CleanBC Is About To Lose $109.7B In Economic Activity By 2029—ICBA

CleanBC Is About To Lose $109.7B In Economic Activity By 2029—ICBA

British Columbia’s climate program just put a hard price on virtue: $109.7 billion in lost economic activity by 2029. That figure, drawn from an ICBA Economics report using the province’s internal analysis, is “more than 2.5 times the damage that President Donald Trump’s tariff war and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s retaliatory trade barriers could inflict.” […]

ICBA ECONOMICS: EBY’S WRECKING BALL

JOCK FINLAYSON BRITISH COLUMBIA – The following op-ed, co-written by ICBA Chief Economist Jock Finlayson and consulting economist Ken Peacock, first appeared in Business in Vancouver on July 21, 2025. In just a few years, British Columbia has gone from being one of the most fiscally sound provinces with a low debt load and a stellar credit rating to being in perhaps the weakest financial position of all major Canadian jurisdictions. Having dug i…