ICBA ECONOMICS: The Competitiveness of Canada’s Major Ports
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist The Carney government has pledged to double Canada’s exports to markets other than the United States over the coming decade. That’s a tall order – especially in a world of rising protectionism and mounting geopolitical tension....TRAINING THURSDAY: Tough Talks That Work in Construction
Jordan and Kerry talk about ICBA’s latest featured course. On a construction site, tension comes with the territory — tight timelines, tough conditions, and strong personalities are part of the job. Conflict is inevitable. The real question is: do you handle it in a...
ICBA ECONOMICS: A Snapshot of Trends in Canadian Health Care Spending
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist Health care stories have become a staple of the daily news, with millions of Canadians struggling to find a doctor, hospital emergency rooms frequently overwhelmed, and the country’s once vaunted “public” health care services...
ICBA OP/ED: B.C. unions lose ground in the workplace but gain leverage in government
The following op-ed, written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on December 18, 2025. The trade union movement in British Columbia, as in many other advanced economy jurisdictions, is...
ICBA50 #50: Growing With Open Shop
ICBA celebrates 50 years of serving open shop construction this year, and we are looking back every week at some of the significant moments, milestones, and people who helped ICBA become Canada’s largest construction association. Today, we look at ICBA’s...Tweet ICBA!
The Bank of Canada calls the 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 productivity gap a national "emergency." RBC calls the last decade a "capital recession."
That's not bad luck. That's bad policy.
ICBA's 2026 federal priorities to fix it: