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 "municipality": "New Westminster",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "ai-policy",
 "label": "AI use policy",
 "status": "uncertain",
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 "official_website": "https://newwestcity.ca/",
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   "title": "City of New Westminster looks into implementing AI policy for staff (Frequency News)",
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   "status": "proposed",
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   "document_url": "https://www.frequencynews.ca/news/city-of-new-westminster-looks-into-implementing-ai-policy-for-staff/",
   "summary": "At its Feb 9, 2026 meeting New Westminster council unanimously supported Coun. Tasha Henderson's motion directing staff to develop a City Hall-wide AI usage policy (with a Fontaine amendment to report back on current AI use). No policy adopted yet.",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/new-westminster/ai-policy/"
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