ICBA Coffee & Construction

B.C. approved a big new mine last week — then took a bow for the very law that froze everybody else's mine. That's where we start.

Episode 2 of ICBA Coffee & Construction: the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta. A mine, a data-centre gold rush, and a pipeline deadline — and one question running underneath all of it: which governments actually let you build?

Hosted by Jordan Bateman, VP of Communications & Advocacy at ICBA. New episodes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

**Chapters**
00:00 — Cold open
00:25 — Red Chris mine gets the green light (and the DRIPA spin to ignore)
03:15 — The data-centre gold rush — and who can actually power it
05:40 — Pipeline! Alberta's July 1 deadline
07:20 — The number that ties it together: B.C. 1.1% vs Alberta 2.3%
08:40 — Kicker: Alberta puts a price tag on leaving

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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.
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