ICBA, B.C.’s largest construction association, is pleased to offer our members information, analysis and recommendations leading up to the October 19, 2024, provincial election.
This election matters to all of us. We need a strong economy and smart leadership to make sure our community, our families, our jobs, our company, and our province all prosper. Don’t sit this election out: take the time to learn the issues, make a choice, and VOTE (advance poll TODAY Oct. 16 or Election Day on Saturday, Oct. 19)! Need help? Check out the Elections BC website HERE.
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👷 ICBA’S VIEW
ICBA is reviewing the platforms of the various parties—watch for our analysis, suggestions and endorsement.
- John Rustad’s BC Conservatives Best Choice for Construction (ICBA endorsement news release)
- ICBA’s Construction Monitor examines the NDP record, and Conservative promises, from a construction point of view
- Chris Gardner’s note to ICBA members endorsing John Rustad and the BC Conservatives (ICBA member email)
- Chris Gardner on CKNW’s Jas Johal Show, talking about ICBA’s endorsement (CKNW Radio):
- BIV coverage of ICBA’s Rustad endorsement
- Why I’m Supporting John Rustad (Jordan Bateman, from 48 hours before BC United suspended its campaign)
- Chris Gardner explains why ICBA endorsed the BC Conservatives (Journal of Commerce podcast):
- Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock debunk the NDP’s job creation myth (BIV)
- News release from Save our Streets (ICBA is a member) on a poll showing 50% of British Columbians feel unsafe
- News story: ICBA endorses BC Conservatives’ plan to boost resource industries (Coastal Reporter)
- Op/Ed from BC Resource Sector Coalition (ICBA is a member) on how NDP’s heavyhanded policies harm responsible use of BC’s outdoors (BIV)
- Check out the responses to our BC Resource Sector Coalition (ICBA is a member) questionnaire on resource development
- ICBA life member Gordon Campbell endorses John Rustad (Times Colonist)
- Our friends at the Progressive Contractors Association have an excellent site debunking the NDP’s Building Trades Union monopoly on construction (fairandopenbc.ca)
- John Rustad’s transportation infrastructure announcement, made at ICBA’s Construction Innovation Summit
- NEW OCT 15 — Our Jock Finlayson and Ken Peacock sound the alarm on the NDP’s grotesque overspending and debt (BIV)
- NEW OCT 16 — Decline in BC Manufacturing at Crisis Level (BIV)
- NEW OCT 17 — NDP’s CleanBC plan has got to go too (BIV)
- NEW OCT 18 — B.C.’s government payroll is out of control (BIV)
🤝 HOST-A-CANDIDATE
Want us to connect you to a free enterprise, open shop construction-supporting BC Conservative candidate to tour your job site for photos and talk to your team? Email jordan@icba.ca with your company name and project locations and we will help you make that connection.
🤔 DIG INTO THE ISSUES
Short, engaging reviews of issues important to construction voters—share!
- Why is the NDP making life more expensive?
- Who will #Get2Yes on Natural Resource Development?
- Community Benefit Agreements: Costly, unfair, and ineffective
- Massey Tunnel: Why am I still stuck in gridlock?
- (Not short, but important:) NDP’s union monopoly costing taxpayers billions — and undermining rights of workers (Cardus study)
- ICBA was part of a multi-association group asking the parties for economic plans. Here’s what they said (Vancouver Sun)
- NEW OCT 15 — ICBA Chief Economist Jock FInlayson and BCBC’s Ken Peacock sound the alarm on what the NDP Government is doing to harm forestry and our economy (BIV)
📝 MEMO TEMPLATES
Issue briefs to share with your colleagues and employees—all on things important to open shop construction. Please take these memo drafts and amend as you see fit for your company’s individual situation.
- Customizable memo template on workers’ rights and the link between strong economy and construction
- Customizable memo template on CBAs (the NDP’s scheme to freeze out 85% of construction professionals from working on taxpayer-funded projects)
📢 SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
Shareable graphics for your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
Want to dig even deeper? See even more resources, background and important information below!
📺 VIDEOS
Interviews and information to help you better understand issues.
- Former B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor interviews ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson on BC debt
🗞️ ICBA OP/EDS
ICBA leaders write regularly about the issues facing B.C., with a special focus on economic and construction issues. Read these for analysis of B.C. problems, and our solutions and ideas.
- A Bigger B.C. Economy has Hurt the B.C. Economy (Jock Finlayson, with Ken Peacock)
- Energy is B.C.’s leading export (Jock Finlayson, with Ken Peacock)
- We Must Pause the NDP’s Land Use Agenda (Jock Finlayson, with Ken Peacock)
- NDP Land Use Laws Threaten Viability of B.C. Mining (Jock Finlayson, with Julio Mejia and Elmira Aliakbari)
- We Need More B.C. Natural Resources (Jock Finlayson, with Ken Peacock)
- Government is B.C.’s fastest growing industry – and that’s very bad (Jock Finlayson, with Ken Peacock)
- A Tale of Two Budgets – Alberta is Awesome, B.C. is Terrible (Chris Gardner and Mike Martens)
- NDP Laws are Strangling B.C. Forestry (Jock Finlayson)
🏗️ ICBA CONSTRUCTION MONITORS
Statistics and analysis of key issues facing the B.C. construction industry. Read and share these to shape thinking around construction and economic issues. If you love stats, data, and charts, you’ll love the Construction Monitor.
- NDP’s CleanBC plan is an economy killer
- Low productivity is a crisis we need to address
- Construction wages continue to rise
- Housing is a legit crisis, and government is largely to blame
💵 ICBA ECONOMICS POSTS
Want to get smarter on specific economic issues? Learn more about the state of the B.C. economy from ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson in these posts (each has charts that can be shared on social media).
- The B.C. NDP’s reckless provincial budget
- Government job growth running 9-1 faster than private sector job growth
- Which industries drive economic growth in B.C.?
- Small business drives B.C. economy
- 2024 mid-year economic update
- Two decades of B.C. construction employment trends
- Construction now 10% of B.C. economy
- Construction labour supply-and-demand
- C. lags in corporate head offices
- C. forestry being chopped down by government
- Analyzing B.C.’s 10-year labour outlook
- Charting B.C.’s economic decline
