C&C #12: Union Boss Shenanigans Derail Public Hearing

She'd never set foot in Vancouver. She called into a Vancouver public hearing from Los Angeles anyway. Council asked her one real question. Six seconds of silence. Then a cough.Episode 12 of ICBA Coffee & Construction — the news that matters to the people who build British Columbia and Alberta, with ICBA's Jordan Bateman. On today's show:☕ THE BIG ONE: A union machine hijacks Vancouver city hall — California callers who'd never been to Vancouver, AI-written scripts, "translators" who didn't speak the language, and a hotel union president defending it all. Real Vancouver families waited until 1 a.m. for their five minutes. Mayor Sim wants a Vancouver Charter fix — will David Eby move on it?🖥️ The data centre race: New York slaps a one-year moratorium on hyperscale data centres, the federal NDP wants Canada to copy it — and Alberta scoops up 92% of everything planned in this country. Vancouver? Come back in 2027.🏠 CMHC's mid-year forecast: housing starts keep falling, with B.C. and Ontario condos wearing the worst of it. What that means for framing crews, excavators and every builder's 2027🌉 Charlottetown wrap: tariffs bite August 19, "everything is on the table" — and Carney gets caught in his own spin on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal📊 Get the ICBA Economics briefing — the most helpful email you'll get all week: https://icba.ca/economicsRead more on today's stories:Dan Fumano on Vancouver council going off the rails: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...The California callers and Sim's letter to Eby: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/unite...New York's data centre moratorium: https://thehub.ca/2026/07/20/new-york...CMHC's 2026 mid-year Housing Market Outlook: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-new...Carney on the Gordie Howe Bridge deal: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carn...ICBA Coffee & Construction drops every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe, hit the bell, and send this one to somebody who builds for a living.ICBA is Canada's largest construction association — the voice of B.C. and Alberta's open-shop builders: https://icba.ca#construction #bcpoli #abpoli #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Alberta #housing #datacentres #ICBA