Brett Wilson says he's bullish on Alberta...

The legendary investor says things are looking up for Alberta on more than one front.

Last week, I interviewed Alberta Premier Danielle Smith about her three big wins - two pipeline deals and an AI data centre. If you missed that then you can check it out here.

For this week’s Full Comment Podcast, I tracked down Brett Wilson to get an investor’s point of view.

To put it bluntly, Wilson is happy.

I’ve gotten to know the legendary investor and former Dragon’s Den star over the past couple of years and was able to spend a fair bit of time with him when I was in Calgary for the Conservative convention in Calgary. This guy is passionate about his country, about developing it and seeing economic growth.

Right now, he’s bullish on how things are going for Alberta and optimistic for the country as a whole.

You can watch the first few minutes of the conversation here, but the full discussion, which is audio only, is posted below or you can grab it on your favourite podcast service/app.

Here’s the full episode.

From the official show notes.

Two new pipeline plans and an enormous $13-billion Meta data centre have been announced for Alberta in just the last few days. Brett Wilson, the veteran Calgary-based investor, joins Brian to explain the potential of the province to boom after just a slight loosening of the anti-development chokehold Ottawa had Alberta in for a decade with Justin Trudeau and Steven Guilbeault running the Liberals. Several other major projects are coming, too, Wilson says, and the customary controversies, protests and complaints just aren’t happening like they used to. But he says there are too many obstructive Trudeau policies still on the books that Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to undo for Alberta, and Canada, to reach their full potential. (Recorded July 9, 2026)