IN THE NEWS: Chris Gardner Talks Homebuilding Red Tape with CKNW’s Jas Johal

by Jordan Bateman | Aug 5, 2025 | ARTICLES & OPINIONS

Our Chris Gardner explained why so many high profile homebuilders are begging government to cut red tape & taxes in a chat with CKNW’s Jas Johal: projects and construction jobs are vanishing at a scary rate.

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10 Aug

StatsCan says B.C. added 17,800 jobs in July.

StatsCan's own margin of error on that number: plus or minus 12,100.

The same report says B.C. construction hit an all-time high — in the month developers across Metro Vancouver were laying people off.

The payroll survey says

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5 Aug

One million barrels of oil to the coast a day.

Ottawa started the 30-day clock on it Saturday. Buried in the Canada Gazette. No release. No tweet. Nothing.

Best news this country has had in a decade, and they published it like a parking ticket.

Still, big step forward and

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