Authored by BMAC, this report reflects efforts to bridge Indigenous and industry perspectives on advancing battery and critical minerals value chains in Canada.

To ensure cost-effective and efficient service, utilities will need to implement new solutions to service new customers, manage intermittent generation, and address shifting loads in order to ensure optimization of the system. However to do this, they require capabilities that currently don’t exist.

Realizing Western Canada's potential to build a world-class battery supply chain requires more than isolated investments — it requires a coordinated regional strategy grounded in global competitiveness, clean innovation, and economic reconciliation.