ICBA’s Jordan Bateman and TheOrca.ca‘s Maclean Kay work through a very busy news week, looking at COVID rules, wildfires, the federal election, BC Liberal leadership race and much more!
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NEW from ICBA's Jock Finlayson & @KenPeacock14:
B.C.'s private sector has shed 59K jobs this year — a 3.1% ⬇️.
That's the largest (non-COVID) 3-month drop since the late 1990s — worse than the 2008-09 global financial crisis.
Alberta's construction sector grew 19.4% from 2021 to 2025. B.C.'s grew just 5.2%.
Residential construction tells the real story — Alberta UP 18.9%, B.C. DOWN 13.4%.
ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson on why he's more optimistic about Alberta than B.C. over the next two years: