Andy Shen is one of the current councilor-elects of Coquitlam, British Columbia. He is trilingual (English, French and Chinese Mandarin). Andy has lived most of his life in Coquitlam.
Andy Shen has attended all types of schools in the lower mainland, from public to private to catholic. He attended Pinetree Way Elementary School and Panorama Heights Elementary School for his elementary years. During his middle school years, he attended Meadowridge School in Maple Ridge. For his high school years, he attended Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School in Port Coquitlam. He is currently now attending Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.
Andy Shen is currently studying Computing Science and Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. He hopes that he can bring his young and technological knowledge he has into Coquitlam City Council.
Andy Shen has had a passion for politics all his life. In high school, he ran for Grade 10 representative and then eventually Prime Minister of the school. In university, he ran for University Relations Officer for the Simon Fraser Student Society. He has been part of several campaigns with his Student Society; including the “WE WANT OUT!” campaign allowing Simon Fraser Student Society to successfully cease to be a member of the Canadian Federation of Students and the Canadian Federation of Students – British Columbia.
Andy Shen attends Roman Catholic mass with his family every Sunday at one of the churches in Coquitlam and understands the importance of religion and religious freedom to our community.
Andy Shen believes that the three most important issues that Coquitlam faces are Transportation, development and municipal services.
Andy Shen hopes to bring common sense to City Hall, Coquitlam is known for its loony by-laws, and I want to vote to repeal them. I want to work to rein taxes in and replace property taxes (by working with the province) with a more level headed approach that does not make people forever indebted to the municipal tax man. I want to bring competition to garbage pickup and make sure developments fits into a plan, not just haphazard, yet slow granting of permits. I want to make it easier to get around Coquitlam, whether it is by bus, bike, on foot or by car.
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