Alan Smith

We need to find way to reduce the cost of being new parents. 1. Make the costs of having a small child fully deductible. 100% deduction for formula, diapers, cribs, car seats and clothing for the first three years. These are huge costs for young families. 2. Have a one year tax holiday (capped at 50k of taxes) for your second child and each child thereafter. Try out some new ideas and see what happens!

#Opinion: Canada’s birth rate has fallen to new lows. What’s the best way to encourage people to make babies? trib.al/C9kV328

@LoveMy7Wood Totally true!

I thought Toronto drivers were bad when it comes to turn signals for turning and lane changes but they are stars compared to drivers in Phoenix/Scottsdale.

I will never forget being told there was no business case.

@LoveMy7Wood Welcome back to Arizona!

Beautiful condition Delorean spotted at Scottsdale Common.

This is an interesting way to think about Canada’s net zero contribution.

Data shows that in most western societies the majority of taxpayers are receiving more value from the government in payments and services then they pay into the government. So they're quite happy for the government to continue growing as they are net beneficiaries. Governments know that a small percentage of people actually pay the majority of the taxes so they're not very focused on that smaller group

But they all want someone else to pay for it.

Rather than cut fiscal deficit spending governments will find ways to keep it going like raising taxes. We’re in a global spiral. One step closer to a sovereign debt crisis.

@HedyFry Wow! A market of 685,000 people. That will really make a difference!

Prime Minister Carney secures new economic, security, and talent partnerships with Luxembourg: pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-r…

@clerpatriot I'm not much of a singer, but this gives me hope.

Bad bunny without auto tune is just BAD…..

@JoMacFreedom @FoodProfessor @ryangerritsen I can't comment on your figures about US fiscal spending, but you do seem to have a misunderstanding of how a progressive tax system works. Not all people pay equally.

@dasmcoyyz @FoodProfessor @ryangerritsen And dairy farmers in US are subsidized by $1000 per person in the US That means every man women and child pays $1000 in taxes to be able to buy a gallon of milk for $2.02 USD or $2.89 CAD. That’s $83.00 per month per family member. I don’t even spend that much on dairy in a month

In November 2025, Dairy Farmers of Ontario dumped 4.9% of milk, according to Milk Producer magazine. That’s roughly 10.2 million litres of milk — about $18M in retail value for the month. The butterfat embedded in that milk alone was worth roughly $10M at retail. Now you know.

@Lawrence_Sprung @RyanDetrick @sonusvarghese PDF

A huge thank you to @RyanDetrick, @sonusvarghese, and the entire Carson Investment Research Team for all the work that went into: "Market Outlook 2026: Riding The Wave" 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 ▪️ Understand the key tailwinds shaping the market. ▪️Learn about potential investment risks. ▪️See what investors are watching in 2026. ▪️Learn how to build a resilient portfolio for the coming year. The 2026 Outlook anticipates three powerful forces impacting markets in the year ahead: expansive fiscal programs at the federal level, a decisive shift in monetary policy, and a surge in artificial intelligence (AI) investment. The report calls for active investor participation given the underlying market momentum. 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀 Shaping the Stock Market Outlook for 2026 ▪️A continuing surge in AI investment that’s likely to persist as a major driver of economic growth into the near future. ▪️ Deficit-financed stimulus, particularly from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025, which includes retroactive tax cuts, can lead to large tax refunds in the first half of 2026. ▪️Accommodative monetary policy by the Fed as it enters an active rate-cutting cycle could eventually land rates around 3%. Comment PDF and I would be happy to share the full 2026 Market Outlook.

Here is the world map.

I'll answer my own question. This is UNPRECEDENTED. I assume it's not "illegal" but it's absolutely never happened before in 158 years of Canada's existence. Sitting Member of Parliament for Canada being a full-time employee of another foreign country's government..... I'm sure it'd be no problem if an NDP MP wanted to be a full-time employee of the UK's Labour Government....or a CPC MP climbed on full-time w/ Meloni in Italy. I'm so sure! Like....they're daring the media & you, as citizens, to be just too busy or unfocused to make this the huge story it is.

I've flown a lot...but only once on Westjet. That was enough.

To be clear, @cafreeland is still a sitting Member of Parliament. Not only did she lack the decency to resign her seat, this is a blatant conflict of interest. Liberals get away with everything! google.com/url?q=https://…

@RyanDetrick You are probably the tallest though!

Why am I on the smallest 📺?

Canada really should be a more prosperous country. Hopefully 2026 will have more focus on this by our leaders.

@RyanDetrick @SamRo @michaelbatnick @Downtown That's a great stat Ryan...it's unusal to be average.

Thanks @SamRo for the shoutout on the latest WAYT with @michaelbatnick and @Downtown! Sam discussed eight things he is thinking about as we head into 2026. tker.co/p/one-year-sto…

@JonFraserTF To be fair...the big 4 are owned by their local partners in Canada so much of the spend at PWC, KPMG, Deloitte and EY stays here and creates really good paying jobs in Canada.

Will you stop buying from: Accenture Deloitte McKinsey KPMG IBM Microsoft Google... and the hundreds of other American technology and consulting companies?