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SUBMISSION: What we told Ottawa about the housing pipeline
B.C. recorded 124 presales in the first three months of this year. In the same period of 2021, it was about 6,000.
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OP/ED: Here’s how Canadian policymakers should respond to Trump’s tariffs
The following op-ed, co-written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and Steven Globerman, was released by the Fraser Institute on August 24, 2026.
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C&C #23: The Trade War Is Here
No deal. Late Friday night, the Canada-U.S. trade talks collapsed — and at 12:01 Saturday morning, 50 per cent American tariffs hit roughly $20...
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OP/ED: Trump tariffs aren’t B.C. forestry’s biggest problem
The following op-ed, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on August...
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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...
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C&C #21: Gavin Dew on PST and Data Centres
On October 1, every engineering bill in British Columbia gets seven per cent more expensive. Every architect's invoice. Every accountant's. Even the...
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C&C #20: Ten Years of Megaprojects Just Ended. Now What?
Site C. Coastal GasLink. Trans Mountain. LNG Canada Phase One. The wave of megaprojects that carried British Columbia for a decade has finished —...
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OP/ED: Canada’s move away from fossil fuels remains greatly exaggerated
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, was first published in the Toronto Sun on August 14, 2026.