Ezra Levant (born 1972) is a Canadian publisher, columnist, lawyer and political activist, is on the right-wing of Canada's conservative movement. He has been critical of Canadian foreign policy, anti-American sentiment in Canadian politicians, is known for his staunch defence of Israel, and is a self-styled advocate for more provincial rights, especially for Western Canada. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... A countrys foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. ... Cover of Anti-Americanism by French author Jean-Francois Revel. ...

Born in Calgary, Levant holds a commerce degree from the University of Calgary and an LL.B. from the University of Alberta. Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ... The University of Calgary is a public university located in the north-western quadrant of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries. ... The University of Alberta (U of A) is a public coeducational research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ...

Supporting the Reform Party of Canada even as a teenager, Levant joined it as a university student. He spent the summer of 1994 in Washington, D.C., in an internship arranged by the libertarian Charles G. Koch Foundation Summer Fellow Program. He worked for the Fraser Institute in 1995, writing Youthquake, which argued for smaller government, including privatization of the Canada Pension Plan. The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party founded in 1987. ... The Fraser Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Canada. ... The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is a contributory, earnings-related social insurance program. ...

In 1997, he came to Ottawa to work for the Reform Party, becoming parliamentary assistant to party leader Preston Manning and being put in charge of Question Period strategy. In early 1999, Levant left Ottawa to join the editorial board of the fledgling National Post newspaper in Toronto. In February, 2001, Levant returned to Ottawa as communications director to Stockwell Day. In May of that year, he resigned over a letter he sent to dissident MP Chuck Strahl, in which he threatened to sue over Strahl's criticisms of his office. Preston Manning Ernest Preston Manning (born June 10, 1942, in Edmonton, Alberta), is a Canadian politician. ... The National Post is a major Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Toronto. ... Stockwell Burt Day Jr. ... Charles Chuck Strahl (born February 25, 1957) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ...

Later in 2001, Levant returned to Calgary to practice law. By February, 2002 he won the Canadian Alliance party nomination for the riding of Calgary Southwest, but stepped aside after public pressure so that new party leader Stephen Harper could run there in a 2002 by-election. When the by-election was called, Levant, who is reported to have spent more than $150,000 in gaining the nomination, announced that he would not step aside. Within a few days, however, he did so after widespread negative reaction from both the public and the party. The Canadian Alliance, formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003. ... Calgary Southwest is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. ... Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. ...

In 2004 Levant co-founded the Western Standard, a national magazine with an emphasis on Western Canada, political conservatism, and libertarianism. On February 14, 2006 the Western Standard drew the attention of the Muslim community by reprinting the controversial editorial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. The Western Standard bills itself as Western Canadas only national news magazine and is printed 24 times a year. ... Western Canada is a geographic region of Canada, also known as simply the West, generally considered to be west of the province of Ontario. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The controversial cartoons of Muhammad, as they were first published in Jyllands-Posten in September 2005. ... For other persons named Muhammad, see Muhammad (name). ...

Levant has written three non-fiction books: Youthquake (1996), Fight Kyoto (2002), and The War On Fun (2005).

External links

• Western Standard website