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A generation ago, B.C. overturned the ban on Sunday shopping. Today, we’d consider it absurd to keep shops artificially closed on Sundays. But many local construction noise bylaws still treat Sundays – and a patchwork of “holidays” that aren’t...
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Canada can't build the homes, pipelines, ports, transmission lines, and clean economy projects it's promised without the people who actually swing...
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By Jordan Bateman, VP-Advocacy, ICBA
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Canada is finally talking about building again. On May 8, the federal government released a package of discussion papers that would cut major project...
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The following op-ed, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock (Substack HERE), was first published in...
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This op-ed, by ICBA President and CEO Chris Gardner, was first published in the Journal of Commerce on May 6, 2026.
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Forty years ago this week, EXPO 86 opened on the shores of False Creek and the world came to Vancouver. Twenty-two million visits over five months. A...
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Two years. Two summers of West Coast port shutdowns. One rail work stoppage that needed federal back-to-work intervention. Twenty-four days of...
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SURREY – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA), Canada's largest construction association, is welcoming the federal Spring...
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