Matching values, not talking points.
Calgary Council Values exists to help residents compare public voting records against their own civic priorities — not campaign messaging, party branding, or political rhetoric.
The platform asks a simple question first:
"What matters most to you?"
From there, it compares those values against how councillors have actually voted on reviewed public decisions involving housing, taxation, transportation, climate policy, governance, public safety, and community planning.
The goal is not to determine who is "good" or "bad."
The goal is to create a clearer, more transparent picture of alignment, consistency, and public accountability through real civic records.
Public does not always mean understandable.
Calgary's council voting records are public — but public does not always mean understandable.
Most voting data exists as raw legislative records, report numbers, meeting minutes, procedural motions, amendments, and committee documents spread across multiple systems. For the average resident, turning that information into a clear understanding of how councillors actually vote is difficult, time-consuming, and often inaccessible without technical or civic-process knowledge.
This project exists to help translate and visualize that public information into something people can meaningfully explore, question, and understand for themselves.
The voting records are not hidden.
But without structure, classification, and context, they are difficult for most people to navigate in practice.
Built around public accountability.
Calgary Council Values does not score politicians based on:
- campaign promises
- interviews
- speeches
- endorsements
- party affiliations
- social media positioning
It compares reviewed public voting records against the civic priorities chosen by the user.
Every score must be explainable.
Every score must trace back to actual votes.
Every result must remain challengeable and auditable.
The score is not the product.
The receipts are.
What this is not.
This is not a campaign tool.
It is not a political endorsement engine.
It does not claim to determine:
- who is the "best" councillor
- who is morally right
- who is most ethical
- who is most progressive or conservative
It is a public civic utility designed to help residents better understand how elected officials vote once they are in office.