ICBA Keeps Up Push to ‘Get to Yes’
ICBA Senior Vice President Gordon Stewart addresses gathering – photo250News
Prince George, B.C. – The Independent Contractors and Business Association continues its efforts to get major projects approved and started.
It’s been about a year since the ICBA opened an office in Prince George. “We’re getting a real excitement and energy in what we’re doing up here” said Gordon Stewart, Senior Vice President of ICBA as he opened the gathering of contractors, developers and businesses at the Northern Lights Winery last evening.
The ICBA has become very involved in pushing to have major projects approved. Stewart says the “Get to Yes” campaign was developed after hearing concerns from Association members “What our members have been telling us over the past couple of years is that they are getting really concerned that they hear about all of these projects that should be going ahead, and there is a real vocal minority that, to them, seems to be stalling these projects.”
Stewart didn’t mention any specific projects, but the most recent example is Pacific NorthWest LNG. It has been approved, but legal action has been launched to stop the project from going forward.
ICBA has been focused on raising the voices of those who support the projects “We are really trying to activate people who believe in responsible resource development and get them to get the word out about how they believe in that because the construction industry relies on that.”
ICBA Board Chair Rick Boates said the organization fully understands the North and Canada have a resource based economy “If the North isn’t working, if the resource industry is not doing well, we (BC) will not be strong and our industry will not be working.”
The evening was set up to offer a speed dating style event where contractors could connect with those who are looking for bids on projects.
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Why does the ICBA state; “Stewart didn’t mention any specific projects, but the most recent example is Pacific NorthWest LNG. It has been approved, but legal action has been launched to stop the project from going forward.”
The proposed Petronas led Pacific Northwest LNG $36-billion liquefied natural gas project on Lelu Island near Prince Rupert, B.C., would ship 19 million tonnes a year of liquefied gas to markets in Asia. HOWEVER, it is not the environmentalists and First Nations that are holding this project up, rather it is Petronas who is currently undertaking a feasibility study of the project costs in relationship with it’s projected revenue. With LNG prices in the crapper, it is highly doubtful Petronas will proceed with the project. Nice try at deflecting blame by the ICBA in my opinion.
Everyone knows pending litigation does not hold up projects from proceeding these days, take a look at Site C, which has pending litigation from First Nations, that has not stopped the Liberal Government from approving this project as well, and from it proceeding.
In my opinion, the ICBA knows all of this, but is wrongfully blaming Pacific Northwest Project delays to environmentalists and First Nations.
Who are the ICBA to say that these projects “should” be going ahead? They are those that will benefit financially from them going ahead. That’s why they should go ahead right?
Profits trump all else right?
Well now I see whey you use the name DUMBFOUNDED, give it a shake…
Actually if you knew the meaning of the word you’d know why you leave me Dumbfounded.
Im sure thats what the name means.
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