a sit down…

Props used by Court Painter in sit down portraits of PM Carney & President Trump

Prime Minister Carney & President Trump to sit down Monday ahead of G7 start as work continues on tariff deal. PM looking to secure a trade deal to see the U.S. tariffs lift.

Where hope and fault lines abide…

Shiner…

Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism

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

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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.

So…about those SIN numbers…

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. 

Hell freezing over ? …

How it works…

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.

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.