{"id":32459,"date":"2026-02-10T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32459"},"modified":"2026-02-10T19:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T19:24:12","slug":"top-dogs-arf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32459","title":{"rendered":"Top Dogs&#8230;arf!"},"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<p class=\"has-bright-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b0efe9a35297f8b1d0bc3bf48949cf14\">Click link for The Maple article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.readthemaple.com\/top-paid-ceos-made-more-in-33-hours-than-workers-will-in-2026\">https:\/\/www.readthemaple.com\/top-paid-ceos-made-more-in-33-hours-than-workers-will-in-2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-bright-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-9b129384fe954d26a616a7d30caa76b8\">Top-Paid CEOs Made More In 33 Hours Than Workers Will In 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-977ae86cc4d7e41bcc06e0d95a3c65cd\" style=\"color:#f21c10\">A new CCPA report found Canada is increasingly a country of exorbitant wealth alongside persistent poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ab6a1fedbb9a4e7aad4267fb68b75b2f\" style=\"color:#c6180e\">By 9:23 a.m. on January 2 Canada\u2019s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already made what the average worker will make all year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8e43f7443c3b622d732c46f26f345e49\">Court Painter is seen pretending he is the rich CEP (Chief Executive Painter) of the Court Painter Studio Enterprise Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"708\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/money-bags-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/money-bags-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/money-bags-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/money-bags-2-768x544.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 is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-income-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-income-chart.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-income-chart-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-income-chart-768x600.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f2b6785231c40974b7390d1456a9496a\">The reality of Court Painter\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/John-with-special-guests-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/John-with-special-guests-copy.png 600w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/John-with-special-guests-copy-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-brown-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-94349699f191be078e9a786afa2f2fec\">Court Painter seen in full rhythm as entertainer for hire!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-Entertainer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-Entertainer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-Entertainer-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Court-Painter-Entertainer-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-f32560df5632c9173d0aefa639fb1a8b\">A Contrast Between Artists\u2019 Compensation and That of the Top Dogs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79ef3f9965f2c8557fd2c23dba355613\">In 2024 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalhrc.ca\/\">Cultural Human Resources Council<\/a>&nbsp;(CHRC) commissioned Hill Strategies Research to conduct a survey of affordability and working conditions in the careers of artists and other cultural workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-12.58.46-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32466\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-12.58.46-PM.png 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-10-at-12.58.46-PM-300x232.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cd16e1d050b1054dd2323b8bb316520e\" style=\"color:#573512\">So as not to leave the impression that Court Painter and his Press Attach\u00e9, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Court-Painter-rich-man.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Court-Painter-rich-man.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Court-Painter-rich-man-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cigar-AHM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cigar-AHM.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cigar-AHM-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click link for The Maple article https:\/\/www.readthemaple.com\/top-paid-ceos-made-more-in-33-hours-than-workers-will-in-2026 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\u2019s 100 highest-paid CEOs had already made what the average worker will make all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=32459\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top Dogs&#8230;arf!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32459"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32483,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32459\/revisions\/32483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}