ICBA Coffee & Construction

Inflation's back, Alberta's pipeline clock is ticking, and B.C. just blew up another megaproject contract. Welcome to Episode 1.

ICBA 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.
On this episode:

– Inflation hits 3.2% — gas up 33%, groceries up again — and what it means on a job site

– 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

– A $5-billion gold-and-copper mine stalled because the NDP fumbled its duty to consult

– The Massey tunnel contract blowup — and how a funded 2024 bridge became a $9-billion-and-climbing hole in the ground
Chapters (adjust to your cut):

0:00 Cold open: inflation's back

0:30 Inflation hits 3.2%

2:00 Alberta's pipeline countdown vs. Eby's veto

4:30 KSM mine stalled — sloppy consultation, $5B price

6:30 Massey tunnel: what did we get for it?

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What is ICBA Coffee & Construction?

The news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta.

ICBA Coffee & Construction is a fast, no-spin briefing for construction and resource business owners — the projects, the politics, and the policy decisions that hit your job site and your bottom line. Hosted by Jordan Bateman of ICBA, Canada's largest construction association, from a free-enterprise point of view.

Inflation, pipelines, megaproject overruns, housing, labour, red tape — we cut through the headlines and tell you what it actually means for your business. Sharp, useful, and under ten minutes.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Subscribe, and send it to one person who builds for a living.
Learn more at icba.ca. For the economics behind the headlines, subscribe to ICBA's twice-weekly EconoBot briefing at icba.ca/economics.