#BCPOLI HOTSTOVE: The Mother of All By-Elections

by Jordan Bateman | Posted on January 3, 2019

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New year, and a new ICBA Foundation! In 2025, we are launching our new charity dedicated to helping trades apprentices get their Red Seals and supporting mental wellness in construction. It will build on our half-century of work with the trades, and our position as B.C.’s single largest sponsor of apprentices. The ICBA Foundation, a […]
ICBA FOUNDATION: Building Stronger Futures in 2025 December 23, 2024
Merry Christmas! A huge gift is coming for trades apprentices in 2025 – the launch of the ICBA Foundation! This is a new charity dedicated to helping trades apprentices get their Red Seals and supporting mental wellness in construction. It will build on our half-century of work with the trades, and our position as B.C.’s […]
ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 Forecast December 19, 2024
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled economic landscape that renders the task of forecasting more perilous than usual. The past two years have been underwhelming for Canada’s $3 trillion national economy. Growth in inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) has […]
ICBA OP/ED: B.C.’s government will face extraordinary economic challenges in 2025 December 19, 2024
The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Dec. 19, 2024. As the clock ticks down on a turbulent 2024, Premier David Eby and his recently installed cabinet are staring at an uncertain and unforgiving economic landscape. While the province’s economy has been growing, the population has […]
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #181: Our Final Edition December 18, 2024
For more than three-and-a-half years, I’ve been writing Wellness Wednesdays for ICBA’s social channels – sharing tips, takes, and tales from our work in mental health. But this will be our final regular edition. While Wellness Wednesday is wrapping up, our work in mental health certainly is not. ICBA Wellness continues to serve more than […]
ICBA OP/ED – B.C.’s business disadvantage about to get worse December 16, 2024
The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA’s VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. David Eby made his annual visit to the B.C. business community this week, but if you were looking for specifics and good news, you were left grasping at straws. Paper straws, which fall apart pretty […]
ICBA ECONOMICS: Snapshot of Labour Supply Challenges in the U.S. Construction Industry December 13, 2024
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Over the past few years, the Canadian construction industry has been grappling with labour shortages, escalating payroll costs, and growing numbers of retiring workers. It may come as a small consolation to know that our colleagues in the United States are facing similar challenges. The title of a new […]
TRAINING THURSDAY: Practical Tools for Less Stress and More Joy Over the Holidays December 12, 2024
Kerry and Jordan wrap up 2024 with a slight existential crisis about how old they are, how Y2K was a quarter century ago, and (of course!) a look at ICBA’s latest featured course. Practical Tools for Less Stress and More Joy Over the Holidays Tuesday, Dec.17, 2024, 11AM-Noon Pacific (LIVE ONLINE) FREE! https://icbatraining.arlo.co/w/courses/468-practical-tools-for-less-stress-and-more-joy-over-the-holidays/1864 Missed this […]
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The following op-ed, by ICBA VP-Regional Mike Davis, first ran on EnergeticCity.ca on December 11, 2024. When a politician’s ideology blinds them to hard economic truth, it’s everyday people who suffer the most. And Premier David Eby is about to deal a hard blow to the many B.C. businesses, workers, and families who depend on […]
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #180: A Tip of our Hard Hat to Procore December 11, 2024
ICBA Wellness is our mental health initiative, but we know there are a ton of organizations doing great work in this space. Procore, for example. Under the leadership of CEO Tooey Courtemanche, Procore has offered resources, research, support, and continuing HR education and more to construction companies across North America. As Tooey wrote recently, “The […]

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