C&C #22: Chris Gardner on the Four Months That Could Supercharge B.C.

Two pipelines. Two LNG plants. One housing market flat on its back. The next four months decide all of it — so Jordan Bateman went to the boss. Chris Gardner, president and CEO of ICBA, Canada's largest construction association, on the decisions coming at B.C. builders this fall and what has to happen to win them.

Episode 22 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:

☕ DECISION SEASON: the West Coast Oil Pipeline — 1 MILLION barrels a day, Bruderheim to Delta — sits in the Canada Gazette right now. Comment window closes September 18. A national-interest designation could come as early as October 1. Chris on whether this window is real.

🛢️ LNG Canada decides on Phase 2 by the end of 2026 — doubling Kitimat. Ksi Lisims is signing 20-year deals with German utilities. Woodfibre is past 70% built. What B.C. must do — or stop doing — before December.

🏠 Ottawa's Build Canada Homes has committed 17,000 non-market homes and has about 1,900 under construction — while the private builders who put up nearly every home in Canada park their trucks. Chris walks through what fees, taxes and delays do to the math on one house.

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