{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"C & C #3 - The Condo Bailout Blunder","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/1c1d0cde\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":494,"description":"ritish Columbia just hit a record pile of unsold condos. The government's big idea? Buy them — with your money. Welcome to the condo bailout.\nEpisode 3 of ICBA Coffee & Construction: the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta. The condo buyback, a premier racing home from China for a federal deal, and the construction-jobs number nobody wants to see.\nI'm Jordan Bateman, VP of Communications & Advocacy at ICBA. New episodes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.\n**Chapters**\n00:00 — Cold open\n00:25 — The condo bailout\n03:30 — Eby cuts his China trip short for a deal with Ottawa\n06:00 — The construction-jobs number nobody wants to see\n07:45 — Kicker: oil drops, a break on your costs\n**Stories & sources**\n• The condo buyback — critics, numbers, and the market context — https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-bc-partnership-condo-conversion-metro-vancouver-supply-criticism\n• Eby cuts China trip short for a B.C.–Ottawa major-projects MOU — https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-close-to-mou-with-ottawa-that-may-include-massey-tunnel-replacement-funding/\n• Ottawa nearing a major-projects deal with B.C. — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-nearing-major-projects-deal-with-bc-as-alberta-closes-in-on/\n• ICBA Economics — Construction Cools as Job Vacancies Crater — https://icba.ca/economics-blog/icba-econobot-construction-cools-as-job-vacancies-crater\n📩 Subscribe to ICBA Economics — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics\n▶️ Subscribe on YouTube and your favourite podcast platform so you don't miss an episode.\nIf this was useful, send it to one person who builds for a living.\n#ICBA #construction #BCpoli #housing #affordability #resourceeconomy","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}