TRAINING THURSDAY: Construction Sales: Stop Competing on Price – Start Winning on Value
Kerry and Jordan talk about ICBA’s latest featured course. Price pressure, discounts, and chasing clients have become “normal” in construction – but they don’t have to be. On Thursday, January 22, 2026, ICBA Training is hosting a powerful full-day workshop in...
Contractors Need Work: ICBA Advocacy on the economy, DRIPA & pipelines
KEY POINTS ICBA’s Wage and Benefit Survey is out – and, in yet another sign of the struggling economy, contractors have switched from seeking workers to seeking work. Following another disastrous court decision, ICBA has called on the NDP Government to change its...
NEWS RELEASE: Contractors Now Scrambling for Work, Not Workers
SURREY – B.C.’s construction market has turned a dangerous corner, with contractors now more worried about finding work than finding workers, according to the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association’s (ICBA) 2026 Construction Survey of its members....
ICBA50 #49: From Experience to ICBA Economics
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 Economics, a...
ICBA ECONOMICS: A Snapshot of Exports and Jobs in Canada
By Jock Finlayson, ICBA Chief Economist As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to wave his tariff wand at Canada and other American trading partners, it is an opportune time to reflect on the role that cross-border trade plays in our economy and business...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: