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**
00:00 — Cold open
00:25 — The condo bailout
03:30 — Eby cuts his China trip short for a deal with Ottawa
06:00 — The construction-jobs number nobody wants to see
07:45 — Kicker: oil drops, a break on your costs

**Stories & sources**
• The condo buyback — critics, numbers, and the market context — https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canada-bc-partnership-condo-conversion-metro-vancouver-supply-criticism
• Eby cuts China trip short for a B.C.–Ottawa major-projects MOU — https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-close-to-mou-with-ottawa-that-may-include-massey-tunnel-replacement-funding/
• Ottawa nearing a major-projects deal with B.C. — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-nearing-major-projects-deal-with-bc-as-alberta-closes-in-on/
• ICBA Economics — Construction Cools as Job Vacancies Crater — https://icba.ca/economics-blog/icba-econobot-construction-cools-as-job-vacancies-crater

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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**
00:00 — Cold open
00:25 — Red Chris mine gets the green light (and the DRIPA spin to ignore)
03:15 — The data-centre gold rush — and who can actually power it
05:40 — Pipeline! Alberta's July 1 deadline
07:20 — The number that ties it together: B.C. 1.1% vs Alberta 2.3%
08:40 — Kicker: Alberta puts a price tag on leaving

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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.
On this episode:

– 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
Chapters (adjust to your cut):

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?

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