COV-AI-001, KS-010.

City of Vancouver · Published 2025-03-07 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Launch and AI Advisory Committee

  • COV-AI-001: Deployment record

Establishes the City's public statement, not a candidate position.

CH-007, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008KA-006, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008KS-011, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008MA-008, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008PF-004, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008RB-007, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008WA-004, same document as CIVIC-SRC-008

CIVIC-SRC-008

Tier 4third party characterization

Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI?

This is one document, also cited as CH-007, KA-006, KS-011, MA-008, PF-004, RB-007, WA-004.

The Tyee · Published 2026-08-11 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Party AI and data-centre positions

  • CH-007: TEAM section; statements attributed to executive director Coltin Lillico
  • KA-006: Vancouver Liberals section
  • KS-011: ABC section
  • MA-008: Full article searched for Bright Future Vancouver, Ahmad, and name variants
  • PF-004: Green Party section
  • RB-007: Vote Vancouver section
  • WA-004: OneCity section; Azaroff email statement

Use to locate direct statements and preserve the candidate-party distinction.

CIVIC-SRC-009

Tier 4third party characterization

Vancouver AI data-centres motion coverage

Canada's National Observer · Published 2026-07-17 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Council motion and data-centre debate

Use the official motion, minutes, and vote for publication claims.

KS-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-011

CIVIC-SRC-011

Tier 2party position

Mayor Ken Sim announces re-election bid

This is one document, also cited as KS-001.

ABC Vancouver · Published 2026-02 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • KS-001: Statement beginning, "We've made real progress"

Exact day and wording remain dossier-level verification.

PF-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-012

CIVIC-SRC-012

Tier 2candidate statement

Pete Fry campaign site

This is one document, also cited as PF-001.

Pete Fry campaign · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • PF-001: Candidate identity and campaign

Declaration page and platform remain dossier-level verification.

KA-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-013

CIVIC-SRC-013

Tier 2party position

Meet Kareem Allam

This is one document, also cited as KA-001.

Vancouver Liberals · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • KA-001: Candidate identity, biography, and current professional role

Candidacy and role claims remain dossier-level verification.

KA-007, same document as CIVIC-SRC-014

CIVIC-SRC-014

Tier 2party position

Vancouver Liberals AI position

This is one document, also cited as KA-007.

Vancouver Liberals · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Party AI position

  • KA-007: Allam statements on sovereign compute, Mount Pleasant siting, and education

Authorship, date, and personal candidate adoption remain to be verified.

RB-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-015

CIVIC-SRC-015

Tier 2party position

Vote Vancouver

This is one document, also cited as RB-001.

Vote Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • RB-001: Home page declaration and campaign priorities

Exact declaration and policy pages remain dossier-level verification.

CH-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-016

CIVIC-SRC-016

Tier 2party position

Colleen Hardwick candidate page

This is one document, also cited as CH-001.

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • CH-001: Candidate identity, former office, PlaceSpeak and professional biography

Current platform and declaration date remain dossier-level verification.

WA-001, same document as CIVIC-SRC-017

CIVIC-SRC-017

Tier 2party position

William Azaroff candidate page

This is one document, also cited as WA-001.

OneCity Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

  • WA-001: Candidate identity, biography, housing and financial-services background

Current platform and declaration date remain dossier-level verification.

CIVIC-SRC-018

Tier 2party position

Stephanie Allen candidate page

COPE Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

Superseded for roster handling by CIVIC-SRC-028.

CIVIC-SRC-019

Tier 2party position

Muhammad Ahmad candidate page

Bright Future Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Candidacy declaration

Current platform and declaration date remain dossier-level verification.

CIVIC-SRC-025

Tier 5third party characterization

2026 Vancouver municipal election

Wikipedia · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Discovery only

Not citable as authority. Independently verify every lead.

CIVIC-SRC-026

Tier 1official action

Who is running

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-27

Nomination and withdrawal status

Primary City candidate-information page.

CIVIC-SRC-029

Tier 1official action

Candidate Information

Elections BC · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Candidate-list timing and source lag

Elections BC says its list is updated daily from local-jurisdiction information received within 48 hours.

CIVIC-SRC-030

Tier 1official action

Guide for Local Elections Third Party Sponsors in B.C.

Elections BC · Published 2026-06 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Pages 10 to 13, advertising definition, exclusions, and sponsor duties

Administrative guidance, not legal advice; LECFA prevails. Project-specific application remains a human compliance decision.

COV-AI-002

Tier 1staff or institutional record

AI-assisted live transcription at Council

Same URL as VAN-INFRA-006. Kept as a separate source because it cites a different finding.

City of Vancouver · Published 2026-07-14 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Council agenda transcription link

A visible provider endpoint does not establish contract terms or every component in use.

KS-003, same document as VAN-INFRA-004PF-005, same document as VAN-INFRA-004RB-008, same document as VAN-INFRA-004WA-011, same document as VAN-INFRA-004

VAN-INFRA-004

Tier 1official action

Motion 5, Addressing the Risks of Digital Infrastructure

This is one document, also cited as KS-003, PF-005, RB-008, WA-011.

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2026-07-15 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Motion text and seven proposed staff directions

  • KS-003: Full motion
  • PF-005: Full motion
  • RB-008: Full motion
  • WA-011: Full motion moved by OneCity Councillor Lucy Maloney

Moved by Councillor Lucy Maloney and seconded by Councillor Sean Orr.

KS-004, same document as VAN-INFRA-005PF-006, same document as VAN-INFRA-005RB-009, same document as VAN-INFRA-005WA-012, same document as VAN-INFRA-005

VAN-INFRA-005

Tier 1official action

Standing Committee minutes, July 15, 2026

This is one document, also cited as KS-004, PF-006, RB-009, WA-012.

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2026-07-15 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Motion 5, pages 18 to 20, Vote No. 11790

  • RB-009: Present list; procurement Vote No. 11774; Motion 5, printed pages 18 to 20, Vote No. 11790
  • WA-012: Motion 5, printed pages 18 to 20, Vote No. 11790

Official record of public speakers and the recorded vote. Canonical Vote No. 11790 tally is in research/lanes/vancouver-ai-infrastructure.md. A 2026-09-09 PDF re-fetch returned Cloudflare HTTP 403; no Wayback snapshot was available.

VAN-INFRA-006

Tier 1official action

Council agenda, July 14, 2026

Same URL as COV-AI-002. Kept as a separate source because it cites a different finding.

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2026-07-14 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Referral report for 111 East 5th Avenue and 2060 Quebec Street

Establishes the referral, not an approval.

VAN-INFRA-007

Tier 1official action

Public Hearing agenda, July 23, 2026

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2026-07-23 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Item referred back to staff at the July 21 reconvened Council meeting

The planned July 23 hearing did not proceed.

VAN-PRIV-001

Tier 1official action

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Province of British Columbia · Retrieved 2026-08-25

Sections 2, 27(2), 28, 29, 30, 30.5, 31, 32 to 34, 69(5), and 69(5.3)

For the City, the non-ministry public-body PIA provision is section 69(5.3).

VAN-PRIV-005

Tier 1official action

Privacy impact assessments

Province of British Columbia · Retrieved 2026-09-02

PIA purpose; FIPPA section 69(5) for ministries and 69(5.3) for non-ministry public bodies

A completed PIA is not the same as proactive public disclosure.

VAN-PRIV-007

Tier 1official action

Guidance on disclosures outside Canada

Province of British Columbia · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Risk assessment for sensitive personal information stored outside Canada

The 2021 amendments removed the former broad Canadian-storage rule.

VAN-PRIV-009

Tier 1official action

How do I request a review?

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Review of access decisions

An access review is not a universal appeal of an underlying service decision.

VAN-PRIV-012

Tier 1official action

Procurement policy and delegated authority report

City of Vancouver · Published 2026-07-15 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Contract oversight, delegated awards, sole-source threshold, reporting

Adopted July 15, 2026, effective October 1, 2026.

CH-002

Tier 2party position

Our Candidates

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

TEAM members nominated Hardwick for mayor

Official City nomination remains separate

CH-005

Tier 3professional record

PlaceSpeak Privacy Policy

PlaceSpeak · Published Last modified 2018-07-11; current page checked 2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Privacy by Design; address verification; data minimization; user controls; no advertiser sharing

Company policy about its own platform; age, current implementation, and independent performance are not verified here

CH-006

Tier 2candidate statement

TEAM calls the Villages Plan a sneak attack

TEAM for a Livable Vancouver · Published 2026-07-10 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Hardwick quotations on consultation and neighbourhood say

One land-use dispute, not a complete consultation or rights-holder framework

CH-010

Tier 1official action

Standing Committee and Council minutes, April 29, 2020

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2020-04-29 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Item 7, printed pages 15 to 18; Votes 05831 and 05832; Council approval on printed page 20

Adopted direction requested full name and resident or non-resident status; it did not adopt the withdrawn digital-identity language

CH-011

Tier 1official action

Standing Committee and Council minutes, May 27 and June 2, 2020

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2020-05-27 and 2020-06-02 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Item 4, printed pages 12 to 18; Vote 05983; Council approval on printed page 38

Final motion followed substantial amendments; it is housing-data governance evidence, not a current AI policy

KA-002

Tier 4third party characterization

Vancouver mayor's chief of staff steps down

CityNews Vancouver · Published 2023-02-06, updated 2023-02-07 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Lines identifying campaign-manager role, chief-of-staff role, transition work, and departure statements

Does not establish private reasons for departure or authorship of City decisions

KA-008

Tier 2candidate statement

Response to the City of Vancouver's Villages Plan

Vancouver Liberals · Published 2026-07-14 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Infrastructure strategy, phasing, monitoring, and transparency criticism

Housing and planning policy, not an AI or data-centre framework

KS-002

Tier 1staff or institutional record

Mayor Ken Sim

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Biography and office

Establishes role and biography, not policy authorship

KS-009

Tier 1official action

Council minutes, July 14, 16 and 21, 2026

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2026-07-21 final reconvening · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Pages 61 to 64 for 111 East 5th; pages 88 to 89 for Orr AI motion; attendance page for Sim's leave

Consolidated minutes cover three dates; do not assign a July 21 action to Sim while he was on leave

MA-001

Tier 2candidate statement

Muhammad Ahmad

Bright Future Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Candidate identity, candidacy, biography, professional and board roles, values

Campaign biography; mutable and not independent verification of accomplishments

MA-002

Tier 2candidate policy

The Blueprint

Bright Future Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Delivery and accountability summary; 21 days before permits are automatically granted; five policy pillars

Campaign proposal; does not explain completeness checks, statutory constraints, safety review, software, AI, audit, correction, or appeal

MA-004

Tier 2candidate policy

Pure Vancouver

Bright Future Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Public reporting on fund outcomes; legal-authority and provincial-cooperation limits; first-100-day and first-year deliverables; dashboards and outcome measures

Adjacent governance evidence, not a municipal AI register or civic-AI commitment

MA-005

Tier 2candidate statement

Statement opposing the end of hybrid work for 1,400 City employees

Muhammad Ahmad on LinkedIn · Published 2025, exact day to verify · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Post text opposing the policy and citing productivity, climate, family balance, traffic, retention, trust, outcomes, and modernization

Direct public statement; not an AI workforce, surveillance, bargaining, or training policy

MA-006

Tier 2party position

News

Bright Future Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Launch article and campaign interview links

Index establishes that interviews are promoted by the campaign; inaccessible or unreviewed recordings do not support substantive claims here

MA-007

Tier 5third party characterization

Election 2026: Getting to Know the Parties, Bright Future Vancouver and Muhammad Ahmad

CityHallWatch / Fairview-South Granville Action Committee · Published 2026-08-25 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Candidate and party background, no prior elected Vancouver record, platform overview

Discovery and context only; evaluative judgments about experience, practicality, or candidate significance are not adopted as evidence

PF-002

Tier 1staff or institutional record

Councillor Pete Fry

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Biography, office, and advisory roles

Establishes role and biography, not campaign policy

PF-009

Tier 1official action

Standing Committee and Council minutes, December 10, 2025

City of Vancouver Council · Published 2025-12-10 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Printed pages 29 to 32, Votes 11253 and 11254; Council confirmation on printed page 38

Motion as amended carried unanimously with Bligh absent; later Council approved the Committee actions

RB-002

Tier 2candidate policy

Meet Our Candidates

Vote Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Rebecca Bligh candidate biography

Campaign biography; verify material role claims against official sources

RB-006

Tier 4candidate statement

Rebecca Bligh resigns from NPA

Global News · Published 2019-12-06 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

NPA resignation and stated inclusion concerns

Historical context only

RB-010

Tier 1staff or institutional record

Councillor Rebecca Bligh

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Biography, current office, regional roles, FCM listing

City page still lists FCM president after the term ended; use RB-011 for current FCM status

RB-011

Tier 3professional record

Rebecca Bligh

Federation of Canadian Municipalities · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Past-president profile and term dates

Current official organizational record; records presidency from October 2024 to June 2026

RB-012

Tier 1official action

Council voting records

City of Vancouver Open Data · Retrieved 2026-09-09

vote_number 11790; catalog data_processed 2026-05-08

Queried 2026-09-09 via Open Data API v2.1: vote_number 11790 returned 0 records; latest vote_date 2026-04-21. Dataset does not record this vote by name. City says corresponding minutes are the official vote record

WA-002

Tier 3professional record

Mary McKay to Lead Brightside as Interim CEO

Brightside Community Homes Foundation · Published 2026-06 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Azaroff selected as OneCity leader; CEO role; unpaid leave beginning June 1

Brightside's institutional description, not campaign policy

WA-003

Tier 2party position

COPE, OneCity, and Greens Reach Agreement

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-04-15 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

OneCity had nominated Azaroff for mayor

Official City nomination remains separate; later roster changes must be preserved

WA-005

Tier 2candidate policy

Eyes Off Vancouver

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-08-19 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Device definition, notice, sensitive-space restrictions, and voluntary certification

Legal authority, scope, enforcement, and implementation require qualified review

WA-006

Tier 2candidate policy

Make Waterhogs Pay

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-08-28 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Progressive metering, stormwater fees, affordability guarantee, and system upgrades

City-wide policy framed mainly around residential and property use; industrial data-centre application is not established

WA-007

Tier 2candidate policy

Local Economy Action Plan, Part 2

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-08-17 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Business office, micro-grants, Buy Vancouver pilot, and Good Jobs Procurement Standard

Broad procurement policy, not AI-specific contract terms

WA-009

Tier 2candidate policy

Built to Last

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-08-07; updated 2026-08-31 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Climate standards, public buildings, thermal-energy networks, and first-three-month review

Building policy, not a data-centre standard by itself

WA-010

Tier 2candidate statement

Open Letter on the Villages Plan

OneCity Vancouver · Published 2026-07-21 · Retrieved 2026-09-03

Genuine engagement, monitoring, and public-confidence passages

Resident engagement does not substitute for government-to-government process

CIVIC-SRC-031

Tier 1official action

2026 mayoral candidates

City of Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-27

Final list of mayoral candidates with ballot numbers 50 to 57, party names, and nomination papers

Primary source for the final roster and the official ballot order. The City describes it as the final list of candidates.

AC-001

Tier 2candidate policy

Amauri Caliman, independent for Vancouver (candidate profile: About, Promises, Biography, Reason for running)

VoteMate · Retrieved 2026-10-02

"Promises" list (61 items under issue headings, including "Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres", "Good Governance", "Affordability", "Business Permitting", "Zoning", "Budgeting", "Human Rights Abroad", "Land Title & Governance", "Indigenous-Led Housing"); "Biography" and "Reason for running" sections

Third-party-hosted profile. VoteMate labels the Biography and Reason for running "submitted by the candidate or their team". The Promises items carry no separate authorship label; they are written in the first person ("My approach is") and the profile's listed web and social links are the City-listed `@calimanformayor` accounts. VoteMate's about page says it has also entered promises from public platforms in other elections, so promise authorship is presented, not independently verified. Mutable. Internet Archive snapshot http://web.archive.org/web/20260917024959/https://votemate.org/bc2026/candidates/13782 (captured 2026-09-17 UTC) already shows 61 promises and contains the same Artificial Intelligence & Data Centres, Good Governance, Affordability, and Land Title & Governance text; the date the promises were first entered is unknown Rechecked on 2026-10-02: the live VoteMate AI/data-centre text remains the same; promise authorship is still not independently verified.

AC-002

Tier 2candidate statement

Caliman for Mayor (@calimanformayor) profile

Instagram (campaign account listed by the City) · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Profile name and bio: "H.O.M.E for Vancouver", pillar list, "Independent candidate for Mayor of Vancouver", "October 17, 2026"; "Meet Caliman" highlight; Threads link to the same handle

Read logged out in a browser. The profile metadata reported 20 posts; all 20 loaded without login (2026-08-07 to 2026-09-26) and every caption was read. The "Meet Caliman" story highlight, reel audio, and on-screen text were not read or transcribed. Mutable

AC-003

Tier 2candidate statement

Instagram reel caption: "AI is changing how we work, learn, search for information, and communicate"

Caliman for Mayor on Instagram · Published 2026-09-24 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Full post caption (first person); proposes that Vancouver's public libraries play a bigger role in the AI era through AI understanding, digital skills, online safety, and access to technology regardless of income

Caption read from the page's public metadata. The reel's spoken audio and on-screen text were not transcribed. Does not name a City operational AI use, safeguard, budget, or timeline

AC-004

Tier 2candidate statement

Instagram reel caption: "Cambie × Broadway: Six months of road closure"

Caliman for Mayor on Instagram · Published 2026-09-22 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Caption sentence beginning "In my first 100 days, I will bring forward a plan focused on better coordination and measurable results during major transportation disruptions"

Only located first-100-day commitment; it concerns construction and traffic disruption, not civic AI. Spoken content not transcribed

AC-006

Tier 2candidate statement

Instagram reel caption: "55 CALIMAN - FAIRCHILD TV INTERVIEW"

Caliman for Mayor on Instagram · Published 2026-09-19 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Caption says he sat down with Fairchild TV to discuss why he is running and the H.O.M.E. platform; the reel is "a short look behind the interview"

The full Fairchild TV interview was not located in this pass (see research log). Caption contains no civic-AI or data-centre statement

AC-007

Tier 4third party characterization

Amauri Caliman's independent campaign to lead Vancouver

Vancity Lookout (Nate Lewis) · Published 2026-09-18 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Headline and subheading only: describes Caliman as "The ICBC employee and entrepreneur" who sees running outside the traditional party structure as an advantage

Article body is behind a membership paywall and was not read. Employment description is the outlet's characterization; not independently verified

AC-008

Tier 5third party characterization

Amauri Caliman: candidate for mayor, Vancouver 2026

voche.me · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Candidate summary compiled from VoteMate, City records, and Vancity Lookout; states it found no earlier candidacy in City election records

Discovery only. Page states it was updated 2026-09-26. Self-described as "not a campaign-authored page"; its summaries are not used as evidence where AC-001, AC-007, or City records are available

AC-009

Tier 5unknown

calimanformayor.ca

Domain matching the campaign handle (owner not established) · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Whole page

Served only a registrar "Coming Soon" placeholder over HTTP; HTTPS failed at the TLS handshake. No campaign content. Ownership is not established from the domain name, and no position is inferred from it

AC-010

Tier 2candidate policy

Instagram post caption: "H is for HOUSING"

Caliman for Mayor on Instagram · Published 2026-08-08 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Caption: "Fast-Track Approvals" ("48 hours for eligible simple permits, with a 90-day target for complete, compliant multi-family applications"), "Build by Right"

Earliest located platform statement. Does not say how a 48-hour permit decision would be made, which permits are eligible, or whether software or automation is involved. Image text not transcribed

SG-017, same document as AC-012

AC-012

Tier 4third party characterization

Vancouver mayoral candidates start campaigning while potential provincial election looms

This is one document, also cited as SG-017.

CBC News (byline on the syndicated copy reads "CBC") · Published 2026-09-20 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"Party campaigns" section: sentence stating CBC News was not able to speak with Caliman on Saturday (2026-09-19); following sentence describing his platform (housing, affordability, "more attainable homes", public safety on public transit)

  • SG-017: Section "Party campaigns": sentence that CBC could not speak with Gilbert; two sentences describing his candidacy, humour, slogan, and Downtown Eastside and housing priorities

cbc.ca returned 403 to automated and browser fetches; text read through the CBC syndicated copy on Yahoo News Canada (https://ca.news.yahoo.com/vancouver-mayoral-candidates-start-campaigning-110000036.html). The article does not say where its platform description came from. No AI or data-centre content

AC-013

Tier 2candidate statement

TikTok video caption: "AI is changing how we work, learn, search, and communicate"

CalimanForMayor on TikTok (campaign account listed by the City) · Published 2026-09-24 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Full caption, read through TikTok's public oEmbed endpoint

Posting date is Pacific time; the video ID decodes to 2026-09-25 05:55 UTC. Same message as AC-003 on a second City-listed channel, with slightly different wording ("access new technology without cost becoming another barrier"). Audio not transcribed

AC-014

Tier 2candidate statement

Instagram reel caption: "Housing is one of the biggest questions I'm getting in this campaign"

Caliman for Mayor on Instagram · Published 2026-09-23 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Caption: asked whether he would commit to 3,000 shelter-rate homes; supports a major expansion of deeply affordable, supportive, and below-market housing backed by land, funding, partners, timelines, and a delivery plan; names "Indigenous housing providers" among partners

Housing policy, not civic AI. Used only for the partner reference in 5.8. The TikTok version of the same message was also read. Audio not transcribed

SG-001

Tier 2candidate statement

Scott Gilbert for Mayor: End the nonsense (campaign home page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca, also served as EndTheNonsense.ca) · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"Six priorities" cards 03, 05 and 06; "The delivery test" first-100-days paragraph; "Hello, Vancouver" first-person introduction; "About Scott"; "My Websites" list; AI-content notices

Direct campaign page, mutable. The City-listed domain serves the same page as EndTheNonsense.ca. The site describes itself as proposals that are "not approved projects" and "not fully costed". The linked ZIP platform was not downloaded (see research log) Availability recheck on 2026-10-02: HTTP 404. Content observations above are retained from the 2026-09-28 pass; current policy is not re-established.

SG-002

Tier 2candidate policy

AI City Hall: ChatGPT for Government at Vancouver City Hall (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-01 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Sections "The Problem", "10 Service Areas", "Human Safeguards" (AI May / AI Must Not lists), "Privacy, Security & Data Rules", "Four-Year Plan", "100-Day Action Plan", "Related Proof of Concept" (Text911.ca), "AI & Civic Technology Policies" items 12, 13 and 15

Archived copy of a campaign page. The live URL returned 404 on 2026-09-28 after the site was reduced to a single page in mid-September 2026; the page may be superseded by the current ZIP platform, which was not reviewed. Treat as a dated campaign position, not confirmed current. Date is the Internet Archive capture date; no publication date is shown.

SG-003

Tier 2candidate policy

Agora Vancouver (home page)

Agora Vancouver, independent civic participation prototype linked from the campaign site · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Beta banner; "What is real today" and "What is not claimed" lists; three open beta proposals; footer statement on Council authority

Linked from SG-001 under "My Websites" as a Gilbert site, and SG-001 names Agora as his civic-engagement app. A working prototype, not a City service. Individual proposal and issue records carry their own "Platform position" or "General information" labels

SG-004

Tier 2candidate policy

Public beta notice

Agora Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"AI limits" paragraph; "Campaign context" paragraph; "Participation limits"

States that AI output in the prototype is provisional until accountable human approval and cannot vote, decide authority, impose moderation or make policy. Governs the prototype, not a City system

SG-005

Tier 2candidate policy

Privacy

Agora Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"Data minimization", "Identity separation", "Technical data", "Retention"

Privacy rules for the prototype, not a stated City procurement or privacy policy

SG-006

Tier 2candidate policy

Participation and analysis method

Agora Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"Analysis cards" paragraph; "Transparency metrics"; "Official records"

States what a production review "should" include for automated analysis (source links, uncertainty, model and prompt version logs, human correction, separation of drafting from final authority)

SG-007

Tier 2candidate policy

What Agora and Civitas propose

Agora Vancouver · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"The Vancouver proposition"; "The boundary"

Describes a sequence of public beta, then formal legal, privacy, security, accessibility and municipal review before any institutional pilot

SG-008

Tier 2candidate policy

911 by SMS and AI City Hall

Scott Gilbert campaign (Great Scott for Mayor, DrainTheSwamp.ca) · Published 2026-06-18 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Page 1: "The city service problem", "911bySMS.ca as a public-safety pilot" rule list, "AI City Hall services" table; page 2: "Governance rules" (five bullets); authorization line

Live campaign PDF authorized by Scott Gilbert. Headed "Draft for review". The campaign's own document index (SG-010) labels it "Pilot concept; not official emergency service". Date is the PDF creation date; the document header says June 2026. Availability recheck on 2026-10-02: HTTP 404. Content observations above are retained from the 2026-09-28 pass; current policy is not re-established.

SG-009

Tier 2candidate statement

A Cautionary Tale for Current Police Officers About AI

Scott Gilbert campaign (Great Scott for Mayor, DrainTheSwamp.ca) · Published 2026-06-18 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Pages 1 and 2: "To the good officer reading this", "What AI will make harder to hide", "The warning for police leadership", "The pro-police position"

Campaign opinion essay authorized by Scott Gilbert; SG-010 labels it "Opinion and accountability warning". About AI as an accountability tool for reviewing records, not a City AI-use or workforce policy. Date is the PDF creation date; the document header says June 2026.

SG-010

Tier 2candidate statement

Campaign Document Library Index

Scott Gilbert campaign (Great Scott for Mayor, DrainTheSwamp.ca) · Published 2026-06-18 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Page 1 document table ("Public status" column); page 2 evidence-label list and "Source and verification note"

States the campaign's own status labels for its PDFs and that some drafts were reconstructed from chat history and file-library sources. Used for provenance and status, not for positions. Date is the PDF creation date; the document header says June 2026.

SG-011

Tier 2candidate policy

The Platform: A Focused Agenda for Vancouver (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-01 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Priority 03 item 05 "Public Safety Camera Network"; item 15 "The Great Scott Time-Back Plan" (AI-assisted traffic-signal pilot); priority 06 "AI-Assisted City Hall" items 12 and 13

Archived; live URL returned 404 on 2026-09-28. Each item carries the campaign's own label ("Campaign proposal", "Pilot concept", "Legal review required"). Date is the Internet Archive capture date; no publication date is shown.

SG-012

Tier 2candidate statement

About Scott Gilbert (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-01 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

"Who I Am" (roles); "Early History"; "On Artificial Intelligence" (five first-person paragraphs)

Archived; live URL returned 404 on 2026-09-28. First-person candidate text. Personal-history passages on the same page are not relevant to this guide and are not recorded here. Date is the Internet Archive capture date; no publication date is shown.

SG-013

Tier 2candidate policy

Unequal Safety: Public Report (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-09 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Section "The Proposal: A Public Safety AI Review and Accountability Portal" and its four safeguard cards ("No Guilt Findings", "No Automatic Discipline", "No Private Identification", "Human Appeal and Correction")

Archived; used only for the stated policy proposal and safeguards. The page's personal incident account is not relevant and is not recorded. Date is the page's "Posted July 9"; the capture used is 2026-07-18.

SG-014

Tier 2candidate statement

llms.txt site summary

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca) · Published 2026-09-25 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Summary line; "Pages" and "Documents" lists

Live machine-readable campaign summary. Its summary line says the platform is centred on four themes including "an AI-assisted City Hall". Lists subpages that now return 404. Date is the server last-modified date.

SG-015

Tier 2candidate statement

Washington, If You're Listening

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca) · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Paragraph beginning "ChatGPT Pro has helped me organize and analyze research"

Live first-person campaign page. Used only for the candidate's statement about his use of AI tools and their limits. The page's allegations are outside this guide's scope and are not recorded. No publication date shown; the page refers to a complaint file closed 2026-09-22 and was captured 2026-09-24.

SG-016

Tier 5third party characterization

Scott Gilbert: candidate for mayor, Vancouver 2026

voche.me (independent election guide; "Not a campaign-authored page") · Published 2026-09-25 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Commitment cards "Review of data-centre proposals", "AI Discovery and Innovation Centre", "Public cameras with accountable access", "Public accountability dashboard", "Develop civic participation tools", governance 100-day timeline card, culture card; each cites "Complete 2026 platform, Full Policy Collection PDF (inside the ZIP download)"

Lead only. Quotes and paraphrases the campaign's ZIP platform, which this pass did not review; every platform statement taken from here is unverified against the primary. The site's completeness ratings are not adopted. The page also reproduces nominator names from the nomination papers; those are not used. Date is the page update date; voche.me says its research was checked 2026-09-22.

SG-019

Tier 2candidate policy

What personal information does Agora require to ask a question?

Agora Vancouver · Published 2026-07-31 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Label "Platform position"; answer text; "Why this label matters" note

The page labels itself "an explicitly approved campaign or platform position". It concerns the Agora prototype's intake, not City systems generally. Date is the page's "Last reviewed" date.

SG-020

Tier 2candidate policy

Food Security & Chinatown (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-18 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Scope note beginning "This policy complements, rather than replaces, Indigenous-led services"

Archived; live URL returned 404 on 2026-09-28. The only first-party Indigenous reference located; a service-scope note, not a government-to-government or data-governance position. Date is the Internet Archive capture date; no publication date is shown.

SG-021

Tier 2candidate statement

Campaign Videos (archived campaign page)

Scott Gilbert campaign (draintheswamp.ca), via Internet Archive · Published 2026-07-01 · Retrieved 2026-09-28

Card "Agora & Civitas: AI City Hall Animated Overview" description

Archived; live URL returned 404 on 2026-09-28. Used only for the July description of Agora and Civitas, which differs from the live prototype's advisory framing (section 10). Other cards on the page concern personal history and are not recorded. Date is the Internet Archive capture date; no publication date is shown.

Version history

v0.6 · 2026-10-10

staged

Promoted the two remaining ballot candidates into the comparison: seventeen cells each from their documented public-record research, with every cell sourced and qualified. All eight ballot candidates are now covered. Several sources cited for one candidate are archived campaign pages or were unavailable when rechecked on October 10, and each affected cell says so. Added a corrections contact and a publisher disclosure.

v0.5 · 2026-09-27

staged

Reconciled the roster to the City's final candidate list and switched to official ballot order. Two candidates on the final list were added with no research yet. One candidate who ended their campaign before nominations closed was retired from the publication set; their comparison cells leave the comparison and their dossier is preserved. The earlier retired record now cites the final list.

v0.4 · 2026-09-09

staged

Corrected published comparison cells on CIVIC-PRP-010, CIVIC-PRP-011, and CIVIC-PRP-013 for Vote No. 11790. The canonical tally now lives in the Vancouver AI-infrastructure lane: minutes name seven opposed members and one absence, name no one in favour, and do not place every sitting member. The City voting-records dataset queried 2026-09-09 does not contain the vote. Cells no longer assert an unlisted member voted in favour.

v0.3 · 2026-09-09

staged

Corrected the CIVIC-PRP-001 cell that had been the pack's only yes. A 2023 Tier 4 fireside-chat report names a municipal permitting use, but a 2026-09-09 search of the existing 2025 and 2026 sources for that candidate located no current-term attributable statement. Status is now unclear. The 2023 remark remains in the qualification.

v0.2 · 2026-09-06

staged

All seven candidate dossiers promoted into 119 comparison cells, one per candidate per proposition. Candidate-local sources extracted into the register. The guide is built from the public record alone; the questionnaire is retained as the analytic frame and is not being sent to candidates. Interactive comparison with evidence drawers on the compare page and on every candidate record.

v0.1 · 2026-09-03

staged

Canonical data pack created from the reconciled research foundation. Roster set to the seven declared candidates. Issues explainer built from the five completed research lanes. No candidate positions recorded.