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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 among them the fact that more than 60% of Albertans agree with the statement that “owning a home in...

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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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ICBA Alberta Releases Inaugural Edition of the Alberta Construction Monitor

ICBA Alberta has released the inaugural edition of the Alberta Construction Monitor, a new, quarterly publication providing ahead-of-the-curve...

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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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ICBA Alberta was launched today, with a new president and a suite of services and advocacy initiatives designed to support open shop, merit-based construction.

CALGARY – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) is expanding in Alberta, and Mike Martens, one of the province’s top advocacy...

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