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OP/ED: The NDP wants a union monopoly. Their evidence doesn't hold up.
NDP MP Don Davies stood up in Question Period this week and asked the Liberals to mandate project labour agreements on every taxpayer-funded...
Op-ed
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OP/ED: B.C. government must tackle youth employment decline
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first ran in Business in Vancouver on October 21,...
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OP/ED: Natural gas must be top of mind for B.C.’s next government
The following piece, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first ran in Business in Vancouver on...
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OP/ED: Carney’s ‘500,000’ housing starts target more fantasy than reality
The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first ran in The Toronto Sun on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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OP/ED: B.C.’s export troubles began well before the recent U.S. tariffs
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first ran in Business in Vancouver on September 25,...
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OP/ED: Build Faster, Cheaper, Smarter
The following op-ed, by ICBA President and CEO Chris Gardner, first appeared in the Journal of Commerce on September 15, 2026.
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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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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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ICBA.ca OP/ED: Cabinet Nimbyism Yet Another NDP Hurdle to B.C. Prosperity
The Tilbury LNG plant has been making liquefied natural gas on the Fraser River since 1971. That’s 55 years. It was fuelling B.C. homes and industry...
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OP/ED: Population decline exposes B.C.’s growth problem
The following op-ed, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and the BC Economic Brief’s Ken Peacock, was first published by Business in Vancouver on...