ICBA’s column about the risk to the economy and Canadian jobs created by the big unions fighting against temporary foreign workers at the Murray River Project popped up in two more place this week.
The article – which points out that B.C.’s big union bosses are sending an investment-chilling message that British Columbia is closed for business – ran in the Tumbler Ridge News and Business in Vancouver.
ICBA ECONOMICS: 2025-26 Forecast
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By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As a new year beckons, Canadian policymakers and business leaders find themselves staring at an unsettled economic landscape that renders the task of forecastin...
ICBA OP/ED: B.C.’s government will face extraordinary economic challenges in 2025
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The following piece by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Dec. 19, 2024. As the clock ticks down on a turbulent 2024, Premier David Eby and his recently ins...
ICBA OP/ED – B.C.’s business disadvantage about to get worse
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The following op-ed, written by Jordan Bateman, ICBA's VP-Communications, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. David Eby made his annual visit to the B.C. business communi...
🇨🇦 Canada's economy is struggling, and we're nervous.
We see housing starts staying close to recent levels (but not growing) and business investment remaining sluggish.
Read Jock Finlayson's 2025-26 forecast for more insights on Canada, BC & Alberta.
https://www.icbaindependent.ca/2024/12/19/icba-economics-2025-26-forecast/
Dave Eby and his freespending, anti-growth ways have put B.C. in an economic pickle. We're not ready for the storms ahead.
Jock Finlayson of @icbabc lays out the challenges in @BIVnews.
