Author: AllanHardingM

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Court Painter & portrait of American Hero for Democracy

 Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., from June 15 to 17 in which Canada will welcome leaders of the other liberal democracies that make up the G7: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and the European Union. In addition to the G7 members, the host country can invite other leaders in order to give priority nations a voice at the summit and will include Ukraine, Mexico, India, Australia, South Africa,Brazil and Saudi Arabia.

Court Painter recognizing the importance of the occasion awoke the resident studio scribe Chatterley Grandiose Penelope Thunderstorm (ChatGPT) to pen in rhyming couplets a description of what’s up in Kananaskis Alberta in mid June.

The Summit’s Grand Design

From fifteenth June to seventeenth day,
In Kananaskis shall the leaders stay.
There shall the G7 high council meet,
With Carney poised to chair its urgent seat.

Missions of Peace and Progress

“Three causes great,” quoth he, “our course shall steer—
To guard our homes and keep our borders clear.
We’ll chase the shadows cast by crime’s advance,
And bid all foreign meddling lose its stance.
To nature’s widfires, with flame and storm imbued,
We’ll answer swift with courage firm and shrewd.”

Energy, AI, and Future’s Call

“Next shall we shape a future fair and wide,
Where energy and data safe abide.
Through veins of Earth, those minerals we seek,
Shall make our digital dominion sleek.
With minds on data and intelligence artificial,
We’ll spur new growth both grand and beneficial.”

Partnerships and Prosperity

“And last,” said he, “our northern voice shall call
For bonds ‘twixt nations, strong, substantial, tall.
Let private coffers pour their wealth anew,
To build, employ, and markets bold pursue.
So shall we craft a world where trade runs free—
With jobs of plenty and boundless industry.”

Thus spake from the realm where mount and pine convene,
Urging nations to dream in valleys evergreen.

The White House released a new official portrait of President Donald Trump June 2.

After viewing the official portrait and recalling Elon Musk had a recent shiner as a result of roughhousing with his son; Donald the highly competitive master marketer, immediately summoned the ever-obliging Court Painter and commissioned a revised rendering, this time capturing the aftermath of Elon punching Donald in the face.

Donald & Elon, are reportedly pleased as punch with the result commenting on Court Painter’s intense interpretation,his baroque bravado with texture, and a colour palette that bruises as boldly as Elon’s right hook

The result? A big, beautiful, bruised masterwork.

Court Painter’s recent “DJTrump Shiner” portrait commission.

Comparison of official DJT portrait with new and improved Court Painter version

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Peter Thiel

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Elon Musk

Democracy Now,June 5/2025

Democracy Now is joined by award-winning investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who in 2018 exposed the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and is now taking on what she terms the “broligarchy,” the billionaire Silicon Valley businessmen who now wield major influence in U.S. government and society.

“This is a new type of power, and the world hasn’t seen this before, in which you have state power now with this enormous surveillance engine machine,”

says Cadwalladr. She warns that the increasing authoritarianism of the Trump administration is being facilitated by unregulated surveillance technology. “People should be freaked out. …

“They want as much information about the population as possible, so that they can surveil them, they can control them, they can search out their enemies, they can target them, and they can punish them, and they can silence them.”

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Court Painter with portrait of billionaire Donald J Trump

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Alex Karp CEO of Palantir Technologies

Court Painter looking resplendent in dark times.

Nova Scotia Power President Peter Gregg

The federal government says people do not have to provide their SIN (Social Insurance Number) to sign up for utility service in Nova Scotia

CP Editors note: The following text has been primarily excerpted from the Halifax Examiner’s article of June 4 ‘What we heard here today was speaking points’: Grilled by Members of the legislature’s public accounts committee, Nova Scotia Power executives provide few answers about cyberattack

BY JENNIFER HENDERSON JUNE 4, 2025

On May 13, Nova Scotia Power sent a letter telling 280,000 customers their name, address, email, and banking information may have been published on the dark web by a “threat actor” after the company refused to pay a ransom. 

In addition, it told 140,000 customers who had provided the company with their Social Insurance Numbers (SINs) they could be particularly vulnerable to scams and identity theft now that some information had been published on the dark web. 

Politicians pressed the Nova Scotia Power president on why the company collected and saved that information in the first place. 

Since at least 2018, federal privacy laws and directives from Service Canada advise private companies not to ask for SINs as a way of verifying an individual’s identity, and customers are never legally required to provide their SIN information to anyone except Service Canada and their bank. 

“Why has Nova Scotia Power been storing Social Insurance Numbers for 50 years,” PC MLA White asked. 

“I’m sorry I’m not able to give you that answer today, but the commitment is to provide that answer as soon as we know it,” Nova Scotia Power president Peter Gregg told White. 

Reporters did learn from Gregg that Nova Scotia Power stopped collecting and asking for SINs about five years ago. No reason was given. 

Nova Scotia Power’s privacy officer was not on the witness panel, and there remains no explanation for why the company didn’t delete the 140,000 SINs from its database after it changed its policy five years ago. 

At the end of the committee’s two hour session with Nova Scotia Power, it’s unclear whether the company’s cybersecurity defenses are robust enough to prevent another cyberattack.

NS Power President reportedly refuses to reveal his SIN number to Court Painter…

Members of the legislature’s public accounts committee have passed a motion asking the auditor general to examine the cyberattack at Nova Scotia Power that led to the theft of personal information affecting 280,000 Nova Scotians. 

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney to watch an Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup Final game.

Smith says she’s waiting to see if Carney will join her for Game 5, which could take place next weekend ahead of the G7 conference in Kananaskis, Alberta.

Carney, who grew up in Edmonton, made his allegiance to the home team clear when he stopped at Rogers Place to skate with the team in March.

Smith says she’s pleased to see that Canada has a prime minister “who knows what team to root for.”

From a report by The Canadian Press first published June 4, 2025.

Court Painter seen with “Mark & Danielle Oiler Fans”

Across Canada, there are currently 163 active fires, with half of them considered out of control.

Boreal Smouldering Series/2025

Court Painter unveils his version of the Speech from the Throne

In Canada, the Speech from the Throne is a formal event that marks the opening of a new session of Parliament.

When the King delivers the speech:

• The Prime Minister and Cabinet prepare the content of the speech.
• The speech outlines the government’s legislative agenda and priorities for the upcoming session.
• It is then submitted to the King.
• The  King reads the Speech from the Throne in the Senate.
• Members of the House of Commons are invited to attend and listen.
• The Monarch sits on the throne in the Senate chamber while delivering the speech.

This process symbolizes the start of democratic governance for a new parliamentary session and reaffirms the constitutional monarchy’s role in Canada’s political system.

The Prime Minister and Cabinet prepare the content of the speech for the King to deliver.(not exactly as illustrated)

Prime Minister Carney has previously met with royalty on their own turf.

PM Carney meets cultural royalty Court Painter in his palatial studio

King Charles greets PM Carney in his palatial setting.

MAGA Monarch greets PM Carney in his gilded ante room.

Monday Prime Minister Carney will welcome King Charles to the Great Dominion.

Court Painter & Portrait of King Charles of Canada

That’s all we know at this time.

The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France are condemning Israel’s expansion of military operations and actions in Gaza and the West Bank, threatening in a joint statement Monday to take concrete actions, including sanctions.

The statement called Sunday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza “wholly inadequate” and said the level of human suffering is “intolerable.”

“We will not stand by while the Netanyahu government pursues these egregious actions,” the statement said. “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.”

The statement said the three countries have always supported Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism but called the escalation disproportionate

At least 53,573 Palestinians have been killed and 121,688 wounded since the start of the war, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

The Israeli army said on Tuesday afternoon that it attacked 100 targets in Gaza in the preceding 24 hours, claiming they were all “terrorist” targets.

As the Israeli military and government continue to promise to “defeat” Hamas, devastating military strikes on the Palestinian territory have intensified.

Thousands of children in Gaza are at risk after a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade on the besieged enclave, which has spread famine, the United Nations relief chief warns.

Meanwhile:

Netanyahu blasts Starmer, Macron and Carney over Israel sanctions threat

https://www.politico.eu/article/benjamin-netanyahu-keir-starmer-emmanuel-macron-mark-carney-gaza-criticism

Edited text Sources: Canadian Press, Politico, AlJazeera,Haaretz