ICBA Coffee & Construction

Every premier in Canada is flying to Charlottetown. The Prime Minister joins them Thursday. What they decide about trade lands on your job site.

Episode 10 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:

☕ THE BIG ONE: Trade week — all 13 premiers meet in Charlottetown, then sit down with Prime Minister Carney Thursday. USMCA, steel and lumber tariffs, interprovincial trade — and whether David Eby shows up with something to build
🏙️ Western Canada's TALLEST tower lands on Vancouver council's desk: Holborn's plan for 1,546 homes, a 920-room hotel and two rebuilt downtown blocks
🗳️ B.C. politics gets a fourth party — Mike Bernier takes over CentreBC, and we do the vote-split math out loud
🚧 Where the work is: DCN's July pre-bid list, plus a forecast for B.C.'s highest-ever nonresidential construction spending this year

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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.

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