Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026

A new CCPA report found Canada is increasingly a country of exorbitant wealth alongside persistent poverty.

By 9:23 a.m. on January 2 Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already made what the average worker will make all year

Court Painter is seen pretending he is the rich CEP (Chief Executive Painter) of the Court Painter Studio Enterprise Ltd.

The reality of Court Painter’s story is rather sad. Though he aspires to find monetary riches in the daily slog of producing paintings that often depict the assholes and dilemmas of our time, his second job as an entertainer and social gadfly is marginally more lucrative than his studio practice.

Court Painter seen in full rhythm as entertainer for hire!

A Contrast Between Artists’ Compensation and That of the Top Dogs

In 2024 the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) commissioned Hill Strategies Research to conduct a survey of affordability and working conditions in the careers of artists and other cultural workers.

So as not to leave the impression that Court Painter and his Press Attaché, AHM, are destitute delinquents adrift in the studio of life, we leave you with two recent images of highly successful practitioners of the art of survival.