Media statement - March 31, 2026
A culture of ambition
President and CEO, François Poirier: Canada can turn ambition into results
Keynote address
Geopolitical shifts have raised the stakes and expanded the opportunity for Canada to lead.
Today, I want to share a path that brings Canada from ambition to results so this country can secure prosperity for future generations.
What I’ve learned from TC Energy’s history—and from my global vantage point—shapes the proposal I’m making today. It applies beyond energy—across Canada’s economic drivers including manufacturing, mining, agriculture and transportation.
With political will, a renewed culture of ambition and a streamlined regulatory framework—designed to deliver outcomes—Canada can have the fastest-growing GDP in the G7—by lifting real GDP growth to over 2 per cent per year by 2030.
Avec une volonté politique, une culture de résolution renouvelée et un cadre réglementaire simplifié—conçu pour produire des résultats—le PIB au Canada peut connaître la croissance la plus rapide des pays du G7, soit à plus de 2 pourcent par an du PIB réel d’ici 2030.
That’s about one-third faster than recent performance and long-term forecasts.
Getting there means becoming more competitive—and attracting global capital to build big things again. Because capital is the key to competitiveness.
Canada has done it before—with focused, outcome-driven industrial policy that got projects built. And if the country rekindles C.D. Howe’s ambition and drive to compete, it can strengthen economic sovereignty and raise living standards.
The urgency is clear as Canada’s long-term real GDP growth is projected at only about 1.5 per cent.
