CANADA VOTES 2025: ICBA’s Federal Election Toolkit

ICBA, Canada’s largest construction association, is pleased to offer our members information, analysis and recommendations leading up to the 2025 federal election on April 28.

This election matters to all of us. We need a strong economy and smart leadership to make sure our community, our families, our jobs, our company, and our province all prosper. Don’t sit this election out: take the time to learn the issues, make a choice, and VOTE!

• See key election dates HERE, and ways to vote HERE.
• What are my obligations as an employer on Election Day, April 28? (Legal post from Roper Greyell employment lawyers)

Bookmark (and REFRESH) this page, share our material, and watch for new resources right up to Election Day! Authorized by ICBA, registered sponsor under the Canada Elections Act, 604-298-7795.

👷‍♂️ ICBA’S VIEW
ICBA is reviewing the platforms of the various parties—watch for our analysis, suggestions and endorsement.

• News Release: ICBA Endorses Pierre Poilievre (ICBA endorsement news release)
• Op-ed by Chris Gardner on why ICBA is endorsing Pierre Poilievre (National Post)
• Chris Gardner’s note to ICBA members endorsing Pierre Poilievre and the Common Sense Conservatives (ICBA Member Email)
• News release supporting Pierre Poilievre from Merit Canada, a national open shop construction advocacy group ICBA belongs to (Merit Canada)
• Chris Gardner’s note to ICBA members on day 3 of the campaign, reiterating support for Pierre Poilievre (ICBA Member Email)
• Customizable memo for construction company leaders to send colleagues (Word document)
• ICBA condemns Carney for wanting to keep unconstitutional, anti-resource No More Pipelines law (ICBA News Release)
• Chief Economist Jock Finlayson compares the Liberal and CPC election platforms (ICBA Economics)
• NEW 4/25 – ICBA and several other groups implore Canadians to pivot our economy hard to resource-based industries (Business in Vancouver)

🛠️ DIG INTO THE ISSUES
Short, engaging reviews of issues important to construction voters—share!

• Why are the Liberals making life more expensive?
• How will I ever afford a home?
• Who will #Get2Yes on natural resource development?
• How do we bring back free speech?
• Why ICBA opposes the Liberals’ oil and gas mission cap (longer, but worth it)

📱 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Shareable graphics for your Facebook, LinkedIn, X and Instagram.

• Get out and vote!
• Vote for change
• Get Canada building!
• Running a country on a maxed-out credit card
• Construction professionals deserve better
• Why can’t we build anything any more?
• Resources chopped down by bureaucracy
• A decade of lost paycheques
• What could’ve been built
• Rebuild the working class
• Working Canadians deserve better
• No more Influencers-in-Chief, please
• Crushed by rising costs
• The Liberals have Canada drowning in debt
• Health care is a mess — we need change
• The world needs Canadian LNG
• From maxed out to moving up
• Let’s unleash apprenticeships
• Can’t trust a government that wants to keep oil and gas in the ground
• Liberals keep energy industry stuck in red tape quicksand
• We must get rid of the Liberals’ No Pipelines Act
•  The Liberal decade has left us in gridlock
• More bureaucracy is NOT the answer to housing crisis
• Our standard of living is declining
• Our cities need law and order
• Trump tariffs demand economic change in Canada
• Red tape steals dreams
• Stop the squeeze on Canadian seniors
• Cut the red tape killing housing affordability
• Get2Yes on Canadian oil and gas projects
• Where are the family doctors we need?
• Canada’s government-created housing bottleneck
• Crumbling infrastructure costing Canadians billions

📝 ICBA OP/EDS
ICBA leaders write regularly about the issues facing Canada, with a special focus on economic and construction issues. Read these for analysis and our solutions and ideas.

• Jock Finlayson op-ed on Trump tariffs (Fraser Institute)
• Slowing immigration exposes Canada’s economic flaws (Jock Finlayson for the Toronto Sun)
• Fall economic statement preview (Jock and BCBC’s David Williams for the Globe and Mail)
• Canadian productivity in crisis (Jock for Business in Vancouver)
• Emissions cap is foolish (Jock and Elmira Aliakbari for The Hub)
• The Canadian economy is broken (Jock for the Calgary Sun)
• Canadians weary after years of brutal inflation (Jock for the Toronto Sun)
• Corporate head offices flee Canada (Jock for the Toronto Sun)
• Federal budget missed the mark — again (Chris Gardner for Business in Vancouver)
• Dump Trudeau’s policies (Jock for the Toronto Sun)

🇨🇦 MERIT CANADA InSITES
Statistics and analysis of key issues facing the Canadian construction industry, put together by our national advocacy organization, Merit Canada. Read and share these to shape thinking around construction and economic issues. If you love stats, data, and charts, you’ll love InSites.

• National competitiveness: How does Canada stack up (SPOILER ALERT: Not Well)
• Federal budget analysis

💰 ICBA ECONOMICS POSTS
Want to get smarter on specific economic issues? Learn more about the state of the national economy from ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson in these posts (each has charts that can be shared on social media).

• How big is the green economy?
• Measuring the housing capital stock
• Growing wear and tear on Canada’s public infrastructure
• Canada’s productivity decline
• A tough year in construction
• Thinking about Canada’s comparative advantage
• Inflation added 18% more cost for Canadians