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Wanted: An Agenda to Boost Investment in Canada
As Prime Minister Carney presides over this week’s much-anticipated “investment summit” in Toronto, Canada is grappling with an array of economic...
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Voting With Their Feet: Jock Finlayson on Why People Are Leaving B.C.
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Canada Has the Energy. It Doesn't Have the Sovereignty.
ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson has a new paper out, in his role with the Fraser Institute. Jock wrote Strategies to Secure Canadian Energy...
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OP/ED: Carney government’s ‘export’ plan relies on Canada’s natural resource sector
The following piece, by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson, first ran in The Toronto Sun on September 10, 2026.
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ICBA EconoBot | Tariff Round Three: Cement Gets a Pass, Metal Products Get Hit
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ICBA EconoBot | Counter-Tariffs Land on Construction's Shopping List
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SUBMISSION: 15 Ways Budget 2026 can get Canada Building
Canada has $650 billion of major projects on the books in B.C. and Alberta alone. What it lacks is a system that can get them built.
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ICBA EconoBot | BoC Holds at 2.25% and Cracks the Door to Hikes
The Bank of Canada held at 2.25% — and cracked the door to rate hikes.
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ICBA EconoBot | Rate Relief Is Dead, and the Next Move Might Be Up
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