00:00:23.460I'm talking about something even bigger than that.
00:00:26.460Something the entire world is desperate for.
00:00:30.000right now lithium this could be the mother load of lithium discoveries and to boot we know where
00:00:38.960it is so you don't have to drill more for it secondly it is environmentally much easier to
00:00:45.680produce because you just go back into the wells pump up the leftover water separate the lithium
00:00:50.960and re-inject the water again that's right the same province they said was just oil is now
00:00:57.440sitting on one of the largest lithium resources on the planet process that for a second what is
00:01:04.720the message that you're delivering here to other governments to investors to companies who are
00:01:10.320looking for some certainty albert is the answer but uh you know people wonder what the question
00:01:16.240is well the question is do you want oil do you want gas you want lithium all of the above we
00:01:22.080have them for years you've heard it alberta's best days are behind it world is moving on time to face
00:01:30.160it out and yet every single time this province proves them wrong first it was oil which is here
00:01:38.080to stay for a long while still then natural gas and now it's lithium the resource powering the
00:01:46.320the future. Here's what just came out. A new assessment confirms that Alberta is sitting on
00:01:52.020tens of millions of tons of lithium. We're talking about enough to supply billions of batteries and
00:01:59.240the value over $1 trillion. I'm going to say it again, $1 trillion. And here's the part that
00:02:08.280should really make you think. This isn't some random new discovery out of nowhere. This has
00:02:14.100been under our feet the whole time the difference is now it can actually be extracted and how do
00:02:21.360you think that's happening with the same oil and gas infrastructure they've been trying to shut
00:02:26.720down for years you can't make this stuff up the very industry they said was the problem
00:02:32.720is now the key to unlocking the next trillion dollar opportunity in north america so let me
00:02:39.700ask you something. How many times does Alberta have to prove its value before people start taking
00:02:45.060this province seriously? Because this is where the conversation gets real. If Alberta has one of the
00:02:51.760largest oil reserves in the world, the third largest oil reserve in the world, as a matter of
00:02:57.520fact, massive deposits of natural gas, and now a trillion dollar lithium resource, then what exactly
00:03:06.400is Alberta missing? Seriously, what does it not have other than warm weather year round?
00:03:13.540And we're in a very noisy area, which is actually, though, the Alberta house here at
00:03:17.520Sarah Week by S&P Global. Yes. Here in Houston. So energy and minerals. Now, Alberta, of course,
00:03:23.900is known for oil and gas, maybe not so much for critical minerals and mining, depending on who
00:03:28.960you're talking to. Maybe tell us just a bit about your portfolio. Well, you know, what you've said
00:03:34.000is fair, first of all, that Alberta is known for oil and for gas because we have such large
00:03:38.660quantities, the fourth largest reserve in the world of oil. With BC, we're the ninth largest
00:03:42.900on gas. So, you know, we're a powerhouse. There's no question that we have a significant amount of
00:03:47.940energy, but we have the opportunity to also take that energy and use it for other things like
00:03:51.780critical minerals. So remember that critical minerals, of course, need a lot of energy in
00:03:55.720order to be refined, upgraded, polished, mined. And as a result of that, our gas is a natural
00:04:02.020consumption opportunity for that because gas is a cheap form of energy for all the things that we
00:04:07.860love. And there's no cheaper form of energy than natural gas from Alberta. It's the least expensive
00:04:12.660gas on the planet and probably will remain that way forever. And this is why the independence
00:04:17.140conversation isn't going away. Because people are starting to realize something. Alberta wouldn't
00:04:23.660just survive on its own. It wouldn't just get by. It would be one of the most resource-rich,
00:04:30.240wealthiest countries on the planet. And that's not hype. That's not even theory. That's based
00:04:36.980on what's actually in the ground in proven reserves. Now, think about the global picture
00:04:43.820for a second. Right now, the world is scrambling for lithium, electric vehicles, batteries,
00:04:50.680energy storage. And you can have your opinion on electric vehicles. You can agree or disagree
00:04:54.920with their push for electric vehicles, but they're going to continue making them. And it's
00:04:59.860not just electric vehicles. Everything technology related runs on lithium batteries. Everything
00:05:06.700runs on this. And North America barely produces enough. So where does it come from? Overseas.
00:05:15.560Unstable regions, competing powers like China. But suddenly, Alberta's sitting right here with0.97
00:05:22.360the resource, with the infrastructure, and with the best workforce in the world, ready to scale.
00:05:28.840So what happens when the world realizes that? What happens when global demand starts looking right at Alberta, not just for oil, but for the future itself? And here's the part that should really make you question things. If this is what Alberta has been sitting on, why has it been treated like a problem instead of an asset?
00:05:48.760Why has the industry that built this province and helped build this country been targeted, regulated, and held back when it's clearly the foundation for everything coming next?
00:06:01.860This is what people are waking up to. This is why you're seeing more conversations, more momentum, and more people starting to ask questions that they never asked before.
00:06:11.680because once you see it you can't unsee it alberta isn't just a province with resources
00:06:17.960it's a resource superpower and every time they say ah this is the end something new gets revealed
00:06:25.420something bigger something that proves again that they were wrong to the same minister what are
00:06:31.680alberta's competitive advantages in this sector and what is our government doing to capitalize on