Rumour has it Prime Minister Carney found former PM Harper’s old suits left in the office—and is trying a few on for size!
Who starts these rumours anyway?
Court Painter experiments with mixing red & blue in a recent sitting with PM Carney.
Result of a ChatGPT inquiry prompt produced an outline of the key issues regarding the need for consultation with Indigenous groups across Canada when planning federal resource projects:
Federal resource projects in Canada must meaningfully consult Indigenous communities, as required by constitutional law and reinforced by Supreme Court rulings. These consultations are essential to uphold Indigenous rights, minimize conflict, and support Canada’s commitments to reconciliation and sustainable development.
Key Points:
Meaningful consultation is not only a legal requirement—it is a foundation for equitable, sustainable, and conflict-free resource development in Canada.
Court Painter & Portrait of Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew
Court Painter had a challenging time choosing which subjects to paint however he had no difficuty switching into a variety of studio fashion!
President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners, including Rupert Murdoch, making good on a promise he made after the newspaper reported that Trump in 2003 sent Jeffrey Epstein a ‘bawdy’ birthday greeting that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.
Court Painter, ever the opportunist, reached into his storage to pull from the racks the dusty still unpaid topsy-turvy portrait commissions of Rupert Murdoch and Donald J Trump.
He was tempted to create his own version of the ‘Bawdy Birthday ‘ message but had difficulty producing a believable rendition of DJT’s signature -and the required felt -pen female curves didn’t meet Court Painter’s studio standards.
So this is what you get. Enjoy!
Court Painter & Rupert Murdoch Topsy Turvy Series
Court Painter & Donald Trump Topsy Turvy Series
Moonmist & Bingo
Editors note:
Court Painter was lined up to paint portraits of Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore, because news—and rumours of news—that the province was stepping in to grant “strong mayor” powers to the current compliant mayor. The Premier is also threatening to overturn the democratically elected city council’s decision to repurpose non-arterial Morris Street into a one-way road with a bike lane.
Apparently, the Premier of Nova Scotia hasn’t much else to do. Must be nice.
Court Painter reconsidered and decided two local crustatians Bingo & Moonmist were more worthy of his brush and more attractive in their appearance and behaviour than the aforementioned politicians.
read the Halifax Examiner article for the full scoop
“Tim Houston doesn’t care about bike lanes. Andy Fillmore doesn’t care about bike lanes. Bike lanes are just a cheap political gimmick to dangle in front of an easily distracted populace that wants to believe the worst of elected representatives, and especially those in the big, bad city.” TIM BOUSQUET
Court Painter seen proudly putting on finishing touches to Moonmist & Bingo.
Lobsters Bingo and Moonmist are an extremely rare duo, with colour combinations that are estimated to occur only in one in 50 million and one in 100 million, respectively. They were likely headed towards someone’s supper plate or lobster roll, until staff at a large Bedford, N.S., fish market identified the unique creatures and donated them to the Back to the Sea Centre in Dartmouth, N.S. (July 18, 2025)The pair will spend much of the summer in the centre, giving visitors as much time as possible to see Bingo and Moonmist before they are returned to the ocean.
Source: The Guardian July 14/25
6 conservative members of the US Supreme Court clear way for MAGAMonarch Trump to gut education department
Three liberal justices dissented
Allowing Trump to gut education department ‘will unleash untold harm’, Justice Sotomayor warns in dissent
“The Department is responsible for providing critical funding and services to millions of students and scores of schools across the country”, she continued. “Lifting the District Court’s injunction will unleash untold harm, delaying or denying educational opportunities and leaving students to suffer from discrimination, sexual assault, and other civil rights violations without the federal resources Congress intended. The majority apparentlydeems it more important to free the Government from paying employees it had no right to fire than to avert these very real harms while the litigation continues.”
Conservative supreme court justices continue to support MAGAMonarch Trump
Court Painter
Court Painter recommends this video conversation to any thoughtful viewer interested in a profoundly insightful analysis of the past,current and future state of U.S. democracy, grounded and informed by history and lived experience.
Heather Cox Richardson, historian and author of Letters from an American, joins Scott Galloway , academic, author and entrepreneur to explore how authoritarianism takes hold – not through coups, but within democratic systems. They discuss how the Republican Party masterfully rebranded itself as the party of patriotism, masculinity, and individualism, while Democrats failed to counter the narrative. Plus, they touch on national service, economic inequality, and the role of “love” in rebuilding a fractured America.
Click link for video
Court Painter & portrait of Scott Galloway
Court Painter & portrait of Heather Cox Richardson
Definition of detestable : as in vile : not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House Monday for dinner, he came bearing what has become the ultimate host gift for President Donald Trump: a letter nominating him for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Before the meal was served, however, Netanyahu was quick to burnish Trump’s peace-making abilities, even as negotiators were still finalizing details of a ceasefire deal.
“He’s forging peace, as we speak, in one country, in one region after the other,” Netanyahu said as he reached over the table to present Trump with his document. “So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee; it’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved, and you should get it.”
“Thank you very much. This I didn’t know. Wow,” Trump responded, seemingly touched. “Coming from you, in particular, this is very meaningful. Thank you very much, Bibi.”
Text Source CNN june 7/25
Pipeliners Moe/Smith/Carney Triptych
PM Carney & Premier Smith in conversation
Alberta Premier Smith transforming snakes into pipelines
CBC NEWS November 24/25
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offer political support to a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, CBC News has learned.
The deal is set to be formally announced at a joint Carney-Smith news conference in Calgary on Thursday,November 27/25.
What could possibly go wrong?
Premier Smith & Prime Minister Carney forgetting something?
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he told Prime Minister Mark Carney “how unacceptable” it was for Alberta and Saskatchewan to talk with the federal government about a potential pipeline without input from his province. The pipeline fight escalated after Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe revealed he is involved in Alberta’s negotiations with Ottawa about a potential oil pipeline across northern B.C., which would mean allowing oil tankers to ply the waters off B.C.’s north coast, where they are currently banned.
Prime Minister Carney and pipeline knot
Eby says such treatment would not happen to any other province, adding that he expects Ottawa to include B.C. and Coastal First Nations as full participants in any future talks.
BC Premier Eby & Alberta Premier Smith
By the way some fun facts…
Also
A predicted peak oil global decrease in demand for fossil fuels & Alberta oil sands bitumen;
the absence of a proponent with a costed business plan for pipelines;
the vulnerability of public tax dollars tied to such investments;
alternatives, such as rail, to ship bitumen to northern tidewater could become more viable ;
falling oil prices driven by Saudi Arabia;
increased global electrification overtaking fossil fuels—particularly in the Global South—led by China.
the existing Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia tidewater presently is operating at under capacity.
the existing jurisdictional legal, indigenous, and environmental permissions process remains in question.
Court Painter & Portrait of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Court Painter & Portrait of Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe
Court Painter & Portrait of Prime Minister Mark Carney
Just in: To add more potential Fossil Fuel to a Burning Planet : news from Newfoundland
ST. JOHN’S — Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Premier Tony Wakeham says he is heading to Ottawa later today (November 25) with demands for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Wakeham told a St. John’s business conference he wants Carney to designate Bay du Nord — a proposed offshore oil development by Equinor — as a major project of national interest.
The premier declared that Newfoundland and Labrador is “back in the oil business,” adding that the previous provincial government was reluctant to champion the industry.
Updated from June 20,2018 CP post
The less discerning of you might consider this post rather silly ; however, it must be noted that the tale it recounts was a harbinger of The Donald’s infatuation with tariffs related to the Great Dominion !
A Tariff Tale of the Smuggler & The Snitch
“There was a story two days ago in a major newspaper talking about people living in Canada coming into the United States and smuggling things back into Canada because the tariffs are so massive. The tariffs to get common items back into Canada are so high that they have to smuggle ’em in. They buy shoes and they wear them,” he said. They scuff ’em up, they make ’em sound old or look old. No, we’re treated horribly.”
From DJT remarks of June 19.2018:
Donald the Snitch, just blew the whistle on Court Painter’s secret side hustle—smuggling freshly purchased varieties of brand spanking new shoes of all kinds in Sweetgrass Montana,which before loading in his conveyances he “pre scuffed’ real good to assure an undetected smooth passage through the Coutts Alberta customs .
Thanks to Donald the Snitch, Court Painter the Smuggler is now out of the shoe business,shoeless and barefoot back in the studio!
Court Painter seen at the height of his tariff avoiding petty criminal career!