{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"C&C #12: Union Boss Shenanigans Derail Public Hearing","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/db8d12de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":701,"description":"She'd never set foot in Vancouver. She called into a Vancouver public hearing from Los Angeles anyway. Council asked her one real question. Six seconds of silence. Then a cough.\nEpisode 12 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:\n☕ THE BIG ONE: A union machine hijacks Vancouver city hall — California callers who'd never been to Vancouver, AI-written scripts, \"translators\" who didn't speak the language, and a hotel union president defending it all. Real Vancouver families waited until 1 a.m. for their five minutes. Mayor Sim wants a Vancouver Charter fix — will David Eby move on it?\n🖥️ The data centre race: New York slaps a one-year moratorium on hyperscale data centres, the federal NDP wants Canada to copy it — and Alberta scoops up 92% of everything planned in this country. Vancouver? Come back in 2027.\n🏠 CMHC's mid-year forecast: housing starts keep falling, with B.C. and Ontario condos wearing the worst of it. What that means for framing crews, excavators and every builder's 2027\n🌉 Charlottetown wrap: tariffs bite August 19, \"everything is on the table\" — and Carney gets caught in his own spin on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal\n📊 Get the ICBA Economics briefing — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics\nRead more on today's stories:\nDan Fumano on Vancouver council going off the rails: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...\nThe California callers and Sim's letter to Eby: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/unite...\nNew York's data centre moratorium: https://thehub.ca/2026/07/20/new-york...\nCMHC's 2026 mid-year Housing Market Outlook: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-new...\nCarney on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carn...\nICBA Coffee & Construction drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe, hit the bell, and send this one to somebody who builds for a living.\nICBA is Canada's largest...","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}