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| C & C #3 - The Condo Bailout Blunder | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:08:14 | |
ritish Columbia just hit a record pile of unsold condos. The government's big idea? Buy them — with your money. Welcome to the condo bailout. Episode 3 of ICBA Coffee & Construction: the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta. The condo buyback, a premier racing home from China for a federal deal, and the construction-jobs number nobody wants to see. I'm Jordan Bateman, VP of Communications & Advocacy at ICBA. New episodes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. **Chapters** **Stories & sources** 📩 Subscribe to ICBA Economics — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics If this was useful, send it to one person who builds for a living. #ICBA #construction #BCpoli #housing #affordability #resourceeconomy | |||
| C&C 2: Mines, Data Centres, Pipelines | 24 Jun 2026 | 00:08:36 | |
B.C. approved a big new mine last week — then took a bow for the very law that froze everybody else's mine. That's where we start. Episode 2 of ICBA Coffee & Construction: the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta. A mine, a data-centre gold rush, and a pipeline deadline — and one question running underneath all of it: which governments actually let you build? Hosted by Jordan Bateman, VP of Communications & Advocacy at ICBA. New episodes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. **Chapters** 📩 Subscribe to ICBA Economics — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics If this was useful, send it to one person who builds for a living. #ICBA #construction #BCpoli #ABpoli #LNG #mining #resourceeconomy | |||
| ICBA Coffee & Construction #1: Pipelines, Mine Frozen, Massey Postponed | 22 Jun 2026 | 00:08:10 | |
Inflation's back, Alberta's pipeline clock is ticking, and B.C. just blew up another megaproject contract. Welcome to Episode 1. ICBA Coffee & Construction is the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta — fast, sharp, and straight up. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with Jordan Bateman. – Inflation hits 3.2% — gas up 33%, groceries up again — and what it means on a job site – Alberta's nine-day countdown to a million-barrel pipeline proposal, and why David Eby's "same coast, different liquid" position doesn't add up – A $5-billion gold-and-copper mine stalled because the NDP fumbled its duty to consult – The Massey tunnel contract blowup — and how a funded 2024 bridge became a $9-billion-and-climbing hole in the ground 0:00 Cold open: inflation's back 0:30 Inflation hits 3.2% 2:00 Alberta's pipeline countdown vs. Eby's veto 4:30 KSM mine stalled — sloppy consultation, $5B price 6:30 Massey tunnel: what did we get for it? 📩 Want the economics behind the headlines? Subscribe to ICBA's twice-weekly EconoBot briefing — the most useful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economics 🔨 Learn more about ICBA, Canada's largest construction association: https://icba.ca 🎧 Listen on your favourite podcast app: search for Coffee and Construction. If this was useful, subscribe and send it to one person who builds for a living. Follow ICBA: X @icbabc | LinkedIn: ICBA | Facebook: theICBA | |||