ICBA CONSTRUCTION MONITOR: You Can Change City Hall This Fall (Sept 2022)
For the full September 2022 Construction Monitor on municipal effects on housing affordability, click HERE. Less than two years since the last provincial election and barely a year since the last federal one, British Columbians are again being asked to head to the...
ICBA OP-ED – For Affordability, BC Cities Need Stronger Leadership
This op-ed, by ICBA president Chris Gardner, first ran in Business in Vancouver on September 12, 2022. For more analysis on municipal effects on housing costs, see our September 2022 Construction Monitor. With inflation making life more unaffordable than ever in...
World Suicide Prevention Day
Today, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day. ICBA Wellness continues our work to break the stigma around mental health and help construction professionals talk openly about issues, including suicidal thoughts. Suicide is a leading cause of death in the...
Happy World First Aid Day!
Saturday, September 10, is World First Aid Day, dedicated to promoting the importance of first aid training and its role in prevention of injury and death. First aid skills and training are something you can carry with you everywhere — to a job site, the office,...Follow ICBA on Facebook
Canada 🇨🇦 deserves better than more spending, more taxes, more borrowing and more red tape. ![]()
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It's no wonder so many of us feel this country is broken -- so much is breaking all around us.
ICBA OP/ED: Trudeau Government Doubles Down on Missing the Mark
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The following op-ed, written by ICBA President and CEO Chris Gardner, was first published in Business in Vancouver on April 16, 2024. Earlier this year, public opinion research company Leger published...
"As a small open economy, our collective well-being depends heavily on exports to bolster domestic incomes and—crucially—to furnish the financial means to pay for the vast range of imports that sustain our high quality of life. Natural resources supply more than three-quarters of the province’s merchandise exports and about 45 per cent of total international exports, inclusive of goods and services."![]()
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Our Jock Finlayson and Business Council of British Columbia's Ken Peacock make the case for B.C.'s natural resource industries in today's Business in Vancouver.![]()
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TL;DR -- 🌲⛏️💎🛢️⛽️ 🚜 = 💰 for 🇨🇦
ICBA/BCBC OP-ED: B.C.’s natural resources remain central to our collective well-being
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ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and Business Council of B.C. Chief Economist Ken Peacock co-wrote the following op-ed, which was published in Business in Vancouver April 19, 2024. British Columbia...
ICBA member WCP Building Renewal is hosting a free webinar next week for property managers and building owners -- check it out! 💻🎧Webshop ![]()
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Join us on Thursday, April 25th at 11 am for a WEBSHOP. For Building Owners & Property Managers. The purpose of the session will be to streamline the tendering process to ensure a more successful contracting experience.![]()
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TRAINING THURSDAY: Importance of Indoor Air Quality for Contractors and Developers![]()
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Kerry and Jordan talk about ICBA Training's latest featured course.![]()
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Importance of Indoor Air Quality for Contractors and Developers![]()
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | 11AM to 12:30PM Pacific![]()
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The importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is often the least understood and talked about variable in construction, yet the most crucial at keeping projects on schedule & on budget allowing trades to simply be more productive and produce fewer deficiencies!![]()
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By implementing a tailored temporary climate control plan construction sites can mitigate problems caused by high moisture levels and cold/hot temperatures, offering better quality of workmanship.![]()
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Join us as we hear from manufacturers at the forefront of IAQ technology and the visionary behind the systems used industry-wide, Climate Control Canada.![]()
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This webinar is entirely FREE!
WELLNESS WEDNESDAY #146: Take Me Out To The Ballgame![]()
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There’s something comforting to me about watching baseball, whether live or on TV. The slower pace slowly relaxes you, yet the big moment is always a single swing of the bat away.![]()
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I read a great piece on Psychology Today about the mental health lessons of baseball. It suggests that the high rate of failure is helpful, noting that being a career .300 hitter in baseball is a Hall of Famer: “This means that the best of the best in the sport will fail 70 percent of the time. This is why baseball, more than any other sport, has failure built into it.”![]()
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No one likes failure, but it is a part of life, and often a building block for future success. ![]()
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So when I watch one of my Blue Jays swing and miss, I guess I can feel better about the project that went awry, the post that didn’t quite land write, or the decision government made that I disagree with.![]()
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“For us to achieve what we want to achieve, failure is a must, so the sooner we become okay with it, the better… If we’re not failing, we’re not working on hard enough problems.”![]()
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Here’s to failing upward!![]()
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Each week, ICBA’s Jordan Bateman reflects on what we’ve learned as we participate in ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program. ICBA’s Workplace Wellness Program is helping more than 100 companies and more than 10,000 construction professionals better understand mental health. This program is free for all ICBA members – check out icba.ca/wellness for details.
Our Jock Finlayson digs into #cdnpoli #Budget2024 and finds it continues 3 alarming Trudeau Government trends.![]()
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😑 Economic stagnation![]()
👷♂️ Weak private sector investment![]()
💸 Spending way too much![]()
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Read his ICBA Economics analysis at www.icbaindependent.ca/2024/04/17/icba-economics-trudeau-government-creating-difficult-fiscal-leg...
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TRAINING THURSDAY: Importance of Indoor Air Quality for Contractors and Developers
Kerry and Jordan talk about ICBA Training's latest featured course... a free way to collect 1.5 BC Housing CPD points *AND* upgrade your knowledge.
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