{"id":30671,"date":"2025-08-28T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30671"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T16:14:55","slug":"crickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=30671","title":{"rendered":"crickets&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Court-Painter-Blank-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Court-Painter-Blank-x.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Court-Painter-Blank-x-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Court-Painter-Blank-x-768x517.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-388ae1673bad5fe53ff875e3f0299536 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c4140a\">The term \u201ccrickets\u201d is often used to mean&nbsp;<strong>absolute silence; no communication<\/strong>,<strong>no reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written response<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-dbdbbd636eb709c11a80dc2f6b6f0198 wp-block-paragraph\">Court Painter has chosen blank canvases to represent the government&#8217;s silence.I hope you approve!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xqIrA4MBY9\">https:\/\/t.co\/xqIrA4MBY9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nationlnewswatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nationlnewswatch<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natnewswatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@natnewswatch<\/a><\/p>&mdash; harding (@harding16263914) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harding16263914\/status\/1961088305358934063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">OTTAWA &#8212; Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist.  On Aug. 20, the administration of U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-blue-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1fa53922e91efc7c8218c9277e2bf111 wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Kimberly Prost, a judge on the International Criminal Court<em> who authorized a probe into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9fe59e382e91a4cfdff99d5352fd2370 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#be1006\">Ottawa has said nothing publicly about the move to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Kersten, a University of the Fraser Valley professor who specializes in the ICC, said when the first Trump administration sanctioned two senior ICC officials from Africa in 2020, Canada issued a public statement saying that generally, ICC staff <strong>should not be sanctioned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is about whether or not we believe that opposing sanctions against people who are trying to hold war criminals to account is something that we do, or whether we remain silent and do nothing,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d04acb276db52399c5076cd0f3713d6f wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c8140b\">Kersten said the lack of Canada saying anything after one of its own citizens was sanctioned is &#8220;a foreign-policy failure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It seems to me to be \u2026 upholding our principles and openly protecting our citizens from egregious sanctions is worth sacrificing at the altar of appeasing Donald Trump, at a time when we&#8217;re negotiating with him,&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;If we don&#8217;t do anything about this now, it won&#8217;t just be the ICC. We will normalize the use of coercive sanctions, not only against our citizens, but against people who have done exactly nothing wrong and who have dedicated their lives to serve others.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c4d41feec819310e34e2f659a49f8657 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#f82c21\"><strong>Edited from a report by The Canadian Press that was first published Aug. 28, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-blank-z-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Court-Painter-Blank-stare-2-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-4-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-2-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CP-blank-2-768x589.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term \u201ccrickets\u201d is often used to mean&nbsp;absolute silence; no communication,no reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written response. Court Painter has chosen blank canvases to represent the government&#8217;s silence.I hope you approve! 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