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The Clock is Ticking on our Infrastructure Deficit

Alberta’s core infrastructure is aging rapidly, with the province’s municipal infrastructure deficit now pegged at $30 billion, says the August 2024 edition of ICBA Alberta’s Construction Monitor, released today.

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Productivity: A Crisis Now Firmly on our Doorstep

We pride ourselves in Alberta on our capacity to create businesses and industries, and to provide much of the foundation of our national economy....

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Calgary Public Opinion on the Trades

The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Alberta (ICBA Alberta), a chapter of the country’s largest construction association, today...

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Trudeau Budget Ignores Lessons of the Alberta Advantage: ICBA

The 2024 federal budget proves Ottawa has learned nothing from Alberta’s remarkable economic success, as the Trudeau Government continues to...

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ICBA OP/ED: A Tale of Two Provinces – One Leading Canada, the Other Lagging

The following op-ed, co-authored by Chris Gardner, ICBA BC President, and Mike Martens, ICBA Alberta President, was first published in Business in...

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AB Construction Monitor: Growing Housing Price-Income Gap Threatens the Alberta Advantage

Affordable housing is a key component of the “Alberta Advantage”. But there are disturbing signs that we are losing ground on that front – not least...

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ICBA Appoints Jock Finlayson as First Chief Economist

The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA), the country’s largest construction association, announced today the appointment of...

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AB Construction Monitor: Ensuring Plans are Purpose-Built for Today’s Realities

This month, ICBA Alberta rolls out our out standing ICBA Wellness program, dev eloped by our partner association in B.C. This reflects the dynamic...

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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...

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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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