The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that TC Energy intends to stick with expansions in lower-risk United States rather than Canada. The Globe's Emma Graney writes that chief executive officer Francois Poirier told analysts Thursday that Ottawa's Bill C-5 -- which aims to bolster trade among provinces and territories and fast-track major infrastructure projects -- is a positive for the Calgary-based energy infrastructure company. "It's nice to see a federal government that understands the sense of urgency around deploying capital to help make Canada an energy superpower," he said. "In our interactions with the federal government, we believe very much that that is a sincere objective on their part we will benefit from." Mr. Poirier is also optimistic about how new policy direction could help Canada reach its potential to become the largest exporter of liquid natural gas to Asia. Boosting LNG exports to the region could create up to $75-billion in incremental GDP for the country, he said. Still, TC Energy intends to invest predominantly in projects in the U.S. Part of the attraction south of the border is for natural-gas-fired plants fuelling the skyrocketing growth of artificial-intelligence and data centres.