On April 12, ICBA joined more than 75 other organizations calling on Justin Trudeau, John Horgan and Rachel Notley to break the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project impasse. We want to show #ConfidenceInCanada! Make your voice heard at ConfidenceInCanada.com!Some of the news coverage of the event:
- News1130Â http://www.news1130.com/2018/04/12/pipeline-stalemate-investment-business/Â
- JoCÂ https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/associations/2018/04/trans-mountain-b-c-stakeholders-say-horgan-shaking-confidence-canadaÂ
- Richmond News http://www.richmond-news.com/news/horgan-s-pipeline-opposition-sparks-crisis-in-confidence-in-b-c-business-groups-1.23265097Â
- Tom Fletcher:Â https://www.thefreepress.ca/business/business-groups-gather-for-trans-mountain-pipeline/Â (This will run in a number of the community papers)
- BIV:Â https://biv.com/article/2018/04/chambers-trudeau-fix-canadas-confidence-crisisÂ
- Roundhouse Radio:Â https://roundhouseradio.com/2018/04/12/business-groups-demand-federal-government-resolve-pipeline-dispute/Â
- Business Examiner:Â http://www.businessexaminer.ca/peace-cariboo-skeena-articles/item/major-business-groups-warn-confidence-in-canada-at-riskÂ
- Yahoo! https://ca.news.yahoo.com/business-leaders-urge-ottawa-end-171553972.html
- Global BCÂ https://globalnews.ca/news/4140779/crisis-b-c-businesses-trudeau-kinder-morgan-pipeline/
- CBCÂ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-business-leaders-announce-campaign-in-support-of-trans-mountain-pipeline-1.4616388Â
The full news conference, including the speech by ICBA President Chris Gardner, can be seen here:
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You can bet if this was an Eastern Canadian project it would have been completed already, and a few $Billion in federal gov’t grants given to the pipeline company.