ICBA (BC & AB) OP-ED: Playing Monopoly with Public Projects and Taxpayer Money

ICBA (BC & AB) OP-ED: Playing Monopoly with Public Projects and Taxpayer Money

Imagine looking at a provincial policy that increased construction costs, reduced bidders, and cut out 85 per cent of an industry’s workforce from being part of building a project – and thinking, “We should try and emulate that model.”

That’s precisely what the Trudeau Government has done with its proposed Investment Tax Credit (ITC), announced in March as part of the federal budget. While the goal of the ITC is to facilitate investment in major projects, the underlying conditions will hamper and needlessly complicate how proponents approach investments in major projects in Canada.

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NEWS RELEASE: ICBA Alberta Construction Monitor Shows $148B in Potential Investment

NEWS RELEASE: ICBA Alberta Construction Monitor Shows $148B in Potential Investment

CALGARY – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA Alberta) today released its Alberta Construction Monitor, authored by ICBA...

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ICBA Alberta Releases Election Edition of the Alberta Construction Monitor

ICBA Alberta Releases Election Edition of the Alberta Construction Monitor

ICBA Alberta has released an election edition of the Alberta Construction Monitor, taking the personalities and politics out of the campaign, and...

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Op/Ed: Why ICBA Alberta is Fighting Bill C-69

The following op-ed, co-written by ICBA Alberta President Mike Martens and Alberta Enterprise Group President Catherine Brownlee,first ran in the...

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