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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.
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You Don't Win by Leaving the Room | ICBA Coffee & Construction #39
Twelve days until Albertans vote on staying in Canada. Seventeen until B.C. votes on David Eby. Money hates waiting for both.
Episode 39 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: Alberta's builders on the October 19 referendum, with a U of C estimate of up to $170 BILLION in separation costs over five years.
🗳️ B.C. Votes: one leaders' debate on October 14, and Eby calls 50-week surgical waits "totally unacceptable" after nine years in charge.
🛢️ Emera buys ATCO and Canadian Utilities in a $72 BILLION all-share deal.
🏠 Jock Finlayson on B.C.'s housing record: starts forecast below 40,000 a year.
🚧 New crane rules: every B.C. operator certified or apprenticed by July 5, 2027.
5 Oct 2026
Eby Wants Even More of Your Money | ICBA Coffee & Construction #38
David Eby rolled out three income tax hikes this weekend. Meanwhile, Cenovus is putting $5.7 billion into Alberta oil sands. Only one of them is spending their own money.
Episode 38 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: Eby's tax hike — two points more on income over about $190,000, and a new top rate on income over $1 MILLION. About $1 billion a year at full run, against a $13.8 billion deficit.
🛢️ Cenovus buys Athabasca Oil for $5.7 billion, adding 45,000 barrels a day of Alberta oil sands output.
🗳️ B.C. Votes: 355 candidates, 93 ridings, and one riding with no NDP candidate.
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2 Oct 2026
Ottawa Lists the Pipeline. B.C. Votes in 22 Days | C & C #37
Tuesday, Kitimat got a yes. Thursday, a pipeline got a yes. Ottawa listed the West Coast Oil Pipeline, now called Pacific Link, as a project of national interest: one million barrels a day from near Bruderheim, Alberta, to Roberts Bank. But a listing isn't a final investment decision, and British Columbians vote October 24.
Episode 37 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: Pacific Link is official. About 1,250 kilometres, ONE MILLION barrels a day. Canada and Alberta own equal shares, Pembina holds 10% through construction, and First Nations are offered at least 10%. Ottawa's conditions are due September 1, 2027.
🚧 NO SHOVELS YET: Pembina says it keeps "full discretion over any final investment decision." No contract to bid on yet, but if you run a crew in Fort St. John, Red Deer or Chilliwack, a year is short.
🗳️ B.C. VOTES 2026: Ipsos has the Conservatives at 42 and the NDP at 40. Two weeks ago it had the NDP up TEN. We go through this week's promises: Eby's gas-tax suspension and grocery price caps, Lorne Doerkson's Wildfire Action Plan and no new taxes.
🛢️ LNG CANADA PHASE 2: $32 billion, double the capacity to 28 million tonnes a year, up to 4,000 construction jobs in Kitimat.
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