The Build Canada movement is exciting—and long overdue

It is only with the enmity of the American administration that we are now seriously embracing new thinking and pursuing new priorities. We are still very much a work in progress. But there is a reasonable chance we are heading in the right direction. Short-term pain for long-term gain.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has invited the leaders of the world’s largest institutional investment funds to the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto this week. The goal is to have these financial leaders take a hard look at Canada as a place where they can profitably invest as this country builds new sources of growth, writes David Crane.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

September 14, 2026

TORONTO—Prime Minister Mark Carney has a dream: to achieve more than $1-trillion of investment in this country's economy over the next five years as we build a new Canada. This is what this week's Canada Investment Summit in Toronto is all about. Carney has personally invi...

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