The Tim Hortons Canada ownership debate has been running hot since the Duncan tariff announcement, and Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer at Tim Hortons, sits down to put real numbers behind the noise. Fifteen hundred Canadian franchise owners operate the restaurants, $1.6 billion flows annually to Canadian suppliers, and the headquarters and leadership team are in Toronto. The ownership picture is more Canadian than the loudest version of the conversation suggests.

Fulton also takes the temporary foreign worker question head-on: 4,000 approved positions out of 110,000 total employees, a lobbying history tied to post-COVID labour shortages, and a current position that has the company stepping back from government advocacy on the file entirely.

What Fulton doesn't dodge is the criticism that lands harder than ownership charts ever could: the bathrooms. The overflowing bins. The parking lots. He accepts the feedback without deflection, and the conversation is better for it.

Topics: Tim Hortons Canada ownership, Canadian franchise model, temporary foreign workers, Restaurant Brands International, Tim Hortons customer experience

GUEST: Duncan Fulton | timhortons.ca

Originally aired on 2026-06-15

The Tim Hortons Canada ownership debate has been running hot since the Duncan tariff announcement, and Duncan Fulton, Chief Corporate Officer at Tim Hortons, sits down to put real numbers behind the noise. Fifteen hundred Canadian franchise owners operate the restaurants, $1.6 billion flows annually to Canadian suppliers, and the headquarters and leadership team are in Toronto. The ownership picture is more Canadian than the loudest version of the conversation suggests.
Fulton also takes the temporary foreign worker question head-on: 4,000 approved positions out of 110,000 total employees, a lobbying history tied to post-COVID labour shortages, and a current position that has the company stepping back from government advocacy on the file entirely.
What Fulton doesn't dodge is the criticism that lands harder than ownership charts ever could: the bathrooms. The overflowing bins. The parking lots. He accepts the feedback without deflection, and the conversation is better for it.
Topics: Tim Hortons Canada ownership, Canadian franchise model, temporary foreign workers, Restaurant Brands International, Tim Hortons customer experience
GUEST: Duncan Fulton | timhortons.ca
Originally aired on&nbsp;2026-06-15

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