AGORACOM - George

Under the directives of the President of the UAE, we launch a new government model. Within two years, 50% of government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, making the UAE the first government globally to operate at this scale through autonomous systems. AI is no longer a tool. It analyses, decides, executes, and improves in real time. It will become our executive partner to enhance services, accelerate decisions, and raise efficiency. This transformation has a clear timeline. Two years. Performance across government will be measured by speed of adoption, quality of implementation, and mastery of AI in redesigning government work. We are investing in our people. Every federal employee will be trained to master AI, building one of the world’s strongest capabilities in AI-driven government. Implementation will be overseen by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, with a dedicated taskforce chaired by Mohammad Al Gergawi driving execution. The world is changing. Technology is accelerating. Our principle remains constant. People come first. Our goal is a government that is faster, more responsive, and more impactful.

If you can't tell, I'm bearish on Canada, not because I don't love Canada, but because it's hard to see a path forward to prosperity, especially with our prime minister working as hard as he can to alienate our largest trading partner. Anybody who's all in on Carney and the Liberals, I invite you to tell me why I should be bullish when facing the following reality: We keep less than half of every extra dollar. Ontario's top rate is 53%. Earn another $100k and you take home about $47k. We pay the most but wait in the same healthcare line. The median wait from specialist to treatment is 28.6 weeks. There is no paid fast lane. Canada has fewer doctors, beds, and scanners than peer countries. We pay top-tier taxes for bottom-tier resources. New drugs arrive 65+ weeks after Europe and 90+ weeks after the US. Real GDP per person has grown just 0.4% a year for a decade. Canada is now at 67% of US output per person, down from 94% in 1981. Canada dropped from 9th to 27th re quality of life on Numbeo. That is the biggest fall of any major country. About 40% of the top 1% have moved to the US. Canada loses more millionaires each year than it gains. Debt is climbing fast, our combined net debt is 75% of GDP. Federal interest alone hits $53.7B in 2026-27. That means more taxes, not fewer. Business growth is weak. GDP is forecast to grow just 1.1-1.2% in 2025-26. That caps upside for owners and investors. Switzerland and the Nordics give you more for the same tax. The US gives you lower taxes and faster care. Canada does neither well. Housing eats what is left. Toronto and Vancouver are among the priciest cities in the G7. You pay for them with the most taxed dollars in the G7. Our foreign aid buys zero influence. Canada spent $12.3B on aid-related files last year. It ranks 14th of 32 donor countries and has no permanent Security Council seat. The last two UN bids, in 2010 and 2020, both failed. Aid is funded by your 53-cent dollar. You pay top-bracket rates so Ottawa can write checks that don't move the needle at the G7 or in the Indo-Pacific. The immigration system is backwards. Canada imports record numbers through the TFW program, student permits, and gig work pipelines. Many fill jobs in fast food, ride share, and retail. The skilled workers it selects on merit are the most likely to leave. The skilled leak fastest. One in five immigrants leaves within 25 years. Those with doctorates are nearly twice as likely to leave as bachelor's grads. The hardest-hit fields are engineering, ICT, and architecture. 66% of software engineering grads and 30% of computer science grads from U of T, Waterloo, and UBC work in the US. One in four STEM grads from those schools works abroad. Net emigration reached 65,372 in 2024-25. Q3 2025 departures were 34% higher than six years earlier. 67% of those leaving are ages 20 to 44. Credentials don't transfer. More than 25% of immigrants with foreign degrees work jobs that only need a high school diploma. Doctors drive cabs. Engineers stock shelves. They leave for the US, UAE, or Australia where licensing takes months, not years. Elbows up!