Court Painter with a still wet portrait of Special rapporteur David Johnston

Former governor general David Johnston issued a decision today on whether Canada needs a public inquiry into foreign interference.

OTTAWA — Special rapporteur David Johnston said Tuesday that a formal inquiry into foreign interference is not needed, that public hearings should be held as part of his own mandate. 

Johnston said an inquiry could not be undertaken in public because of the sensitivity of the intelligence involved, and formal subpoena powers are not required for him to hold his own hearings with diaspora communities, academics and political stakeholders.

Johnston’s verdict came in a report released Tuesday May 23/23. He announced his decision to at a a news conference .

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Johnston as independent special rapporteur on foreign interference in March after a series of stories from The Globe and Mail and Global News reported a range of Chinese government operations to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and to influence policymakers and institutions.

Conservative Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre’s anticipated reaction to news!

Pierre Poilievre ,Conservative Leader expresses his feelings through a painting.

Court Painter is pleased with his capturing the opposition leader under a full head of steam.

The results of the Alberta election on May 29th will determine who the premier is to be. Danielle Smith or Rachel Notley will face what appears to be the most extreme wildfire conditions in the province’s history.

di vobiscum

Editors note: Court Painter wasn’t sure what some of the images were meant to signify and blurted out..’use your imagination ,dammit!’

Smith, Notley to square off in televised leaders debate tonight

Alberta Election 2023: Smith, Notley set to square off in leaders debate 

The debate will be broadcast on TV and radio as well as on Postmedia platforms via a live stream

The leaders of Alberta’s contending political parties are set to square off for a debate tonight in a televised showdown that comes amid tightening polls and with less than two weeks remaining in the 28-day campaign. UCP Leader Danielle Smith and NDP Leader Rachel Notley will be the sole participants in the debate.

Source: iPolitics: Evening Brief May 17/23 4:30pm ET

Liberal & NDP Statements on the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

“Everyone should be able to be who they are and love who they love, free from discrimination and hate… But people from the 2SLGBTQI+ community, particularly transgender people, are still facing a crisis of targeted violence in Canada and across the globe,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said: “New Democrats recommit to standing up to hatred and discrimination wherever it occurs. Together, we can work towards ending bigotry against 2SLGBTQI+ people and create a world where everyone can be who they are and love who they love in safety and dignity.”

Notably, as of press time, there’d been no statement from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

IN other news from the self described aspiring future Prime Minister…

Perhaps he had scheduling conflicts? After all, that’s the reason he’s declined to meet with David Johnston, the special rapporteur on foreign interference appointed by the prime minister. Although the PM, as well as the leaders of the Bloc and NDP have met with Johnston, a spokesman for the self described aspiring future Prime Minister and present Conservative Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre said they couldn’t find a mutually convenient time.

Court Painter with portraits of a broken self described aspiring future prime minister

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Welcome to DeSantis! – A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

• https://youtu.be/R2M5ZeJSZHM

Click link for the sizzling reportage by the National Post

• https://nationalpost.com/news/canadian-government-initiative-has-spent-over-12k-on-senior-sex-stories-shows-taxpayers-federation-says

A Canadian government initiative designed to shore up “the foundations of cultural diplomacy” has spent more than $12,000 on a series of live shows called All the Sex I’ve Ever Had, in which seniors in other countries relate their sexual experiences to an audience, Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) says.

“I’d like to meet the person who thought paying for seniors to relive their sex lives in front of a live audience in another country is a good use of Canadian tax dollars. How do sex stories from seniors in other countries promote Canada?Here’s a novel idea: maybe the government lays off the sex shows until it pays down the $1-trillion debt?”said Franco Terrazzano federal director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and a real Debbie Downer!.

Court Painter ( left) & Press Attache AHM ( right) in preparation to strut their stuff!

READY TO RUMBLE

This is where two sparky tax paying senior citizens, Court Painter and Press Attache A Hardon MacKay chimed in and expressed their displeasure at the rejection by the Canadian government of the offer to perform with well compensated willing participants the reliving of their hardscrabble art sector flavoured sex lives in front of a live audience at a fraction of the price offered to foreign seniors.

The offer was met with typical government distain for a spicy project that would improve seniors lives while giving back to the community.

The ogling population of the Great Dominion will be forever poorer for this rejection!

Press Attache AHM (on the left) is seen with Performance Consultant Stormy D

Studio in rehearsal

Trolling for participants

Court Painter was a male stripper in a former life

Court Painter explaining the project

Press Attache AHM also explaining the project.

Liberal party to hear from Chrétien, Hillary Clinton at convention

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MEANWHILE :

CHINA

CHINA

CHINA

Deal with it!

Wherefore art thou ART ?….Court Painter remains agnostic to the question for fear of losing business…

• https://youtu.be/XMRK0a-nK9c

Footage shows Noh Huyn-soo unpeeling and eating piece of fruit in work by Maurizio Cattelan before reattaching skin to wall

Banana drama: ‘hungry’ South Korean student eats $120,000 artwork

A South Korean art student who ate a banana that formed part of a renowned installation by the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan said he did so because he was “hungry”.

Noh Huyn-soo was filmed brazenly removing the banana, which was duct-taped on to a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art  in Seoul, unpeeling it and eating it in front of stunned onlookers before reattaching the banana skin to the wall using the same tape and walking off with a satisfied grin.

The banana, part of Cattalan’s Comedian installation, gets replaced every two or three days.

Cattalan, a sculptor and performance artist based in New York, was reportedly informed about the incident and simply replied: “No problem.”

It is not the first time a banana from the work has been scoffed. During the work’s debut exhibit at Miami Art Basel in 2019 a banana was removed and eaten by the performance artist David Datuna.

Source: The Guardian May 1,2023

Meanwhile Carmen Miranda struts her stuff in The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat

• https://youtu.be/w7gMF4KAve0

 Misinformation, bigotry and conspiracism acted as battering rams, radically reshaping rightwing politics.

Tucker Carlson may well have been booted from Fox News , but what victory does it represent? The brand of conspiratorial demagoguery he belongs to has succeeded in drastically reshaping rightwing politics. The “paranoid style” that was once identified as a dangerous trend in conservatism is now its main operating system. The consequence? Democracy as we understand it is imperilled in the US and beyond. The likes of Tucker Carlson played their role, but this political catastrophe would never have happened without those who retained ill-deserved reputations for moderation while throwing open the door for the most radical extremism.

excepted from April 26/23 THE GUARDIAN article by Owen Jones

Tucker Carlson has lost his job – but the far right has won the battle for the mainstream Owen Jones

Thank our lucky stars the creeping ‘paranoid style’ of conservatism would never take hold in our Great Dominion politics.

Right guys?

House suspends after bill that recognizes Canadian artists fails to get a sponsor

Manitoba Sen. Patricia Bovey’s bill was supposed to be sponsored in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Jim Carr, who died in December. 

Published Apr 25, 2023 at 8:37am

OTTAWA — The House of Commons took an unplanned break Monday morning after no member of Parliament came forward to sponsor the legislation it was set to debate.

The House was scheduled to tackle a bill that would have recognized the critical role artists and the arts play in every dimension of Canadian life.

“This will be the foundation for developing the necessary policies for the arts, museums and performance halls, art galleries, workshops, publishing houses and more,” said Manitoba Sen. Patricia Bovey, the bill’s sponsor, during a final debate last year. Senator Bovey is a Canadian art historian and former director of the Art Gallery of Victoria and the Winnipeg Art Gallery .

Senator Pat Bovey’s sponsored arts bill fails to get House of Commons sponsor

The Senate passed the bill in October.

It was intended to be the platform for “much-needed policy revisions, updates and parameters for the creative sector in this country, which is the third-largest employer in our nation and yet one whose creators comprise the largest percentage of workers living below the poverty line,” Bovey said.

Bovey’s bill was supposed to be sponsored in the House of Commons by Liberal MP Jim Carr.

But Carr died in December and no MP had been found to take his place on the legislation before it came up on the House schedule on Monday.

Speaker Anthony Rota was forced to suspend the proceedings for an hour until MPs were ready to take up the next item on the agenda.

A spokesperson for government House leader Mark Holland says it’s up to MPs themselves to come forward to sponsor a non-government bill, and the government has no role in determining who sponsors them.

More than 600 people were involved in Bovey’s consultations prior to her bill being tabled in the Senate.

Bovey, who is soon turning 75, is set to retire from the Senate on May 15.

Court Painter seen with thank you portrait of Senator Pat Bovey for her support of the arts!