The Milton Record

Shan Jayatilake

Candidate for Town Councillor, Ward 2 · filed July 7, 2026

As filed with the Town Clerk

Office soughtTown Councillor, Ward 2
Filing dateJuly 7, 2026
StatusOn the ballot
Campaign sitehttp://www.voteforshan.ca
Email filed with the Clerk[email protected]

Source: the Town's certified candidate list. Contact details are those the candidate themselves gave the Clerk.

Where they stand, theme by theme [8 themes]

For each theme: what the candidate answered, what their own website says, and what the council record shows if they have sat on Council. The three are set beside each other and left there. Nothing is scored, and no conclusion is drawn on the reader's behalf.

Where their own site speaks to one of these questions the sentence is quoted under that question. Everything else it says is set out in From their site.

No questionnaire response. Invited 2026-08-24. No response received. Every candidate is asked the same questions, and a candidate who does not answer is marked, never omitted.

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Growth & the New Official Plan

Do you support the Official Plan as adopted? If not, what specifically would you seek to change?

No answer to this question.

Where in your ward do you believe higher density belongs — and where doesn't it?

No answer to this question.

When a development application conflicts with community opposition but complies with the Official Plan, how do you decide?

No answer to this question.

Housing Supply & Affordability

Milton is hitting its housing targets. Is that the right target, too low, or too fast?

No answer to this question.

What is one concrete action council can take to improve attainability for first-time buyers and renters, not just supply volume?

No answer to this question.

Should Milton use tools like inclusionary zoning, pre-zoning around transit, or reduced parking minimums? Which, and where?

No answer to this question.

Transit & Transportation

What, specifically, can a Milton council member do to advance all-day two-way GO service beyond passing motions?

No answer to this question.

Would you support increasing Milton Transit's budget and service hours, and how would you pay for it?

No answer to this question.

What is the single worst traffic pinch point in your ward, and what is your fix?

No answer to this question.

Infrastructure, Taxes & Fiscal Management

Growth-related revenue is shrinking. Rank your preference: higher property taxes, more debt, deferred projects, or reduced service levels — and defend it.

No answer to this question.

What tax increase range do you consider acceptable for 2027, and what would justify exceeding it?

No answer to this question.

Name one Town expenditure you would cut, or one you would add.

No answer to this question.

Community Services Keeping Pace

Healthcare and schools are not municipal responsibilities, but residents feel the gaps locally. What is your advocacy plan, and how will residents measure whether it worked?

No answer to this question.

What is your position on the Milton Education Village's priorities and timeline?

No answer to this question.

What recreation or community facility gap would you prioritise next, and where?

No answer to this question.

Rural Milton, Environment & the Escarpment

How should council balance aggregate and quarry operations against groundwater and community concerns?

No answer to this question.

What is your commitment to rural Milton on roads, internet, and service equity?

No answer to this question.

Should Milton's urban boundary expand further within this term? Under what conditions?

No answer to this question.

Leadership, Governance & Trust

Would you use, or support the use of, strong mayor powers? Under what circumstances?

No answer to this question.

What is one specific change you would make to how council engages residents between elections?

No answer to this question.

What does Milton need more right now — continuity or change — and why are you the answer?

No answer to this question.

What is the first motion you would bring forward?

No answer to this question.

Name a vote from the 2022–2026 term you disagreed with, and what you would have done instead.

No answer to this question.

Data centres

Would you support large-scale data centres being developed in our municipality, and what would make you support or oppose a specific project?

No answer to this question.

How would you weigh the economic benefits of a data centre against its use of land, electricity, water, and other municipal infrastructure?

No answer to this question.

Should the municipality actively pursue data-centre investment, or only consider proposals as they come forward?

No answer to this question.

Where else they post

Accounts linked from the candidate's own website or filed with the Clerk. Nothing here was found by searching for their name: guessing at an account and attaching it to a real person is a mistake worth avoiding entirely. These are links out, not content read or quoted here.

From their site

Captured 2026-10-07 from http://www.voteforshan.ca. These are the candidate's own words on their own site, not a summary written here. Campaign sites change; this is what it said on that date.

This is not an answer to the questionnaire. The one-line description of each theme is written by RecordAI from the candidate’s own site; the quotation beneath it is theirs, verbatim, and is checked against the page it is attributed to before it appears. It is what their own website says on each theme, with the sentence it came from. A candidate writing that they care about traffic has not thereby said whether they would raise the transit budget, so nothing here is treated as a position on a question they were not asked. Every quotation was checked against the page it is attributed to.

Infrastructure, Taxes & Fiscal Management

The candidate advocates for sensible budget management to prevent unreasonable tax increases that strain local families, seniors, and fixed-income residents. [RecordAI]

In their words: “Advocating for sensible budget management to prevent unreasonable tax increases that strain local families, seniors, and fixed-income residents.” — their site, captured 2026-10-07

Leadership, Governance & Trust

The candidate emphasizes the need for a responsive, transparent representative who listens to community concerns and acts in the public interest. [RecordAI]

In their words: “Ensuring Ward 2 residents have a responsive, transparent representative who listens to community concerns and acts in the public interest.” — their site, captured 2026-10-07

Transit & Transportation

The candidate supports improved regional connectivity, better transit services, and smart city planning to address congestion before launching new developments. [RecordAI]

In their words: “Pushing for improved regional connectivity, better transit services, and smart city planning that addresses congestion before launching new developments.” — their site, captured 2026-10-07

In the news [5 pieces]

Written by other people, not by this site. Headlines and links only, with the outlet and date. Where a piece quotes them directly, that quotation is printed word for word and checked against the article it is attributed to.

None of this changes anything else on this page. A reporter’s summary is their compression of what was said, not the member’s own words, so nothing here is recorded as a position or compared against one. Where they are quoted directly, those words are theirs — and they are shown here rather than folded into a stance they did not write.

InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-10-14Transit Infrastructure Community Services Keeping Pace Rural Milton Leadership

They are named in this piece. It carries no direct quotation from them, so none is shown.

InsideHalton / Milton Champion2026-09-16Housing Supply

They are named in this piece. It carries no direct quotation from them, so none is shown.

CHCH2026-09-10Housing Supply Transit Infrastructure Community Services Keeping Pace Leadership

They are named in this piece. It carries no direct quotation from them, so none is shown.

insauga2026-09-10Community Services Keeping Pace

They are named in this piece. It carries no direct quotation from them, so none is shown.

Milton Today2026-08-11

They are named in this piece. It carries no direct quotation from them, so none is shown.

What this page is not

This is a record of what the Town certified and what the candidate publishes themselves. It contains no rating, ranking or endorsement, and no assessment of any candidate. Corrections are welcome and acted on within 48 hours — see the methodology page.

Also running for Town Councillor, Ward 2

Everyone else on this ballot line, in alphabetical order.

Elsewhere on this site

16 of the 44 candidates who could be reached have answered the same 26 questions. Replies are open until Sunday 11 October 2026. 1 other candidate publishes no contact address anywhere, so they could not be asked. Read the answers, and who has answered → · the questions

Be told when Shan answers

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