{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"C&C #5: Billions and Billions","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/10984cab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":712,"description":"The Massey Tunnel price tag just DOUBLED — $4.15 billion to $8.5 billion — and Ottawa's cutting a cheque to help cover the NDP's mistake. Episode 5 of ICBA Coffee & Construction breaks down what it means for the people who build British Columbia and Alberta.\nOn today's show:\n ▶ Massey Tunnel: the $8.5 billion \"we told you so\" — how a funded, under-budget bridge became nine years, zero lanes, and double the price\n ▶ The West Coast Oil Pipeline: a million barrels a day, $35–44 billion, 140,000 jobs at peak — real, but only on paper\n ▶ The $20 billion Canada-B.C. deal: four LNG projects, the Red Chris mine expansion, and a $10-billion Roberts Bank port upgrade\n ▶ WorkSafeBC: claims costs up 22% in two years — why your premiums are about to become the story\n\nSubscribe to ICBA Economics — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics\n\nICBA Coffee & Construction drops every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Subscribe, and send this to one person who builds for a living.\n\nICBA is the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association — Canada's largest construction association. Learn more: https://icba.ca\n#construction #bcpoli #abpoli","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cbYnPby-34WwINekPZoHv9aYI0-XpmtKJrtNbyowe78/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NThm/ZGE3NTk0NmVmNTFj/MjNjZmIwOGRjM2Vm/YzMwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}