ICBA president Philip Hochstein spoke to CBC Radio West regarding the Growing the Economy campaign, and the impact protesters have on stalling major projects in B.C. Listen to the interview here.
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2014: for every dollar a 🇺🇸 company invested per worker, a 🇨🇦 company invested 87 cents.
2024: 54 cents.
That's not tariffs - it's a decade of bad decisions.
ICBA filed 15 fixes with Ottawa — under-a-year project approvals for everybody, a 10% cut to 149K federal rules, and
$650 BILLION in major projects on the books in B.C. and Alberta. Approvals that take 5 years. Mines that take 15.
ICBA's 2026 pre-budget submission to Ottawa: cut decisions to under a year — for every project, not just the ones Cabinet picks.