Husband, father, brother. MPP, Niagara West. Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness
ON, Canada
Joined December 2013
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Another win for Ontario farmers! 🌾
We’re cutting taxes to make it easier for farmers to invest in their operations, modernize, and strengthen their competitiveness - as part of our plan to build a sovereign, secure, and self-reliant agri-food sector.
Thanks to @OntarioFarms for their ongoing support for this work!
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We're helping families keep more money in their pockets with over $12.5 billion in relief this year.
✅ Permanent gas tax cut, saving families $2.3 billion to date.
✅ Saving homebuyers $200,000 or more
✅ OneFare, saving commuters up to $1,600 per year
Women are helping shape the future of agriculture! 🚜
Appreciated the ideas and insights shared by @PoweredXWomen on how we can keep Ontario secure and growing.
Sam Oosterhoff retweeted
I was pleased to deliver Ontario’s 2026 Fall Economic Statement which outlines our plan to protect Ontario.
We’re fortifying Ontario’s industrial base, including our steel and auto sectors, while investing in workers and cutting red tape to build a more competitive economy and attract the good-paying jobs of the future.
Find out more: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
✔️Expanding access to new markets
✔️Creating nearly 1,000 new jobs
✔️Protecting Ontario’s agri-food sector
With gratitude to MPP Racinsky for his leadership in securing strong support for agribusinesses in Wellington—Halton Hills.
The big shoutout for the Agri-food sector in the Ontario Fall Economic Statement speech from Peter Bethlenfalvy is matched by the historic investments in agri-food security and innovation in our 2026 budget and fall economic statement.
Great to see agri-food highlighted in this 2026 Fall Economic Statement!
Hosting the best in Canadian agri-food innovation, right here in Ontario 🇨🇦
Great conversations this afternoon with exhibitors at the largest ever Grocery Innovations Canada show - where producers and suppliers come together to drive Canadian-made growth.
Our government is delivering $8 billion in additional tax relief through the Ontario Competitiveness Tax Cut, helping businesses invest, grow and create 30,000 new jobs across Ontario.
Learn more about how we're lowering the cost of doing business and strengthening Ontario's economy.
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
Sam Oosterhoff retweeted
The Ontario Competitiveness Tax Cut will support 30,000 new jobs here in the province, lowering costs for businesses in the face of tariffs and delivering on our promise to build the most competitive economy in the G7.
Our government is delivering $8 billion in additional tax relief through the Ontario Competitiveness Tax Cut, helping businesses invest, grow and create 30,000 new jobs across Ontario.
Learn more about how we're lowering the cost of doing business and strengthening Ontario's economy:
🔗: news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
#OnFES2026
Sam Oosterhoff retweeted
Raising interest rates right now is a massive mistake.
Higher rates won’t get oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz or lower tariffs on Canadian businesses. They will only make life more expensive for Canadian families and workers, punishing them for something they can’t control.
Bank of Canada expected to hike key rate for 1st time since 2023
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We’re delivering on our plan to protect Ontario by cutting red tape, saving nearly 220,000 processing days on government approvals, making it easier and faster to build, invest and compete globally.
@Andrea_Khanjin @fordnation
A big congratulations to all those who were elected last night to serve the people of Niagara West.
Congratulations to Mayors-elect Jeff Jordan (Grimsby), Adam Russell (Lincoln), Marvin Junkin (Pelham), Cheryl Gannan (West Lincoln), Brian Grant (Wainfleet), and Mat Siscoe (St Catharines).
Another big congratulations to all new and returning councillors in these municipalities.
To those who ran and were unsuccessful: thank you for your participation in this exercise of democracy. It is so vital to have many voices brought forward in the public discussions around the future of our communities!
I look forward to working with you all for the good of our mutual constituents!
More than 470,000 people have been cleared from the Health Care Connect waitlist since January 2025, bringing wait times down to their lowest levels in over a decade. The province continues to exceed its initial targets and is on track to connect every person in Ontario to a primary care provider by 2029.
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1…
Agricultural research makes a real difference for Ontario’s farmers, processors and food producers 🌾🔬
I joined Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario to connect with innovators in the sector - sharing ideas on how we can support industry-led research to boost productivity and help local businesses stay competitive.
We're making housing more affordable by:
🏠 Removing the full 13% HST from new homes
🏗️ Cutting development costs to help build homes faster and more affordably
Together, these measures could save homebuyers up to $200,000 off the cost of a new home.
Families in St. Thomas will be able to save up to $135,961 on the purchase of a new home through the Development Charge Reduction Program and HST Rebate.
Working with our federal and municipal counterparts, our government will continue creating the conditions for more people to achieve their dreams of homeownership.
🔗: ontario.ca/page/building-mor…
Creating jobs and attracting investment in Ontario’s food manufacturing sector 🍫
Big thanks to @WillBoumaBrant for having me in Brantford to visit the team at Barry Callebaut’s first new North American factory in almost two decades!
A leading global chocolate manufacturer, they’re choosing Ontario to expand their operations and to support good-paying local jobs.
Sam Oosterhoff retweeted
Hard to believe one month ago years of planning lead to a successful opening day of Bruce County’s International Plowing Match & Rural Expo! Highlights for me included:
- opening day parade & ceremonies
- the awesome support from my caucus colleagues
- a tremendous turnout for the round table I hosted with ag stakeholders for @samoosterhoff
- the successful launch of the #Rural Courtyard
- the interest in our local tent/exhibit
- the @ONRuralAffairs exhibit in the #Ontario Gov’t Tent
- tour of the Whytock dairy farm
- #TeamFarmall danced again!
Thrilled to welcome @jeffbeattiempp and @BillRosenbergPC to the Ministry of Agriculture Food, and Agribusiness as Parliamentary Assistants!
Strong champions for the workers, entrepreneurs, and farmers who make our food, they are driven to grow jobs and opportunities in our sovereign, security, and self reliant agrifood sectors!
