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Building Alberta’s Future: ICBA Alberta’s Recommendations for Budget 2025
ICBA Alberta has submitted key recommendations for Alberta’s 2025 provincial budget. Amid global economic uncertainty, Alberta stands out for its...
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Critical Construction Labour Shortage: ICBA Alberta Calls for Smarter Immigration Policies
Alberta’s nation-leading economy is at risk long-term, as Alberta will need at least 22,000 new workers through net mobility to sustain its...
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ICBA Opposes Federal Oil and Gas Emissions Cap: ‘A Harmful Policy for Canada’s Economy’
The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) has submitted a formal letter to the federal government expressing strong opposition to...
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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...
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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...