{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ICBA Coffee & Construction","title":"C&C #19: A $10-Billion Pipeline Just Hired FSJ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ec4b3d16\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":485,"description":"A ten-billion-dollar pipeline just hired its first land crew — and the company is rooted in Fort St John. That's how it's supposed to work. Plus: five days to the tariff wall, Calgary builds a front door for trade, and Jock Finlayson runs the numbers on Canada's \"move away\" from fossil fuels.\r\n\r\nEpisode 19 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:\r\n\r\n☕ THE BIG ONE: the $10-BILLION Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project awards its first land construction agreement to Surerus Murphy — a joint venture rooted in Fort St John. The 750-km line to the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG site is owned by the Nisga'a Nation and Western LNG, with 15 of 20 First Nations along the route holding equity agreements.\r\n🇺🇸 Five days to the tariff wall: August 19, the U.S. applies 50% duties to about $28 billion of Canadian exports .\r\n🌉 Calgary, Rocky View County and the Canada Infrastructure Bank sign an acceleration agreement for the Prairie Economic Gateway — a rail-anchored inland port on the CPKC mainline that the Calgary Construction Association calls a multi-year runway of work.\r\n🛢️ Jock Finlayson's reality check: fossil fuels are still more than 75% of Canada's energy supply — natural gas 41%, oil a third — while wind, solar and biofuels combined sit at 5%. Barely changed since the late 1990s. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/finlayson-canadas-move-away-from-fossil-fuels-remains-greatly-exaggerated\r\n🔥 And a check-in on the Okanagan, where crews are building control lines and Summerland's staged re-entry planning is underway.\r\n\r\n🎙️ Guest week starts Monday: Mike Davis (ICBA VP of Regions), Wednesday: Kelowna-Mission MLA Gavin Dew on the October 1 PST hike, Friday: ICBA president Chris Gardner. Jordan's back live Monday, August 24.","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}