Premier Danielle Smith sits down with Rebel News Chief Reporter Sheila Gunn Reid for a wide-ranging conversation on a number of topics, including the talk of a trade war between the U.S. and Canada, the province's new border security measures, its approach to drugs and parental rights.
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"Let me give you a number that should end every argument about national security. 417 kilograms.
That's roughly how much rare earth material goes into a single F-35. A Virginia-class submarine needs about ten times that.
Now ask the question nobody in Washington wants to answer out loud: who controls the supply? The chokehold, metal by metal.
NdPr. Neodymium-praseodymium oxide is the heart of the super-magnet.
China controls about 90% of rare earth processing and 93% of magnet manufacturing. America has exactly one rare earth mine, Mountain Pass.
And Beijing has shown the leash. Export controls in April 2025. A harsher second wave in October 2025. That sec
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