FEDERAL ADVOCACY: Canada has a building problem

ICBA just released our Federal Government Policy Priorities for 2026, and the message is blunt: stop strangling the projects that pay for everything else.

Start with the numbers. Canadian firms invest just 55–60% of what their American counterparts do, per employee. The Bank of Canada calls the productivity gap a national "emergency." RBC calls the last decade a "capital recession." That's not bad luck. That's bad policy.

Our asks are practical. Scrap Bill C-48, the tanker ban choking off B.C.'s north coast. Overhaul a tax system built for another century. Fix the Impact Assessment Act so good projects don't die waiting. Make federal training dollars follow the apprentice, not the union — because open-shop contractors train the majority of Canada's apprentices. And keep public procurement open and fair, so taxpayers get the most building for their dollar.

Canada wants to be an energy superpower. You can't be one with the brakes on.

Read the document HERE.