Robert Ritz

He is known locally for a vision for the Grand Trunk downtown renewal project. He holds no elected office named in the sources. He is a candidate for Mayor of Stratford in the municipal election of 26 October 2026.

Positions

In a campaign interview with Grant Haven, Ritz proposed a Grand Trunk Development Corporation, modelled on Festival Hydro, to develop the downtown site, and a Stratford Housing Development Corporation to monitor housing stock and work with developers, using city land and buildings where the market cannot build affordably. He would cap tax rate increases at 3.5 per cent at most, introduce ward representation so each councillor communicates with an assigned ward, improve use of the Engage Stratford platform, and use strong-mayor powers only to reverse council decisions he considers undemocratic, such as votes taken with many councillors absent.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Grant Haven