Terry O'Neill

The blog title says "elect", but I've now retired from elected office and am volunteering with several non-profit charities.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The importance of being James Moore

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James Moore (macleans.ca) I had to smile. On the very day I dove into Maclean's "50 Most Important People in Canada" cove...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

When I was an alleged 'enemy' of human rights

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I was saddened to read in this morning's National Post that Jennifer Lynch, the former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, ha...
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Culture community thinks big

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Artist's conception of new theatre at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Council has just wrapped up its two-day budget-requests hearing...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Hope for the homeless in our community

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Photo from HopeForFreedom.org Coquitlam Council voted unanimously last night to approve a temporary-use permit to allow Eagle Ridge Bibl...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Saving a precious piece of history

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The City of Coquitlam announced this afternoon that it had purchased one of the most historic homes and properties in the city-- the Booth h...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Metro Vancouver wants us to eat local

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One of the undeniable benefits of the (relatively) free-market system which our society has embraced is that it provides us fresh food from ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

An opportunity delayed--or lost?

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Strike while the iron is hot. You've all heard this expression and appreciate its worth. In the context of Coquitlam, the hot iron can b...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Time to exercise your franchise

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And so, we are now just a week and a half away from the October 26 by-election to elect two new members to Coquitlam Council. Today is marke...
Friday, October 11, 2013

Some thoughts on modern morality

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The Tri-Cities Now is asking its readers why they think there are so many hit-and-run crimes these days. The choices that readers can selec...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Riverview visioning launched

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I placed a note on my Facebook page yesterday about a major announcement re the future of the Riverview lands. Here is the text of the offic...
Monday, September 30, 2013

A resolute search for justice

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In the summer of 2006, I wrote a story for the Western Standard magazine about a Vancouver dentist's attempt to win the right to launch ...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Mr. Gore, are you there?

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If you're the typical Canadian, the news today, that there has been very little temperature rise over the past two decades despite incre...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Coquitlam should be rewarded for shouldering population growth

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I don't have enough information to comment on whether or not Vision Vancouver is mishandling the way the City of Vancouver is proceeding...
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Monday, September 9, 2013

Something missing from a $2-coin

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One of the bits of trivia that I enjoy sharing with friends is the fact that every Canadian coin (or so I thought) carries the inscription ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Shining a light on campaign financing

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I just received this press release from the BC government, re new rules for municipal elections. Interesting and important stuff. I am in a...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Yes, you can protect a neighbourhood and foster business too

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I don't believe I've written a letter to the editor of any newspaper since I was elected a year-and-a-half ago. But the Tri-Cities ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Why I support the by-election

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Robinson and Reimer at their final council meeting earlier this year. The late US president Woodrow Wilson once sa id, “ Democracy is n...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Public art project nears completion

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Illustration of how Blake Williams' work (affixed to column) will look.  You might remember that, almost 10 months ago now, I raised...
Monday, June 3, 2013

Some perspective on the FCM

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One of my colleagues on Coquitlam Council is in the news today, complaining that he was the only Coquitlam Councillor, who attended the big...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Christy Clark's secret weapon

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Christy Clark: A woman's edge? (Photo by Terry O'Neill) It's taken until this long weekend for some of the best post-BC-elec...
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Terry O'Neill
Terry served on Coquitlam Council from 2011-2018, and now lends his experience and talents to several community non-profits.
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