Shakedown
How Our Government is Undermining Democracy in the Name of Human Rights
Winner of the Writer's Trust of Canada / Samara's - Best Canadian Political Book of the Last 25 Years
Part memoir, part investigative journalism, this is a shocking and controversial look at the corruption of Canada’s human rights commissions.
“On January 11, 2008, I was summoned to a 90-minute government interrogation. My crime? As the publisher of Western Standard magazine, I had reprinted the Danish cartoons of Mohammed to illustrate a news story. I was charged with the offence of “discrimination,” and made to appear before Alberta’s “human rights commission” for questioning. As crazy as it sounds, I became the only person in the world to face legal sanction for printing those cartoons.”
As a result of this highly publicized event, Ezra…
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October 27, 2009
Ezra Levant is a lawyer, journalist and political activist. As the publisher of the Western Standard magazine, he was charged by the Government of Alberta for publishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. He is a frequent radio talk show guest known for his plain-spoken opinions, and he has written columns for media as diverse as the Calgary Sun and Canadian Lawyer. He has also written four non-fiction books: Youthquake, Fight Kyoto, The War on Fun, and, his most recent book, Shakedown, was a national bestseller. He lives in Calgary.
