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The ICBA is British Columbia's voice of the construction industry. ICBA's Chris Gardner and Jordan Bateman talk BC news and politics from a free enterprise perspective.
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In this episode of the ICBA Daily News, Jordan Bateman and Chris Gardner from the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) discuss the Supreme Court of Canada's decision to overturn Bill C-69. They view this as a victory for construction and resource development in Canada, highlighting the importance of faster project approvals for…
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In this podcast episode, Jordan Bateman introduces Jock Finlayson as the new Chief Economist for the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association. They discuss the Q1 fiscal report for British Columbia, which reveals a projected $6.7 billion deficit for this year. They express concerns about the government's increasing debt and lack of coordi…
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🎧 ICBA Alberta President Mike Martens and ICBA BC VP-Communications Jordan Bateman were chatting Wild Rose province earlier today, touching on several topics, including: 🗳 Alberta's Political Landscape: We discussed the recent election and the commendable job done by Premier Danielle Smith so far in her new mandate. 🧐 BC vs Alberta - Project Approv…
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ICBA board member Shane Stirling of Epscan Industries Ltd. sat down with George Affleck of Merit Canada's Constructive Conversations show, and told his Fort St. John success story. Epscan does construction, maintenance, electrical, and instrumentation work -- each of these services coincides with one another and allows Shane's company to stand out.…
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CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS: Just ahead of the 47th anniversary of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of BC's founding, ICBA president Chris Gardner sits down with George Affleck to talk about the organization and how it's responding to the modern challenges facing construction.
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For construction to succeed, our industry needs top-notch suppliers and support. Fuelex Energy (www.fuelexenergy.ca) is one of those companies that is vital to the success of many of our ICBA members. Jeff Adams is a Senior Sales Executive for Fuelex Energy, a local family-based company that is rapidly expanding across Alberta and British Columbia.…
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Sean Hodgins grew up in the construction business and is now the president of Century Group, a family-owned business that was started in 1957. The company is based in New Westminster, BC but has recently been doing a lot of work in Vancouver working alongside local communities and neighbourhoods to add flavour and housing as needed. The mid-sized r…
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ICBA President and CEO Chris Gardner is host George Affleck's first guest on Constructive Conversations. For the past four years, Chris has led ICBA and actively takes on policy development work, ensures employees have access to health and retirement plans, and encourages new graduates to actively consider a career within the construction industry.…
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It's the song that's sweeping social media - to celebrate the return of September traffic, ICBA commissioned a parody song calling on John Horgan to build a new Massey crossing. In less than a week, the music video for this song has been watched 25,000+ times on Facebook! Music video at https://youtu.be/g9TClYOTq3o…
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Todd Doherty, MP for Cariboo-Prince George (Conservative Party of Canada - Parti conservateur du Canada) stopped by the ICBA office to talk with Jordan Bateman about heading into a fall election, the Trudeau government's shameful economic record, foreign interference in Canadian policy-making and much more.…
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Chris and Jordan talk out a number of important topics, including Jason Kenney's big win in Alberta, his hiring of Katy Merrifield, BC's ludicrous support of Trudeau's energy-killing Bill C-69, steel tariffs, Terry Lake jumping on to Team Trudeau, PLA projects coming in WAY over budget, and the Mueller Report.…
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Provided courtesy of TheOrca.ca. Proportional representation was soundly defeated last month, but a court challenge of the entire process – a process the Globe and Mail called “Canada’s least honest attempt at electoral reform” – is still on the schedule to be heard in BC Supreme Court. And a second court challenge against the BC Government, this o…
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Former BC Finance Minister Kevin Falcon dropped by the ICBA office today and chatted with Jordan Bateman about the LNG Canada announcement, red tape, NDP decision-making, prop rep and municipal elections.
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The weekend started with the news that all signs point to an announcement about LNG Canada going ahead, and ended with a last-minute trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Both stories are vitally important to the B.C. economy. The construction industry will be busy, thanks to all this good news. Chris Gardner, president and CEO of the Ind…
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We're at the one-year anniversary of the NDP's rise to power in B.C., and Maclean Kay and Jordan Bateman break down the highlights and lowlights. So many lowlights. Plus a little Surrey talk, Claire Trevena's blacktop politics that would make Flyin' Phil Gaglardi blush, and more.
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