Matt Djonlic
Council · Coquitlam
- Neighbourhood:
- City Centre
- Years in the community:
- 20
About
Matt believes his job as your Coquitlam City Councillor is to help you get what you need from City Hall, and to make Coquitlam the best it can be.
Policy commitments
Buildings
We all want healthy, affordable, and comfortable homes. These policies will help to lower energy bills, cut pollution, and improve indoor air quality.
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Incentivize electric heat pumps and air filtration systems.
Supportive
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Incentivize renewable energy, battery storage, and smart-grid technologies in new and existing buildings to improve energy security.
Supportive
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Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings.
Supportive
Climate Justice
Our community is already experiencing the harmful impacts of climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution, and taxpayers are on the hook to upgrade and repair critical infrastructure.
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Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources.
Neutral
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Collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in the stewardship of the land, air, and water, and work towards reconciliation.
Supportive
Ecosystems
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat all rely on healthy ecosystems. Nature can also help protect our community from extreme weather by controlling floods, protecting shorelines, and cooling neighbourhoods. Access to nature improves the health and well-being of residents, and supports biodiversity.
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Protect and restore ecosystems, which are essential to human survival, health, and economic well-being.
Supportive
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Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.
Supportive
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Prioritize native tree planting in all areas, especially those with low tree cover, higher population densities, and more vulnerable residents.
Supportive
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Create connected urban greenways for people and wildlife.
Supportive
Land Use
We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.
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Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit.
Supportive
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Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.
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Increase food security by supporting local agriculture and community gardens.
Supportive
Transport
Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).
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Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities.
Supportive
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Build bike and roll networks that are safe for everyone.
Supportive
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Expand EV charging infrastructure.
Supportive
Watersheds
Climate change, increasing populations, and overconsumption threaten our water security. Healthy watersheds and forests are critical to support clean drinking water, stormwater management, climate resilience, and biodiversity for future generations.
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Implement water conservation plans and educate the public to conserve drinking water.
Supportive
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Protect and restore watersheds as vital municipal infrastructure.
Supportive
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Develop and implement a water security plan.
Supportive
Zero Waste
Zero waste policies reduce pollution, keep waste out of landfills, build resilient local economies, and safeguard public health by shifting society away from a disposable culture toward a sustainable circular economy.
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Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal.
Supportive
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Support the development of a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve resilience.
Supportive
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Implement bylaws to eliminate waste from new buildings, renovation, and demolition projects and to use existing buildings as efficiently as possible.
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× Opposed
– No response
Climate action
How have you contributed to climate action in your community through advocacy, past work, advisory committees, volunteer work, and/or reducing your personal carbon footprint?
I have advocated for greater use of step codes, expansion of EVs, retrofitting current city buildings to meet the Zero Carbon Step Code, expanded wildlife corridors, and advocated for home relocations to avoid demolition waste.
Questions for Coquitlam
To be community oriented, new housing development must be integrated with local infrastructure - jobs, schools, shops, transit, walkable nature, green energy. How would you ensure adequate infrastructure to support increased density and population?
Continued advocacy for more healthcare investments and schools. Planning for infrastructure (roads, buses, cycling), and ensuring we build more commercial and office space.
Tree canopies provide micro climate benefits. New planted trees reduce overall emissions by breathing in CO2 but take decades to reach mature tree canopy cover. How would you increase city retention of mature trees and establish adequate canopy standards?
We have implemented a city wide tree canopy target and plan to plant 5000 to 7000 new trees per year. We will also work closely with developments to retain as many mature trees as possible.
Describe your position on early adoption and implementation of the Zero Carbon Step Code* for new residential buildings? (*introduced in 2023 by BC government to allow cities to limit fossil fuel use in new buildings to reduce CO2 emissions)
I voted in favour of advancing the ZCSC.
Campaign contributions
Public records from Elections BC — 82 contributions totalling $30,536.00.
2022 GENERAL LOCAL ELECTIONS
82 contributions · $30,536.00
| Contributor | Date | Amount | Office | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIOLET ALLARD | Sep 30, 2022 | $150.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SEBASTIEN ANDERSON | Oct 2, 2022 | $224.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SEBASTIEN ANDERSON | Oct 2, 2022 | $150.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| JEFFREY ANDRUS | May 27, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LINDA ASGEIRSSON | Apr 15, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LINDA ASGEIRSSON | Nov 14, 2021 | $1,239.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| GREGORY BAIRD | Oct 8, 2022 | $113.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| RUSSELL BLACK | Aug 3, 2022 | $900.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| DAVID BLATHERWICK | Jul 29, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| FRANK CARR | Aug 12, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LAYNE CLARK | Jun 22, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| WILLIAM CLENDINNING | Apr 15, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BRETT COLLINS | Dec 18, 2021 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| AARON DEMES | Apr 6, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MATT DJONLIC | Apr 15, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MATT DJONLIC | Nov 18, 2021 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| KELLY DJONLIC | Apr 10, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MATT DJONLIC | Aug 30, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| STANKO DJONLIC | Aug 18, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MATT DJONLIC | Sep 21, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| KYLE DOERKSEN | Sep 22, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| FIN DONNELLY | Jul 21, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| FIN DONNELLY | Dec 22, 2021 | $150.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| ANNE DUBOIS | Sep 22, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LAURA DUPONT | Aug 12, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| ROBERT FIORVENTO | Oct 5, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SUSAN FISHER | Apr 15, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MICHAEL GARDINER | Apr 7, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SURINDER GHOG | Sep 9, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BRUCE GIBSON | Sep 12, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LAURA GULLICKSON | Jul 19, 2022 | $400.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SHERRILL GULLICKSON | Jul 19, 2022 | $400.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| DAVID HALL | Apr 5, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| DERRICK HARDER | Oct 3, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SANDRA HOCHSTEIN | Sep 1, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| AMBER HOCKIN | Jul 13, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BARRY HOLLOWAY | Apr 12, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| TANIA JARZEBIAK | Nov 19, 2021 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MARK JILES | Feb 24, 2022 | $350.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CRAIG KEATING | Jun 2, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| JEANETTE LEITCH | Jan 30, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| JEANETTE LEITCH | Sep 25, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| AARON LEUNG | May 18, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| JEANETTE MACLEAN | Aug 11, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| PAVI MAHIL | Oct 13, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| NANCY MCCURRACH | Jul 9, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| JASON MILLER | Sep 27, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BRYSON MORGAN | Oct 5, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| ROB NAGAI | Nov 21, 2021 | $1,000.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CYRUS NAVABI | Aug 14, 2022 | $350.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CURTIS NEESER | Oct 4, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| NEAL NICHOLSON | Apr 12, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| NEAL NICHOLSON | Sep 24, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| NEAL NICHOLSON | Aug 13, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| DARCY OLSEN | Oct 7, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| STEVEN PICCOLO | Oct 3, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| GARY POONI | Sep 20, 2022 | $1,000.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| HOUTAN RAFII | Jun 7, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| RICHARD JOHN RAINEY | Sep 26, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BRUCE RICHARDSON | Sep 21, 2022 | $430.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| KARL N RILEY | Dec 10, 2021 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| SELINA ROBINSON | Dec 3, 2021 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| RAVINDER SAFAYA | Sep 24, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| LINDSAY SAVAGE | Aug 11, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| GARY SEHN | Sep 8, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| RYAN SINDEN | Oct 14, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| FARHAD SOOFI | Jan 14, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| TERESA SUTHERLAND | Oct 3, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| DIANE THORNE | Aug 27, 2022 | $150.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| YAOBO TIAN | Aug 15, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| ROBERT TOTH | Oct 5, 2022 | $250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| GERRY TOWNSEND | Oct 2, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| HUNG-YU TSENG | Jan 14, 2022 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CAROLYN TURPIN | Dec 10, 2021 | $500.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| STEPAN VDOVINE | May 17, 2022 | $1,250.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| MARY LOU WAITE | Apr 15, 2022 | $200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BRIAN WICKENS | Jan 15, 2022 | $400.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CHRIS WILSON | Sep 21, 2022 | $430.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CHRIS WILSON | Nov 23, 2021 | $300.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CURTIS WOODWORTH | Sep 19, 2022 | $100.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| BONITA ZARRILLO | Nov 21, 2021 | $1,200.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
| CARLO ZARRILLO | Aug 4, 2022 | $1,000.00 | COUNCILLOR | COQUITLAM |
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