diff --git a/app/models/entry.rb b/app/models/entry.rb
index 9ed78ac..ab58529 100644
--- a/app/models/entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/entry.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ class Entry < ApplicationRecord
 
 
   def fetch_data!(inline: false)
+    # TODO: make this more robust, this should not be configured globally.
+    # Track parliament session dates for matching?
+    if self.published_at < Time.parse("2025-05-26")
+      self.skipped_at = Time.now
+      self.skip_reason = "Too old, published before 2025-05-26 (Carney's election)"
+      self.save!
+      return
+    end
+
     unless inline
       return EntryDataFetcherJob.perform_later(self)
     end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250619212356_add_skipped_at_to_entry.rb b/db/migrate/20250619212356_add_skipped_at_to_entry.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc5a812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250619212356_add_skipped_at_to_entry.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class AddSkippedAtToEntry < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :entries, :skipped_at, :timestamp
+    add_column :entries, :skip_reason, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 63c87c9..94df139 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_19_173204) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_06_19_212356) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_catalog.plpgsql"
 
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
     t.datetime "activities_extracted_at", precision: nil
     t.boolean "is_index"
     t.bigint "parent_id"
+    t.datetime "skipped_at", precision: nil
+    t.string "skip_reason"
     t.index ["feed_id"], name: "index_entries_on_feed_id"
     t.index ["government_id"], name: "index_entries_on_government_id"
     t.index ["parent_id"], name: "index_entries_on_parent_id"