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STRATFORD VOLUME 4 • ISSUE 17
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Director of building and planning named interim CAO as search for Stratford’s top staffer begins CONNOR LUCZKA
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The search for the most important staffing position at the city level has begun. At the city council meeting on March 24, Adam Betteridge, the City of Stratford’s director of building and planning, was unanimously voted to be the interim CAO. Betteridge joined the city in 2023. He has previously worked in the planning departments of Perth East, Perth County, the Region of Waterloo, and he served as CAO for the Township of Malahide most recently. Betteridge takes the city’s top staffer position temporarily as council struck a new selection committee for the position, appointing Mayor Martin Ritsma, Coun. Mark Hunter, Coun. Harjinder Nijjar, Coun. Jo-Dee Burbach and Coun. Brad Beatty to be on that committee. Loreena McKennitt delegated on the selection of the city’s new CAO. She reminded council just how important the position is for not only the administration of the city, but for its long-term viability. “This may be the most important file and decision in front of this council right now and in the long term; to get this position right is essential,” McKennitt said. “Perhaps other things can be temporarily set aside until the position is properly approved and which no doubt will benefit from having the right person in place.” CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
(FRED GONDER PHOTO) Warren Gorman sprawls to clear the puck out of the Stratford Bentley’s Fighting Irish’s zone during Game 4 of the Fighting Irish’s semi-final series against the Tilbury Bluebirds. See story on page 19.
Perth-Wellington heads to the ballot … again
CONNOR LUCZKA
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Not a month after the provincial election wrapped up on Feb. 27 this year, Perth-Wellington and the rest of Canada will be heading to the ballots once again. On March 23, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he had asked Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve parliament, instituting a snap election scheduled for April 28. On the steps of Rideau Hall, Carney, who had only served as prime minister for 14 days at that point in time, alluded to his government’s most recent actions before
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asking the Canadian people for a stronger mandate to deal with U.S. tariffs and President Donald Trump’s threats to Canadian sovereignty – the same ask Ontario Premier Doug Ford had when he called the snap provincial election last month. “We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump’s unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty,” Carney said. “Our response must be to build a strong economy and a more secure Canada. President Trump claims that Canada isn’t a real country. He wants to break us so that America can own us. We will not let that happen.”
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