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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....
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ICBA ECONOMICS OP/ED: Carney must work to grow Canada’s economic pie
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, first ran in the Calgary Sun on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
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ICBA ECONOMICS: Reviewing the 2025 Federal Election Platforms
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist ICBA Economics has scrutinized the election platforms of the two main parties – Mark Carney’s Liberals, and...
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ICBA ECONOMICS OP/ED: Our CleanBC challenges go well beyond the carbon tax
The following op-ed, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and BC Macro Brief author Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on April...
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ICBA ECONOMICS: President Trump lays ruin to post-war multilateral global trading system
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, was first published by the Fraser Institute on April 3, 2025.
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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...