Alberta News

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ICBA ECONOMICS OP/ED: ‘Canada Strong Fund’ Unlikely to Make Canada More Attractive

The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first ran on Energy Now on April 30, 2026.

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OP/ED: U.S. Supreme Court ruling makes CUSMA review even more critical

The following op-ed was co-written by Steven Globerman and ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, in their roles with the Fraser Institute. It was...

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OP/ED: Stop Punishing Alberta Builders with Ottawa’s Steel Policy

By Mike Martens, President, ICBA Alberta The following op-ed, written by ICBA Alberta President Mike Martens, first ran in the Edmonton Journal on...

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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...

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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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...