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B.C. went from 2.5% population growth to a 0.7% DECLINE — the first drop in the province's modern history. 50K fewer people in one year. A shrinking labour force. Falling rents, falling enrollment, falling demand. ICBA's Jock Finlayson & Ken Peacock: biv.com/news/commentar…

WorkSafeBC wants you to see one number: 1.55%. The "frozen" 2027 rate. The real cost of the system? 1.88%. They cover the gap by draining surplus - your money - and rebranding it as stability. The freeze has an expiry date. New ICBA Coffee & Construction with Jordan Bateman:

Today on Coffee and Construction: Meta is building a $13B data centre in Alberta - and putting its own $4.6B gas plant right beside it. Bring your own generation. Lower everyone's bill. That's the deal B.C. should copy - and expand on.

Good tradesperson ≠ ready-made foreperson. Learn the framework to run jobs right: layout, scheduling, crew management, cross-trade coordination. Live online with Dan Campbell. 2 Gold Seal credits. 📅 Jul 20 or Sep 21 · from $400. Register: icbatraining.arlo.co/w/courses/920-…

Congratulations to ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson — named to @BIVnews' 2026 BC500 list of B.C.'s most influential business leaders. When Jock writes about B.C.'s economy, decision-makers read it. Data over spin, every time. #BC500

Congratulations to ICBA President & CEO Chris Gardner — named one of B.C.'s 500 most influential business leaders in @BIVnews' 2026 BC500. Housing. Taxes. Training. Red tape. Nobody fights harder for the people who build this province. #BC500

WorkSafeBC claims costs jumped 22% in just two years - from $2.9B to $3.6 BILLION. The surplus that kept employer premiums frozen is shrinking fast. Premium hikes could start as soon as 2027. ICBA's Jock Finlayson on a system storing up trouble: icba.ca/economics-blog…

Jon Coleman is a contractor from Cowichan Tribes. He tried to bid on the new hospital in his own community. He wasn't allowed — because his workers didn't carry a card from one of 19 NDP-approved unions. That's the Community Benefits Agreement. 85% of B.C.'s trades shut out of projects their taxes pay for. New from @jordanbateman: na3.hubs.ly/y0wXRk0

"Not one homebuilder, contractor, or developer I know asked government to buy their unsold condos..." But we know who has been buying up units for months... David Eby. So whose bailout is this? David Eby's. Read ICBA's Chris Gardner in @BeatNorthern. northernbeat.ca/opinion/develo…

Wednesday is Canada Day. It's also the day Alberta has to put a 1-million-barrel-a-day pipeline proposal on @MarkJCarney's desk. Smith wants to get to yes. Carney says he does too. The hurdle? David Eby and the BC NDP, as usual. New episode of ICBA Coffee & Construction 👇

New episode of ICBA Coffee & Construction is up. 9 minutes. The news that matters to people who build. Today: the condo bailout, Eby's early flight home from China, and a construction-jobs warning. Watch 👇 youtu.be/BmYzgESPJ5g

The most dangerous word on a job site? "Nothing" — what crews say they saw when fear kept them quiet. Free ICBA lunch-and-learn on psychological safety in construction. 📅 July 9, 11AM PDT. Register: icbatraining.arlo.co/w/courses/914-…

The @taxpayerDOTcom has announced the appointment of @icbabc's Chris Gardner as chair of its board of directors. canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/assoc…

Massey commuters (And B.C. taxpayers!) deserve better than how the NDP are bungling away billions. More at vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

How many more years will the NDP drag their heels on a new Massey? The NDP just torched the contract. Major construction now pushed past 2027. A $3B bridge — cancelled by the NDP in 2017 — is now a $9-$11BN tunnel. 4X the price. ICBA's Chris Gardner: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

The U.S. buys ~70% of everything Canada exports. Carney says deepen U.S. trade AND cut our dependence on it — but won't say how. And the CUSMA review starts July 1. ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson on the balancing act nobody in Ottawa has explained: financialpost.com/opinion/opinio…

B.C. approved a big new mine last week. Then took a bow for the very law that just froze everybody else's. Meanwhile Alberta's winning a massive construction race — because it has the power to build. New episode of ICBA Coffee & Construction 👇

🇨🇦 Canada’s economy is barely treading water. B.C.’s is closer to the rocks. ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson’s mid-year update: weak growth, negative job creation, stalled housing, poor business climate — and a much stronger Alberta next door. icba.ca/economics-blog…

Congratulations to our President and CEO Chris Gardner on being named Chair of the Board of @taxpayerDOTcom. (Don't worry ICBA members: he isn't going anywhere!) taxpayer.com/newsroom/chris…

Same coast. Same jobs. Same partnerships. David Eby will cut ribbons on LNG and mines — but veto an Alberta oil pipeline to B.C.'s coast. He just doesn't like the liquid in the pipe. That's not a principle. That's politics. Episode 1 of ICBA Coffee & Construction is live 👇