Free Lunch - Hosted by Canvas Wealth
Join us as we delve into educational content covering investing, savings strategies, financial planning, and all essential topics that demand careful planning, financial resources, and time.
The Free Lunch Podcast is hosted by Canvas Wealth, a wealth management team that has been working with investors since 1985.
At the core of our investment Philosophy, you will find these principles at work:
_Markets are efficient and work over time.
-Successful investing is a result of a long-term disciplined approach.
-Fear and greed degrade portfolio returns.
-Costs make a difference.
-Portfolio diversification reduces risk.
To learn more about Canvas Wealth, visit canvaswealth.ca Tune in for new episodes every Wednesday, available on all major listening platforms.
Recent Episodes
328
Sept. 16, 2026
WTI Continued Discussion...100%
Oil is flirting with $100 a barrel again, and Colin and Greg ask the obvious question: does that mean Calgary is heading back into a hiring boom? Not exactly. Greg walks through how capital discipline, automation, and shareholder demands have reshaped the energy sector, and why higher prices tend to reward company balance sheets before they reward payrolls. From there the conversation gets personal. Colin builds out a full household balance sheet for a Calgary energy employee, and the correlat
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Sept. 9, 2026
WTI, WCS, Recent Market Movements
Colin and Greg dive straight into WTI climbing back above ninety dollars a barrel. For anyone working in Calgary's energy sector, they ask a question most people never consider: how much of your financial life, salary, bonus, employer stock, even your house, is already tied to one industry. They also revisit an old story about a client who refused to diversify because a dividend was covering his mortgage. It didn't end well. A good reminder that knowing a company well and owning too much of it
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Sept. 2, 2026
The Energy Professional’s Financial Playbook – Episode 3 - Turning a Great Career into Lasting Wealth
Would losing your job tomorrow be financially catastrophic, or just painful? Colin digs into that question in episode two of his Energy Professionals Financial Playbook series. He breaks down why severance is a bridge, not a windfall, and why fear tends to be the most expensive part of any downturn. The families who come out ahead usually prepared quietly during the good years, not during the panic. Let me know if this works, and once you've picked your clip and social post, I'll get the comp
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Aug. 26, 2026
The Energy Professional’s Financial Playbook – Episode 2: Preparing for the Next Downturn
Would losing your job tomorrow be financially catastrophic, or just painful? Colin digs into that question in episode two of his Energy Professionals Financial Playbook series. He breaks down why severance is a bridge, not a windfall, and why fear tends to be the most expensive part of any downturn. The families who come out ahead usually prepared quietly during the good years, not during the panic.
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Aug. 19, 2026
The Energy Professional’s Financial Playbook – Episode 1 (of 3) Building Wealth in a Cyclical Industry
What if you had to pay someone to take your oil off your hands? It actually happened, and Colin opens this episode with that story, along with the eerie Tuesday layoffs that became a running fear across Calgary's oil patch. This kicks off a new series, the Energy Professionals Financial Playbook, looking at why so many people unknowingly tie their salary, investments, home value, and employer stock to the same cyclical industry. Colin also breaks down the real difference between rich and wealt
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Aug. 12, 2026
Ag in Motion: A Farming Experience
What happens when three siblings from different marriages all believe they're getting the family farm? Trish Tate has seen it firsthand, and it rarely ends simply. On this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Colin sits down with Trish, a fourth generation farmer and Canvas Wealth's newest advisor, fresh off a week at Ag in Motion in Saskatoon. They talk drones, giant seed carts, and how technology is quietly reshaping farm operations. Then the conversation turns to a number that surprised even
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