{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"ICBA Coffee & Construction #1: Pipelines, Mine Frozen, Massey Postponed","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/17327fc9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":490,"description":"Inflation's back, Alberta's pipeline clock is ticking, and B.C. just blew up another megaproject contract. Welcome to Episode 1.\nICBA Coffee & Construction is the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta — fast, sharp, and straight up. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with Jordan Bateman.\nOn this episode:\n– Inflation hits 3.2% — gas up 33%, groceries up again — and what it means on a job site\n– Alberta's nine-day countdown to a million-barrel pipeline proposal, and why David Eby's \"same coast, different liquid\" position doesn't add up\n– A $5-billion gold-and-copper mine stalled because the NDP fumbled its duty to consult\n– The Massey tunnel contract blowup — and how a funded 2024 bridge became a $9-billion-and-climbing hole in the ground\nChapters (adjust to your cut):\n0:00 Cold open: inflation's back\n0:30 Inflation hits 3.2%\n2:00 Alberta's pipeline countdown vs. Eby's veto\n4:30 KSM mine stalled — sloppy consultation, $5B price\n6:30 Massey tunnel: what did we get for it?\n📩 Want the economics behind the headlines? Subscribe to ICBA's twice-weekly EconoBot briefing — the most useful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics\n🔨 Learn more about ICBA, Canada's largest construction association: https://icba.ca\n🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app: search for Coffee and Construction.\nIf this was useful, subscribe and send it to one person who builds for a living.\nFollow ICBA: X @icbabc | LinkedIn: ICBA | Facebook: theICBA\n#bcpoli #abpoli #construction #pipelines #inflation #ICBA #resourceeconomy #BCndp","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}