LNG Canada Phase Two could get its yes as soon as next week. Double the plant, ad billions of dollars and years of work from Kitimat to the Montney. Plus election musings as Eby sinks in the polls! Watch today's Coffee and Construction:

Another boneheaded anti-prosperity decision by @bcndp. For 22 years, B.C.'s Major Projects Inventory tracked every project worth $15M+. $385 BILLION in the last count. This week the NDP killed it. Reason: "priorities and resources." You can't manage what you don't measure – and you can't sell investors a project you refuse to count. ICBA's letter to Minister Kahlon: tinyurl.com/2c495jbh

32 cents. That's what a Canadian business puts into machinery and equipment for every dollar per worker an American business spends - because our tax rules made waiting cheaper than buying. This week Ottawa changed that. Write off the whole machine, year one. Now fix the permits and we'll be cooking with gas! More on today's Coffee & Construction:

For the first time in 150+ years, B.C.'s population is shrinking. More than 40,000 people gone. @icbabc Chief Economist Jock Finlayson joins @CTMinBC to explain why — and why it started well before the tariffs. youtube.com/watch?v=Ei3Ms7Kf…

ICBA filed our submission with Ottawa today: list the West Coast Oil Pipeline as a project of national interest. $29-38 BILLION in B.C. construction spending. Up to 70,000 jobs in this province. And every contract tendered open, competitive and labour-neutral. icba.ca/hubfs/Advocacy%20ite…

Yesterday: Trump bans Canadian goods from U.S. government contracts. Eby's response: a border sign that says "Sorry!" October 1: the NDP's PST lands on B.C. engineers, security and architects. We can't fix Washington. We can fix Victoria. New Coffee & Construction👇

To see a list of what's being counter tariffed by the Canadian government, and the impact on construction, check out our @icbabc advocacy alert from yesterday: icba.ca/bc-blog/the-trade-wa…

Thanks @CHEK_News for having me talk about yet another cost escalator for construction - the counter tariffs. Important politically to stand up for 🇨🇦, but make no mistake: economically these hurt us bad. Sigh. Another kick in the teeth for builders. cheknews.ca/its-going-to-inc…

I'm annoyed so I wrote an op-ed at ICBA.ca... Tilbury LNG has been here since 1971. Last week, the Eby cabinet approved a $2BN expansion: 1,100 jobs a year, $800MN in GDP, cleaner marine fuel. Then an NDP cabinet minister went public against it. It happens, but there's usually an action attached. Freeland resigned. Guilbeault resigned. Lekstrom resigned. Time for Kelly Greene to do the honourable thing. icba.ca/bc-blog/icba.ca-op/e…

WorkSafeBC claims costs jumped 22% in just two years - from $2.9B to $3.6 BILLION. The surplus that kept employer premiums frozen is shrinking fast. Premium hikes could start as soon as 2027. ICBA's Jock Finlayson on a system storing up trouble: icba.ca/economics-blog/stori…

🇨🇦 Canada’s economy is barely treading water. B.C.’s is closer to the rocks. ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson’s mid-year update: weak growth, negative job creation, stalled housing, poor business climate — and a much stronger Alberta next door. icba.ca/economics-blog/navig…

Imagine blowing through reserves, seeing costs 🚀, draining a surplus and seeing fees go to 3rd-highest in Canada. WorkSafeBC: another NDP dumpster fire in the making. Unbelievably, the Minister says premiums are "a bargain for employers, frankly." icba.ca/bc-blog/icba.ca-excl…

🚨 New ICBA poll: 68% of British Columbians oppose the Cowichan decision -- including 56% of NDP voters. Eby's own supporters are rejecting his approach. That's not a fringe concern, that's a five-alarm warning. Full results → icba.ca/bc-blog/british-colu…

🚨 WorkSafeBC just quietly killed its entire fraud investigation unit. 20 investigators - gone. The tip line goes to voicemail. B.C. now the only province with NO ONE investigating workers' comp fraud. Guess who pays? Employers. Always employers. 👇 icba.ca/bc-blog/worksafebc-j…

But no more time changes!!!!

Among currently undecided voters – the people who will decide the next election – the picture is a blowout: 49% negative versus just 11% positive. Homeowners reject the budget by more than two to one. British Columbians over 55, the people with the highest propensity to vote, oppose it by roughly three to one.

Among people who say they voted NDP in the 2024 election, the budget is underwater – 36% negative, 35% positive. When you can’t sell your budget to your own supporters, you’ve lost the room.