Pender Podcast: The Great Infrastructure Build-Out, Canada's Resource Moment

The return of the physical economy, the copper and power bottlenecks shaping the next commodity cycle, and why scarcity, security, and shifting policy are bringing Canada's energy and critical minerals advantage into focus.

In this episode of the Pender Podcast, host Laura Baker sits down with Heather Exner-Pirot, Senior Fellow and Director of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, to explore why AI, electrification, and energy security are driving a return of the physical economy. They discuss the copper and power bottlenecks shaping the next commodity cycle, why new supply takes so long to build, and how Canada's shifting policy backdrop is strengthening its position as a resource leader.