Bob Bailey

Help celebrate Rural Ontario Week!

Discover local attractions, trails, parks and traditions close to home.

Visit Brigden Fair in Sarnia-Lambton on October 9th - 12th 2026 and experience all that rural Ontario has to offer.

Our government is getting drivers in Sarnia–Lambton moving faster.

We’ve increased the speed limit to 110 km/h on major sections of Highways 401 and 402, making travel faster and more consistent for drivers in our community.

Under Premier Ford’s leadership, we’re keeping our promise to get Ontario moving.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007664/ontario-raising-speed-limits-on-most-provincial-highways

We’re getting shovels in the ground for new and upgraded long-term care homes across Ontario.

As part of our $6.4 billion plan, we’re expanding Lambton Meadowview Villa in Petrolia to deliver 137 long-term care spaces and Trillium Villa Nursing Home to add 160 long-term care spots right here in Sarnia-Lambton.

Since 2018, we’ve attracted over $5 billion in agri-food manufacturing investment and created over 22,000 jobs right here at home.

We will continue to make Ontario the most competitive place to invest and grow while building a more secure, sovereign and self-reliant food supply.

It was a pleasure to attend the International Plowing Match and Rural Expo in Walkerton Ontario. The IPM is one of Ontario's great traditions celebrating agriculture, rural life, and the hardworking people who help feed our communities every day.

Thank you to the organizers, volunteers, exhibitors, and farmers who make this event such a success year after year.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week at the Match!

Ontario is starting construction on one of Canada's largest clean energy projects, creating 30,500 jobs.

The Pickering Nuclear Refurbishment is part of one of the most ambitious nuclear energy expansions in North America, creating 150,000 new jobs and adding $800 billion to our economy.

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1008028/ontario-starts-construction-on-pickering-nuclear-refurbishment

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.

https://www.ontario.ca/page/building-more-homes-faster

Our government is leading the largest expansion of medical education in over a decade.

This includes adding 340 undergraduate and 551 postgraduate seats - a 67% increase - and opening two new medical schools that will support the next generation of Ontario's physician workforce.

Our government is doubling down on our plan to make Ontario a global leader in critical minerals by building a strong supply chain here at home.



With support from the Critical Mineral Processing Fund, Generation Mining’s $410M investment will strengthen Ontario’s domestic refining capacity and help attract new, job-creating investments across the economy.



Learn more: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1008020/ontario-supporting-new-410-million-critical-mineral-processing-facility-in-marathon

Today, applications open for the Medical Education stream of the Ontario Learn and Stay Grant! Backed by a $220M investment, we’re covering the educational costs of more than 2,000 future family doctors who agree to practice in Ontario after graduation.
Since we launched OLSG, we’ve invested over $68M to pay for the education of more than 4,900 nurses and medical lab techs in Southwestern Ontario!
From doctors to health care providers, we’re bringing highly skilled workers to the communities that need them most.
Apply now: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-learn-and-stay-grant-medical-education