Eight billion dollars for Alberta's military bases. And the first court challenge to the West Coast pipeline. Same week. A tale of two Canadas.
Episode 40 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:
☕ THE BIG ONE: Cold Lake First Nations take Ottawa to Federal Court over the Pacific Link pipeline listing. A 1-MILLION-barrel-a-day line, $35 to $44 billion, and a construction target of September 1, 2027. Why certainty is the whole game.
🚧 About $8 BILLION in military projects for Alberta: nearly $4 billion at Cold Lake, $550 million for a Husky base, $580 million in base repairs. No contractors named yet, so the bids are still ahead.
🛢️ LNG Canada Phase 2: $33 billion, 4,000 jobs, and the big modules built in China. About 15,000 tonnes of Canadian steel goes to the Coastal GasLink compressor work.
🗳️ B.C. VOTES: a $1,000 Conservative tax cut, Eby's three-year ICBC freeze, and the calendar to October 24.