advisory
Should civic data about Canadians be kept on Canadian servers?
Municipal records, member votes, community directories. Where should the copies live? This ballot asks what you know about your own data before it asks what you want.
Facts on file · read before you answer
- VoteMap.ca and map.ca run on Canadian-registered domains and keep their working copies on hardware in Ontario.map.ca dependency ledger · on file
- Most Canadian municipalities publish council agendas and minutes through third-party portals hosted outside Canada.map.ca civic data lake, 2026 pull of 1,486 governments · verify before opening
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Fact
Do you know where your municipality stores its council records today?
Context
Which of these have you done in the last year?
Validator
Would you pay a small yearly fee for a Canadian-hosted copy of your town's records?
Judgment · answer the facts first
How important is it that this data stays under Canadian law?
Assent · answer the facts first
Should civic data about Canadians be kept on Canadian servers?
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