Carney has big ambitions for Canada, but he needs to focus on productivity, talent, innovation

Ultimately, Mark Carney’s ambitions for Canada as a prosperous and sovereign nation depend—more than anything else—on our success in using talent and entrepreneurship to make us an innovation nation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters outside 24 Sussex Drive on June 26, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 3, 2026

TORONTO—Prime Minister Mark Carney has big ambitions for Canada: to make us the strongest economy in the G7, double our non-United States exports by 2035, make us an “energy superpower," and revitalize Canadian manufacturing through a new defence industrial strategy. Th...

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