#BCPOLI Hotstove: Protests, apologies, and the perils of Twitter
Jordan and Maclean try to figure out what the heck is happening in BC politics today – including neverending protests, Twitter mishaps, the NDGreen slow divorce, and much, much more. Also: don’t quote Nazis.ICBA OP-ED: Slow permit processes undermine Canada’s competitiveness
The following op-ed by ICBA President Chris Gardner first appeared on The Orca, Feb. 25, 2020. It’s a powerpoint slide I often show in ICBA meetings, and it always draws an all-too-knowing groan from listeners: Canada ranks 34 out of 35 OECD countries in the length of...MEMBER MONDAY: Robertson, Corrcoat, Kerkhoff, & Mardina
Vanessa and Jordan chat about four recent visits to four amazing ICBA member companies – Robertson Walls & Ceilings, Corrcoat Services Inc., Kerkhoff Projects and Mardina Construction. Plus we tout our record as B.C.’s #1 sponsor of trades...IN THE NEWS: Vancouver Sun’s Malcolm Parry on ICBA CEO Breakfast
From The Vancouver Sun, Feb. 22, 2020: Town Talk: Bob Rennie cues builders on B.C.’s ‘demographic crunch’ Climate change, aging population biggest challenges facing the economy MALCOLM PARRY Here readying an at-home dinner for 70 art collectors and...Follow ICBA on Facebook
First comes the swearing-in, then the swearing-at... President Joe Biden unilaterally killed the Keystone XL pipeline project, putting tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Canada-US border out of work.
Even worse: the US-funded eco-activists are now emboldened to go after other necessary energy projects in Canada.
As Alberta Premier Jason Kenney warned: "There are people now working in the White House who I believe may very well counsel the president to use on other pipelines the power that he used today."
NOT GOOD.
Varcoe: Keystone XL is shot down, and the target turns to other pipelines
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Will the decision have ramifications for other pipelines required to move Canadian oil and natural gas to the country's largest customer?Kerry and Jordan are back to discuss some ICBA Training offering around Bell Let's Talk Day (see icba.ca/letstalk) and our 2021 Civil Construction series, including:
Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Parking Areas
Cost Effective Pavement Evaluation
Pavement Preservation to Improve Performance
Impact of Design and Construction Features on the Performance of Pavement
Introduction to Permeable Pavements
Introduction to Pavement Construction Inspection
Registration and information for all of these at www.icba.ca/civil2021
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Entire industries are hanging on by their fingernails, and the Horgan NDP don't care -- their vaunted small business recovery grant program has given out just $65 million out of the $300 million they promised.
Why? Let Rob Shaw at CHEK News explain:
"B.C.’s small business community says the program is still suffering from early application rules that were unreasonably restrictive."
Do better, NDP. Our small businesses need help.
B.C. business grant program less than one-quarter spent
www.cheknews.ca
A small business grant program that is the centrepiece of the B.C. government's economic recovery efforts is so underused that more than three-quarters of the money remains unspent several months afte...Canada's trillion-dollar (and growing) debt will be the defining economic challenge after COVID-19 -- and one our politicians seem ill-equipped to handle. From the Financial Post:
"The problem involves the country’s deteriorating balance sheet, which, if we continue to ignore it, could leave us in a very precarious place, with loads of debt and an economy that has not recovered enough to support it. Such a situation would have all kinds of consequences, from the value of our currency to the cost of borrowing going forward."
Canada's balance sheet is deteriorating and the consequences could be significant for investors
financialpost.com
Martin Pelletier: Canada is spending in places that may not directly repair the damage that has been done by the virusSo much building is happening in Burnaby, and we were excited when Pitt Meadows Plumbing & Mechanical Systems took us for a tour of the incredible City of Lougheed project last summer.
From shopping centre to city centre, the evolution Has begun.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE what's going on in Prince Rupert with their growing, well-managed port.
ReNew Canada has this story on yet another major investment in the port (and more construction jobs building it!), plus we're seeing more inland investment spinning off from all this (smiling at you, NSD Inland Port and Developments).
Port infrastructure expansion for Prince Rupert, B.C. - ReNew Canada
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The British Columbia government is investing $25 million into improving and expanding operations at the Port of Prince Rupert. “Our investment in the Port of Prince Rupert will help create new good-...Tweet ICBA!
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