A white painted surface will not absorb nearly as much heat and is well under the critical temperatures of the core material. Like any airplane, the more you have flying, the more exposure we have to accidents. A canard airplane is not difficult to fly but is different than any other airplane and we encourage a factory check-out prior to the first flight. Once past the first 10 hours of flight time, the Velocity accident rate is no different than most general aviation airplane. The answer is quite simple.
Flaps add lift.
If we add lift to the main wing, then we would have to add lift to the canard. This would require the use of some sort of leading edge slat arrangement that would not only be difficult to build but also would have to be made so that there would be no way to deploy the flaps without deploying the canard leading edge slats and vice versa. There must be a balance in lift between the wing and canard in order to provide a safe airplane.