Author: AllanHardingM

EDMONTON — Alberta’s elections agency said Thursday,May 7/26 it believes 568 people accessed a voter list at the heart of a massive privacy breach involving a separatist group.

The group, called the Centurion Project, had made a publicly accessible database featuring the names and addresses of nearly three million Alberta voters.

A call for an independent public inquiry into the management and use of Alberta’s voters list

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  Jared Wesley is professor of political science and associate dean (Graduate) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.
• May 7th 2026

Thirty-eight (38) academics from across the province joined me in publishing this open letter earlier this morning. I invite you to read and share it widely.

As we argue:

The integrity of the voters list must be beyond reproach. In a healthy democracy, Albertans have confidence that their personal information is protected. They have assurance that elections and referendums are conducted on a level playing field. They have institutions that are, and are seen to be, independent and trustworthy.

An independent public inquiry is the most effective way to restore those conditions.

As I argued earlier, police and Elections Alberta investigations are underway. They are necessary. But they are not enough.

Court Painter & Portrait of Jared Wesley

Premier Danielle Smith seen contemplating her next move as the political fallout turns up the heat for a public inquiry into the voter database privacy.breach

Prime Minister Mark Carney has named former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour as Canada’s next governor general, picking a francophone with a long legal resumé which includes stints prosecuting war crimes in Rwanda and Yugoslavia and serving as the UN human rights commissioner.

Arbour, 79, is one of the most celebrated jurists of her time. She has received 42 honorary doctorates and is already a Companion of the Order of Canada — the country’s highest honour — in recognition of her pioneering legal work here and around the world.

Court Painter & Newly Appointed Governor General Louise Arbour

Court Painter was on hand to capture dramatic portrait opportunities during a truncated Washington dinner.

Court Painter is very hopeful these paintings will find a home in a Washington ballroom someday!

In the Court Painter studio, commissioned works have taken centre stage, despite thirteen years of unprofitable endurance sustained by relentless patience with often irascible clients. These commissions are meant to generate a substantial share of revenue, supplemented by the Court Painter’s public appearances at prestigious gallery openings, local dive bars, and art fairs. They carry the glamour, identity, and sense of purpose—and prestige—that accompany any transaction with the Court Painter brand. The potential commissioned sales draw in both the little people and the notable—celebrities, politicians—shaping the Court Painter’s self aggrandizing narratives and offering clients the promise of furthering their reputation with a pictorial treasure. Yet this unstable sales enterprise remains unpredictable, tied to taste, timing, degrees of corruption, cruelty, cupidity, avarice, greed, war-mongering, and social media presence of the subjects; their ability to pay and respond to constant invoice reminders as well as the ever-shifting moods of the art market.

Accordingly, another business plan has become necessary to steer the Court Painter juggernaut toward the elusive break-even point.

Framing—yes, a framing shop—emerges as a steady monetary income stream. It could account for a significant portion if not all of the CP enterprise’s revenue and is far more reliable. Clients return for it; margins are stronger; and frames are less vulnerable to the bane of painterly cultural whims. In studio operations where framing is monetized the balance sheet looks rosy and with framing as the primary source of income, the art sales properly assume a supporting role.

What emerges is a kind of dual economy: unpaid or speculative art commissions provide visibility and intermittent bursts of notoriety, while framing quietly sustains the operation day to day. Even with modest earnings , framing will contribute disproportionately—if not entirely—to the Court Painter’s profit. In practical terms, it is this dependable artisan craft behind the scenes that promises to keep the studio doors open and the studio bar stocked while the art on the easel continues to carry ambition, aspiration and a continuing commitment to the service of humanity through art.

The Ultimate Dealmaker is predicted to once again collect a 100% payout on the prediction markets.

With special thanks to Ingmar Bergman’s movie – The Seventh Seal 

The Ultimate Dealmaker/ Collector and Court Painter flank a recent diptych “Let’s make a Deal’

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Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234 bn by end of 2026

Court Painter tackles a crude subject!

Court Painter covers the Artemis 2’s Orion capsule splashdown 7:07 CT April 10,2026.

 Mark Carney is exploring just how big of a tent the Liberal Party can build and calibrate the party’s red progressive brand colour into a middling bluish purple.

In the past several months, Carney’s Liberals have gained five MPs, floor crossers from other parties. That quintet includes an MP who was elected three times as a Conservative in Nova Scotia (Chris d’Entremont), an MP who was elected four times as a Conservative in Edmonton (Matt Jeneroux) and an MP who was elected twice as a New Democrat in Nunavut (Lori Idlout).Soon they may be joined by Doly Begum, the Liberal candidate in the Scarborough Southwest byelection, who was until recently a deputy leader of the Ontario National Democratic Party.

Plus another Conservative floor crosser Marilyn Gladu MP for Sarnia-Lambton-Bkejwanong , not on anyone’s list of MPs most likely to cross the floor to the Liberal Party

THE NATIONAL POST AND SENIOR OPINION EDITOR AND COLUMNIST TERRY NEWMAN ARE FED UP WITH ALL THAT PROGRESSIVE LENS MEDIA AND WANT TO SET THINGS RIGHT!

Introducing Right? — the newsletter that pushes back against biased media and cultural nonsense

And what better publisher than the National Post who would never never ever ever consider stories through a lens, that would lead to egregious errors of fact and stories framed for political objectives rather than newsworthiness. RIGHT!

RIGHT… RIGHT!…RIGHT?

Trust in news media continues to erode in the West, leaving audiences questioning just how much the news is being manipulated to push an agenda under the guise of “objectivity.” Many outlets seem to only consider stories through a progressive lens, leading to egregious errors of fact and stories framed for political objectives rather than newsworthiness.     After years watching once-respected outlets repeatedly amplify unverified claims, frame stories through a narrow progressive lens and erode public trust in the process, NP Comment senior editor and columnist Terry Newman is pushing back.   This is why National Post is launching Right? Each week, we will dissect coverage, debunk partisan narratives and expose common ways reporting is manipulated.

Right? will also tackle broader western cultural flashpoints, including justice reforms, free speech and sex-based human rights measures, which have negatively impacted the safety and freedoms of citizens in western societies. It will explore moral questions about how we communicate online, the ethical responsibilities of chatbot companies like OpenAI and examine the phenomenon of identity-obsessed western culture and whether it’s ruining everything, including your favourite movies and Netflix shows.     Terry Newman  Senior Editor, National Post

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Court Painter seen working on portrait and getting it right!

WHAT COULD GO WRONG?