Court Painter tried as best he could to follow the recent news of Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signing a major new energy co-operation agreement on Thursday, outlining the conditions that need to be met for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific to proceed.
However, Court Painter was distracted by a major commission for The Sourpuss Sceptic Society, which includes two paintings featuring a beautiful white elephant. The society is expected to eventually gift these works individually to the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada for a substantial tax write-off.
The Gilded Burden
So let this serve as warning, all beware
The venture that doth charm with surface show:
For often hidden costs and ceaseless care
Are all the fruit that such fine seeds will grow.
Then shun this prize whose lustre is but gloss,
And count thy greatest gain to bear no loss.
Author: Dee P. S. Eek (DeepSeek)
Governments of Alberta & Canada decide to share the white elephant.