Jonathan Weisman, ballot number 127 for City Council in Vancouver, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver. Profile focus: Community facilities and accountable governance.
This record covers Jonathan Weisman's legal career and board work as set out on the law firm profile and on the boards' own pages, the TEAM nomination in June 2026 and his speech to party members, the campaign and party positions published for the 2026 council race, and his answers at a September 22 candidates' forum on arts, culture and heritage.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“Vancouver's families and youth, whether long-term residents or newcomers, deserve to grow, to thrive, and to find homes and jobs in one of the most naturally-gifted places in our country.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on housing: 9 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on transport: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 7 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on climate: 7 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on culture: 6 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
No statement to read.
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States a measurable target
No statement to read.
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States a cost or funding source
No statement to read.
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States a timeline
No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
“I've been focused on guiding community organizations for years and am thrilled to be working with a committed group to strengthen the relationship between communities and City Hall”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Jonathan Weisman
Jonathan Weisman appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 127. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Weisman is a lawyer and has organized in the community since moving to Vancouver 17 years ago. The page says Weisman chairs the board of a community centre and led it through the last planning stages of a new 200,000 square foot building that includes affordable housing. The page says Weisman has been a Scout leader for 10 years and has been recognized for free legal work at the pro bono clinic at the Vancouver Courthouse.
The TEAM campaign page describes Weisman as a lawyer and community organizer who moved to Vancouver 17 years ago, and says the study of politics and law took place in Kingston, Ottawa, London, and Washington DC.
The law firm profile at Dolden Wallace Folick describes Weisman as an insurance lawyer and litigator who has appeared before superior and appellate courts in British Columbia, Ontario and Manitoba, and who clerked with the Caribbean Court of Justice in Trinidad.
The law firm profile says Weisman has taught law at Simon Fraser University and is named as a contributor to Access Pro Bono's public legal services.
The law firm profile lists current board seats at the Choice School for the Gifted and Exceptional and at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, and past board seats at the Dunbar Community Centre Association, the Canadian Club of Vancouver, and Realwheels Theatre.
The Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver's own board page for 2025-2026 names Jonathan Weisman as president of its board. The campaign page says Weisman chairs the board of a community centre that is planning a new 200,000 square foot building with affordable housing, without naming the centre. Community Rec Magazine reported in February 2026 that the JCC plans a new 200,000 square foot centre and two 40-storey rental towers with market and below-market homes on its 3.4-acre site.
Choice School's board page, read on October 3, 2026, does not list Weisman. Internet Archive copies of that page from May to December 2022 list him as board chair, and the May 2022 copy says he was then also director and secretary of the Canadian Club of Vancouver and of the Dunbar Community Centre Association.
Realwheels Theatre, a Vancouver theatre company that says it creates productions within disability arts culture, welcomed Weisman to its board in April 2013. Internet Archive copies of its board page list him as president in each copy voche.me checked from May 2014 to October 2016, and as immediate past president in June 2017. The 2014 board page said he studied at Queen's and Carleton universities and at the University of Western Ontario law school, practised law in Barbados and Toronto, and moved to British Columbia in 2009.
Dunbar News reported that Jonathan Weisman moderated the Dunbar candidates' debate for the Vancouver Quadra riding before the April 2025 federal election. In a speech TEAM posted in June 2026, Weisman said one of the first things he did after moving to Vancouver was to get involved with the Dunbar Residents Association.
TEAM announced the council nomination on June 9, 2026 and described Weisman as a Dunbar-based lawyer.
voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list, the campaign material and the organization pages linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
8 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · GovernanceCampaign pledge
Closer link between communities and city hall
In the nomination announcement Weisman said the aim is to work with a committed group to strengthen the relationship between communities and city hall, drawing on years of guiding community organisations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is a direct statement from the candidate. No specific consultation or governance change is named.
What still needs checking
What change to city consultation Weisman would propose.
The campaign page says Weisman is running so that Vancouver's families and young people, whether long-term residents or newcomers, can grow, do well, and find homes and jobs in the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The page states the goal and directs readers to the party's positions pages for detail. No individual housing measure is set out.
TEAM publishes positions for 2026 in ten areas: community representation, planning for livability and affordability, the environment, finance and administration, safety for all, transportation, economic development, arts and culture, parks and recreation, and schools.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are the party's positions. The campaign page for Weisman points readers to them and does not restate any of them in the candidate's own words.
What still needs checking
Where Weisman's own views differ from the party positions.
The campaign says Weisman is running so that families and young people in Vancouver, both long-term residents and newcomers, can find homes and jobs in the city.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
Keep arts and culture grants at least at the pace of inflation
At a September 22 candidates forum on arts, culture and heritage, Weisman said the city should keep arts and culture grants at least at the pace of inflation and build on that.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is Weisman's own statement, reported by Stir. It names no dollar figure, no specific grant program and no date for when a change would take effect.
What still needs checking
Which grants would rise with inflation, and starting in which budget year.
Uniform templates so festivals can share permitting, insurance and security work
At the same forum, Weisman called for uniform templates that would let different festivals share permitting work, insurance and security planning instead of each starting from zero.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Weisman named simplifying the city hall process and shared templates, reported by Stir and heard on the forum video. He gave no cost and no date. Quoting the video means quoting automatic YouTube captions; the mechanism fragment below is placed at the point the moderator hands the microphone to Weisman by name.
What still needs checking
Which city office would build and maintain the templates, and by when.
Transparency instead of an arms-length body for arts grants
At the same forum, on whether an arms-length body should decide arts grants, Weisman said moving decisions arms-length does not remove politics, and that what grant recipients need instead is transparency and clear, open communication from the organizations that award the money.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Reported by Stir. Weisman does not name a specific transparency rule, a cost or a date.
What still needs checking
What transparency rule or reporting requirement Weisman would set for grant-making bodies.
Listen to residents and explain how decisions meet their needs
In a speech TEAM posted in June 2026, Weisman said politicians must commit to real listening so that people believe they are heard, and must also take the time to explain how their needs connect to the goals the city is pursuing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is Weisman's own statement, read from YouTube's automatic captions of a video in which he is the only speaker. He names no consultation rule, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which change to how the City consults residents Weisman would propose.
Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so.
Role shown on the company's own board pages; the award went to the company
President of the Realwheels Theatre board, 2014 to 2016
Realwheels Theatre's board page names Weisman as president from May 2014 to October 2016. During that time, on October 26, 2015, the company announced that it had received the City of Vancouver's 2015 Award of Excellence in the Accessible City category.
Scope, limits and sources
The award was given to Realwheels as a company. The pages do not say what part the board president played in the work the award recognized.
Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording.
Statement
Statement on being nominated as a TEAM council candidate
In the party's nomination announcement Weisman said the focus over past years has been guiding community organisations, and set out the aim of strengthening the relationship between communities and city hall.
In a speech of 6 minutes and 7 seconds, Weisman says he has lived in Vancouver for 17 years and got involved with the Dunbar Residents Association soon after he arrived. He asks how children now in school will be able to live and find opportunities in Vancouver, and says politicians must listen to residents and also explain how their needs connect to the city's goals. He refers to supply and demand as a rule of economics that people need to understand. The date is the day TEAM posted the video. voche.me read the speech through YouTube's automatic captions, which contain errors.
Weisman took part in a forum for six council candidates hosted by the BC Coalition of Arts, Culture and Heritage at the Museum of Vancouver. He spoke about arts operating grants, festival permitting, cultural space rules, arts grant governance, and using public and charity-owned land for affordable housing.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate.
News coverage / Original publishers
Read the reporting
A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections.
Reporting
Dunbar News
What I Learned on the Way to the Polling Booth
Carol Volkart's account of the Dunbar candidates' debate for Vancouver Quadra before the 2025 federal election. She names Jonathan Weisman as the moderator and praises how he ran the debate.
Kenneth Chan's report on TEAM's expanded slate. Weisman is named once, as one of the previously announced council candidates alongside Amanda Boggan, Charles Kelly, Kathleen Larsen and Peter Tu. No further detail about Weisman is given.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
The campaign page does not name the community centre Weisman chairs. The JCC's own board page names him president for 2025-2026, and reporting on the JCC's plan matches the campaign's description of the building, but no source names him as the person who led that planning, so that account stays the campaign's own. No dates are published for his JCC, Dunbar Community Centre Association or Canadian Club of Vancouver roles. The law firm profile still lists a Choice School board seat, while the school's current board page does not list him. The education and earlier law practice described on the 2014 Realwheels board page were not checked with the universities or law societies. The Law Society of British Columbia's lawyer directory did not return results to an automated search, so his membership was not confirmed there. The Access Pro Bono recognition and the Scout leader role were not confirmed by those organizations. Independent reporting on the 2026 campaign is limited to a passing mention in an August slate story, the ballot-order list, and a September report on an arts forum where six candidates answered questions. The forum's own video has no speaker labels in its automatic captions, and voche.me could not confirm which candidate spoke each answer, so three passages that may be Weisman's are not attached to his record: on keeping public and charity land in public hands, on penalties for removing cultural space, and on keeping the integrity commissioner. A person who watches the video and identifies the speakers can add these as sourced commitments. The Facebook page he gave the City was not read, because Facebook shows a login wall to automated reads. His nomination papers are linked on the City's list and were not opened. No accountability record was found.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on September 22 and 26, 2026, and again on October 3, 2026: current campaign material, a June 2026 speech posted by TEAM, a September 22 all-candidates forum on arts, culture and heritage, the VoteMate profile, and the board pages of the JCC, Choice School and Realwheels Theatre.
Campaign page and party news read again on October 3, 2026. The forum video and Stir Vancouver's report on it were read on September 26, 2026. 8 commitments are recorded here, and 7 of them carry a quotation checked against an archived page.
Checks still to do: confirm the dates of the JCC, Dunbar Community Centre Association and Canadian Club roles with those organizations, and confirm whether he led the JCC's planning work, which no source outside the campaign states.
The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source.
03 / Background
Experience & community
Current as of 2026
Lawyer, Dolden Wallace Folick LLP
The firm profile lists practice areas including professional liability, regulatory and disciplinary matters, construction defence, insurance coverage disputes, property loss, subrogation, environmental, directors and officers liability, not-for-profit, and strata claims. The profile also lists articles published between 2014 and 2021 on insurance policy, construction law, and economic torts.
2025 to 2026 board year
President of the board, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
The JCC's board page for 2025-2026 names Weisman as president and also lists him among the directors. The law firm profile lists a seat on the JCC board. The page gives no start date.
The law firm profile lists this as a past board seat. Choice School's board page of May 2022 said Weisman was then director and secretary of the association. No start or end date is published.
A decade, dates not stated
Scout leader
The TEAM campaign page says Weisman has served as a Scout leader for a decade. The law firm profile also describes an active role in a local Scouting group.
The TEAM campaign page says Weisman, as board chair of a community centre, has led it through the final stages of planning a new 200,000 square foot building on a campus designed to include affordable housing. The page does not name the centre. The JCC's 2025-2026 board page names him president, and Community Rec Magazine describes the JCC's plan in the same terms. The building is a plan, and this account of his part in it comes from the campaign.
Realwheels welcomed Weisman to its board on April 25, 2013. Internet Archive copies of its board page list him as director in January 2014, as president in each copy voche.me checked from May 2014 to October 2016, and as immediate past president in June 2017. At the September 22, 2026 arts forum he spoke of serving as president of the board, Stir reported.
Board chair, Choice School for the Gifted and Exceptional
Internet Archive copies of the school's board page from May, August and December 2022 list Weisman as chair. A copy from March 2023 and the page read on October 3, 2026 do not list him. The law firm profile still lists a seat on this board.
Moderator, Dunbar candidates' debate for the federal election
Dunbar News, a neighbourhood news site, named Jonathan Weisman as moderator of the Vancouver Quadra candidates' debate held in Dunbar before the April 28, 2025 federal election.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
How would you coordinate housing and community-facility investment without increasing access barriers?
No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement?
No response has been submitted.
Have your own question?
Ask Jonathan Weisman directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Jonathan Weisman's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Jonathan Weisman?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jonathan Weisman's own campaign.
What is Jonathan Weisman's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Jonathan Weisman is number 127 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Jonathan Weisman run with?
Jonathan Weisman ran for City Council with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
Does Jonathan Weisman currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Jonathan Weisman.
How many sources does this Jonathan Weisman profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Jonathan Weisman filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Jonathan Weisman. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Jonathan Weisman's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jonathan Weisman in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Jonathan Weisman ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
October review: board roles confirmed by the boards, a speech, and the calendar
voche.me searched again for statements, reporting, questionnaires, forums and records. Added: the JCC's 2025-2026 board page, which names Weisman as president; Internet Archive copies of the Realwheels Theatre board page, which list him as president from 2014 to 2016; Internet Archive copies of the Choice School board page, which list him as chair in 2022; a 2025 Dunbar News report naming him as moderator of a federal candidates' debate; Community Rec Magazine's February 2026 report on the JCC's building plan; his June 2026 speech to TEAM members, posted on YouTube, and one commitment from it on listening to residents; the Facebook link he gave the City; and the online food systems town hall on October 13, which does not name him. Corrected: the JCC experience entry said board member, and it now says president, from the JCC's own page. The community centre entry said he is leading planning; the campaign page says he has led it through the final stages of planning, and the entry now follows that wording. The Scout leader entry hedged the length of service; the campaign page says a decade. A biography paragraph that repeated the first paragraph was removed. The research date moved to October 3, 2026. The October 1 Last Candidate Standing event fell before that date, and no source shows that he took part, so it was removed from the calendar.
