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ICBA ECONOMICS: Energy sector will fuel Alberta economy and Canada’s exports for many years to come
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson for the Fraser Institute, first appeared in the Calgary Sun on April 2, 2025.
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Canada’s Job Vacancy Rates Continue to Ease… Including in Construction
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Evidence is mounting that the job market is losing steam just as the brewing Canada-U.S. tariff war signals a...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Update on an Unwanted Trade War – Part 2
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist In a previous post, we reviewed the broad implications of the brewing Canada-U.S. trade conflict and provided...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Update on an Unwanted Trade War – Part 1
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist It is hard to keep track of the on-again, off-again cross-border tariff war with the United States that has...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Canada’s Faltering Transportation Supply Chain - The Case of Ports
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist A few years back, amid the chaos of the COVID pandemic, the federal government appointed a group of experts...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Key Trends in B.C. Building Permits
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Despite the B.C. NDP Government’s promises to ramp up housing supply, the latest building permit data tell a...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: What is and How Big is the “Clean/Green” Economy?
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist
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ICBA ECONOMICS: A Review of Major Projects in British Columbia
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As B.C. struggles to gain economic traction after a disappointing 2024, the outlook for project investment...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 Forecast
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Snapshot of Labour Supply Challenges in the U.S. Construction Industry
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Over the past few years, the Canadian construction industry has been grappling with labour shortages,...