Yvon Lapierre has officially been acclaimed as the Mayor of Dieppe.
This is his sixth mandate as Mayor and he has two prior to that as a Dieppe Councillor.
Lapierre has continued optimism for the city, “We’re still very much on an upswing, just looking at the first quarter of building permits. We’re beating records again.”
He says the focus now is on what is to come, “Now we’re talking more and thinking more about the after, after COVID. We are continuing to plan in that direction. As much as we have to hold back on community development because of COVID, we are thinking about how much better things are going to be after COVID.”
Lapierre says he has always been community minded and driven. His intention when he first ran, was to benefit his children, “Now, much later, I am doing it for my grandchildren. I have five of seven grandchildren who are here locally in Dieppe, so that keeps motivating me to move the community forward.”
This is the second time Lapierre is being elected by acclamation, “I take that as a level of satisfaction being expressed. The last election I got 85 per cent of the vote for Mayor.”
