Ethical oil campaign polishes oilsands image cbc news. Mar 10, 2017 it was levant who popularized the concept of ethical oil with his 2011 book of the same name, which won the national business book award. With his trademark candor, levant asks hardhitting questions. Alberta law society accepts ezra levants resignation. He has worked at the predominantly neoconservative american enterprise institute and was manager of research at the foundation for the defense of democracies. Alberta law society accepts ezra levants resignation ctv news. In ethical oil, levant exposes the hypocrisy of the wests dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma. Yes, the global fall in oil prices have hurt the industry too. This is all standard operating procedure for levant. As the publisher of western standard magazine, he was charged by the government of alberta for publishing the danish cartoons of mohammed. In the book, he states his case for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a gas extraction technique. Another day, another alberta company laying off hundreds of people, reports therebel.
Oct 04, 2011 see the 2 follow up interviews ezra did on this topic on the oct 4th 2011 with former us ambassador to canada david wilkins pn the xl pipeline and patrick brazeau on the benefits of the oil sands. The case for canadas oil sands is a book written by canadian lawyer, talkshow host and lobbyist ezra levant, which makes a case for exploiting the athabasca oil sands and its sister projects in alberta. How our government is undermining democracy in the. Ezra levant s now defunct program the echoed krauses conspiracy talking points and added allegations of environmental charities laundering money for political special interests. Notleys ndp have created in the first madeinalberta. Publicly traded oil companies with active tar sands operations have a very high level of foreign ownership 71 per cent. Ethical oil, by ezra levant the objective standard. Read ezra levant s bestselling books debunking environmentalist propaganda against the energy industry. Ethical oil 2010underscoreswhat is happening in canada. He decided then and there his next book would make the case for albertas oilsands using the criteria all liberals hold dear.
The case for canadas oil sands kindle edition by levant, ezra. See the 2 follow up interviews ezra did on this topic on the oct 4th 2011 with former us ambassador to canada david wilkins pn the xl pipeline and patrick brazeau on the benefits of the oil sands. Surely the ethical oil institute will agree that this level of foreign. The objective standard below is the thirteenyear archive of our quarterly journal, the objective standard.
Oil is crucial to human life, not only as a source of energy that fuels our homes, businesses, cars, airplanes, and hospitals, but also as a key component of countless products on which our lives and prosperity dependfrom medical devices and cell phones, to. And they decided to lay off 200 more employees, and reduce their capital spending as low as they could. This is ezra levant and andrew nikiforuk debate ethics of albertas oilsands by trevor howell on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the. Wedge ad hoc the facts the source is a political discussion program hosted by ezra levant and broadcast on the specialty service sun news network. Ezra levant ethical oil versus conflict oil youtube. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Canada is a good petro state and therefore heavy crude is good.
Mar 17, 2011 a runin with angry dogooders during an oilsands discussion panel at a writers festival fueled ezra levants interest in ethical oil. While many north americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. Ezra isaac levant born 1972 is a canadian media personality, conservative political activist, writer, and broadcaster. Fraser institute fraserinstituteorg summary attempting to restrict american imports of canadian oil is a mistake that ignores both the reality of us dependence on imported oi. Saudi arabia is a bad petro state and therefore its light. By the end of the book that tiger lies bloodless and crushed. Readers at all points on the political spectrum will want to read this timely and provocative new book, which is sure to spark debate. Acanadian business with canadian clients is not just a canadian business anymore. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. According to documents at the federal lobbying commissioners website, ezra levant has.
Recall that when the ethical oil institute launched its allegedly 100% canadian ourdecision. But, like other errors dotted through ethical oil, it doesnt help his thesis. Ezra levant is a canadian television and radio personality, conservative political activist, and author of ethical oil. Levant, lead propagandist for albertas ethical oil, called chiquita anti canadian bigots. The case of lebanon and israel article pdf available april 20 with 1,723 reads how we measure reads.
Jan, 2012 the eerie echoes of ethical oils recent advertising campaign and backandforth timing have led some to recall previously discussed ties between stephen harpers conservative government and key ethical oil figures ezra levant and former executive director alykhan velshi now safely back in the pmo. Meanwhile, ethical oil authored the our decision campaign to advocate the approval of the northern gateway pipeline and energy trade with the asian market. Levant has seemingly been able to convert that solid he did harp years ago into quite a career, including as a shill for the oil industry. Forestethics advocacy released a gamechanging research brief today documenting the massive foreign control of albertas tar sands oil industry. Sep 30, 2014 ezra levant stays silent after networks apology to justin trudeau. Despite the gravity of the climate crisis, a recent mli editorial urges canada to leverage its energy advantage by doubling down on policies that support the energy sector. Macdonaldlaurier institute corporate mapping project. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The group admits that it receives funding from companies active in the tar sands.
Jun 05, 2014 ezra levant promotes ethical gas sun news pundit says environmentalists should support fracking chris adams news editor a fter championing the oilsands in ethical oil, ezra levant is back with a new book, groundswell. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas. The authors ranting, whether on the page or in his hyperactive media appearances to plug his book, is entertaining. On january 11, 2008, i was summoned to a 90minute government interrogation. In ethical oil, levant turns his attention to another hotbutton topic. Cue ezra levants outrage at this foreign influence in canadian interests.
With the oil sands at our disposal, is it ethically responsible to import our oil from the sudan, russia. Number 3 with ezra levant, lawyer, journalist, and. Now levants basic argument on ethical oil reads like a grade two primer. Ethical oil institute pdf, in focus publication of canadians for. With a great lineup in an exciting destination we are expecting record attendance and i would encourage anyone considering making the. Questions about the relationship between ethical oil and. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the ethical oil, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country.
The case for canadas oil sands, the book that popularized the phrase ethical oil, which is now being used by the conservative government in canada as justification for the expansion of the athabasca tar sands. Ezra levant winner of the writers trust of canada samaras 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 canadas human rights commissions. May 03, 2011 levant thoroughly documents the double standards and hypocrisy of the ethical funds and environmental activists which act as unquestioning quislings for a rogues gallery of overseas oil producers which are setting out to undermine canadas wonderful oil resource most with very nasty cvs, appalling environmental practices and brutal. If you have a current digital or premium subscription, your subscriber files epub, mobi, pdf will be accessible from this page when you are logged in.
Nov 17, 2014 levant has seemingly been able to convert that solid he did harp years ago into quite a career, including as a shill for the oil industry. Ezra levant stays silent after networks apology to justin. Ceo of southwestern energy and ezra levant will deliver the closing luncheon address. As the publisher of western standard magazine, he was charged by the government of alberta for publishing the danish cartoons of. With files from susan delacourt and donovan vincent. When he faces attack, levant tends to hit back ruthlessly against what he calls the liberal media elite. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Well never take foreign money to undermine our countrys national interests.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ethical oil. Canadas ethical oil fallacy council of canadians, london. Ethical oil the founders of are ezra levant and alykhan velshi. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all. Theres an increasing urgency to discuss human rights issues.
Alykhan velshi is a lawyer, policy analyst, and ministerial assistant. Full of tightly knit arguments and uncontroversial facts, levant slays the paper tiger thrown up by the anti oil sands movement. In the 261 page book, ezra levant makes the case that in terms of four criteria the environment, conflict, economic and social justice and freedom from oppression. In a story published on december 12th, quebec news outlet tva nouvelle asserted that leaders of two mosques located in the montreal neighborhood of cotedesneiges demanded that female workers be removed from nearby construction sites. Related stories resignation hearing before alberta law society for ezra levant. But the ndps response to that crisis has only made the situation worse. He is the founder and former publisher of the western standard, a former columnist for sun media, and former host of a daily program on the sun news network from the channels inception in 2011 until its demise in 2015.
In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public affairs book of the year. Ezra levant stays silent after networks apology to justin trudeau. Tar sands oil companies 71 percent foreignowned cue ezra. Those other countries may, or may not, be all that ethical. It states that its website, began as a blog created by alykhan velshi in july 2011 to promote ideas espoused by journalist ezra levant in his book ethical oil. Simply hover over an issue cover, and click the quick view button. Levant thoroughly documents the double standards and hypocrisy of the ethical funds and environmental activists which act as unquestioning quislings for a rogues gallery of overseas oil producers which are setting out to undermine canadas wonderful oil resource most with very nasty cvs, appalling environmental practices and brutal regimes. Some supposedly canadian oil companies including suncor, canadian natural resources limited, imperial oil and husky are. Pdf the alberta tar sands, and the proposed pipelines which would carry their. The intent of the corporate mapping project database is to engage canadians in a conversation about the role of the fossil fuel sector in our democracy, by mapping how power and influence play out in the oil, gas and coal industries of bc, alberta and saskatchewan. Levant thoroughly documents the double standards and hypocrisy of the ethical funds and environmental activists which act as unquestioning quislings for a.
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