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ICBA ECONOMICS: A Snapshot of Small Business in Canada
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Canada is known as a jurisdiction where small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are ubiquitous – found on...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Estimating the Remaining 'Service Life' of Canada’s Capital Stock
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Most tangible assets eventually become obsolete and must be replaced after years of wear and tear. This...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: An Update on Canada’s Infrastructure
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Investing in and properly maintaining physical infrastructure is essential to sustaining Canada’s high...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Metro Vancouver Population Review and Update
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist, and Ken Peacock, Consulting Economist Metro Vancouver is home to more than half of B.C.’s population and is...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: CleanBC 2.5 Times More Damaging to Economy than Trump’s Tariffs
A new report from ICBA Economics delivers a stark warning: B.C.’s CleanBC climate plan will do more than 2.5 times the economic damage to our...
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ICBA ECONOMICS OP/ED: Canada could help supply world’s growing demand for energy including oil and gas
The following op-ed, by ICBA Chef Economist Jock Finlayson, first appeared in the Toronto Sun on June 3, 2025.
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ICBA ECONOMICS OP/ED: B.C. trade stuck in the past while U.S. becomes more essential
The following piece, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: NDP Papering BC Forestry to Death
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist British Columbia’s forest products sector has been struggling for several years, weighed down by a mix of...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Checking in on the Energy Transition
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, conflict typically ensues. So it is with the halting...
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ICBA Economics: 2024 Growth Numbers for Canada, B.C. and Alberta
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Amid President Trump’s mad-cap trade war, Canada’s economy has lost a step in the first few months of 2025....