hello mer V uh thank you all for coming I'll just say a few words and then uh please to take your questions look uh and let me start uh by saying it's an honor uh to accept this role as chair of this new task force on economic growth uh for the Prime Minister for the leader it comes at in my view a decisive time for our economy for our country you know the world is becoming a more dangerous and divided place and at the same time the global economy is being transformed every major economy is accelerating their energy transition and being low carbon is becoming a key driver of competitiveness we're just at the start of a revolution driven by AI in every sector every economy every company we can no longer rely on the world's rules-based trading system we have to become an essential trading partner we can't win an industrial policy arms race and in all of that environment we have to grow both in the short term uh and for the long term we need real policies we need Solutions not slogans action not indifference and I was very pleased by the discussion in the room the ideas and the energy uh of the members uh and look forward to working with them uh to develop the strategy and I look forward and I may regret this I'm looking forward to your [Music] questions look I well first thing um I I have a couple Simple Rules uh one if uh prime minister of Canada ask me to do something uh I will do it I will serve uh to the best uh to the best of my uh ability secondly uh you know I'm interested I've have some experience in these issues and I'm interested in helping our country to grow I'm interested in doing something not being something uh and this is a decisive time for our economy these issues have to be tackled headon uh and as I said at the outset I'm I'm I'm honored to be part of this process look I think that look the the the story for today and the and the task that I've taken on is a it's a big task it's an important task but I'm a catalyst in a much broader uh effort uh effort of uh those members of parliament in that room uh effort of other Canadians look these issues those who really think about uh our future are increasingly seized with these issues and the question is how do you translate those to the best ideas the best policies that are going to make real differences for Canadians [Music] strategy Paul not be [Music] part [Music] uh societ competitive can I ask you and the liberal party on the carbon tax you have said you know it had done it purpose up to a time will you be advising them to make any changes on I think the fundamental uh sometimes what happens with these issues around is that the focus misses an important other aspect which is that as I said a moment ago being low carbon is going to be a determinant of whether we can create jobs whether we can sell our products in the United States in Europe around the world we have to help our companies become more competitive there's a huge range of things that the federal government can do many of which they are doing huge range of things that other companies or sorry the provincial governments and other stakeholders need to do in order for that to be the case and we need to be cleare eyed about not the challenge but the scale of the opportunity because no country is in a better position for this make one last Point these issues the issues around being low carbon is an issue for our manufacturing sector it's a mission it's an issue for whether or not we're going to lead in information uh technology it's an issue for whether we are going to return Ain our ability to trade into the major markets and we are best place of any country in the world to do that but we have to be clear eyed about it and move [Music] forward they ask r two byelections uh the conversation this is the outcome of the conversation I had with the Prime Minister which is to take on this important role uh and let's be clear about the role uh David to your question uh is that uh I'm an outsider uh I'm providing a perspective U GA gathering opinions from interested Canadians um and feeding them in so that we can have the best possible growth strategy that puts people first grows our economy not just in the short term but in the medium long term in a world that is fundamentally changing [Laughter] so that's the last question English the okay uh the you I'll see you think my memory is better than it is uh the uh no the question you but look the what I understand uh my career my career if you look at it uh has been in and around the interface between policy and the economy the public and private sector and what's animated throughout has been to get the private sector to work to the objectives of people through uh whether it was when I was doing Financial reform as governor of the Bank of Canada uh with the financial crisis whether it's my work internationally on climate change it's to ensure that we get the private sector to provide what people want what Canadians want that's the issue now that's the issue now in at an even higher level because these huge changes are coming as I said at the outset the world's more divided it's certainly more dangerous we can flip that around and take advantage of it okay last question why you you can help the party better in this way than presenting yourself as a candidate what matters what matters for Canadians let's be frank it's not a party it's not an individual it's what happens on the ground it's whether the country is moving forward uh to their priorities this is where I can help right now in order to move our country forward it's look it's an exciting time it is an exciting time for Canada if we seiz it and this is about seizing it and I'll finish with this uh I'm I'm pleased and honored not just uh by uh the prime minister's C confidence uh but I look forward to working with Minister Freeland Minister shampang minister in and the rest of uh the caucus in developing this to