Ezra Levant Loses Appeal

[fluffy]

Ezra Levant has lost an appeal of the guilty verdict in his widely covered 2014 defamation suit against Saskatchewan lawyer Khurram Awan. Mr. Levant has now put up a website begging his followers for a bail-out on judgements and fees totaling $165,000.00. Any takers ? C'mon...it's Christmas.

http://en.cijnews.com/?p=142401

http://www.standwithezra.ca/

[maryjane48]

lol id give him money if he promises to disappear

[alfred2]

Off topic

[w84u2]

How much would it take? I'll chip in.

[fluffy]

How much would it take? I'll chip in.

Fill yer boots:

https://standwithezra.nationbuilder.com/contribute

[Omnitheo]

I'm repeatedly told that the problem with criminals in Canada is that they're encouraged to break the law because of Canada's theory based justice system and lack of any real punishment. As many on this forum so often say: "Lock him up and throw away the key"

[The Green Barbarian]

I'm repeatedly told that the problem with criminals in Canada is that they're encouraged to break the law because of Canada's theory based justice system and lack of any real punishment. As many on this forum so often say: "Lock him up and throw away the key"

I think you are confusing civil and criminal law. And who was this guy again that Ezra got into all that trouble with?

[bob vernon]

Ezra Levant loses appeal? He lost his appeal to most clearly thinking people long ago. Only twisted, hateful, right-wingers find anything appealing in this guy.

[The Green Barbarian]

Ezra Levant loses appeal? He lost his appeal to most clearly thinking people long ago. Only twisted, hateful, right-wingers find anything appealing in this guy.

It's unfortunate that the twisted hateful leftists here always curl up in a ball and shriek at the name of Ezra Levant. But of course they do that whenever anyone challenges their backward beliefs and failed ideology so why would this be any different. If they would look into the situation here they'd see that Mark Steyn and Ezra stood up to political correctness being used as an intimidation tactic in this example and won. Free speech was being attacked, and in a rare moment of collaboration, both the right and the left worked together to fight the good fight, and pressured "human rights" commissions across the country to walk away from a trumped up "human rights" complaint against Macleans magazine. Good job and well done by all parties, in what was truly a team effort.

In the process, one of the complainants sued Ezra for defamation. But that was just a small piece of a very big puzzle.

[The Green Barbarian]

Ezra Levant has lost an appeal of the guilty verdict in his widely covered 2014 defamation suit against Saskatchewan lawyer Khurram Awan. Mr. Levant has now put up a website begging his followers for a bail-out on judgements and fees totaling $165,000.00. Any takers ? C'mon...it's Christmas.

If you read your own links, you'd see that what you are representing above is not correct. He is asking for money not just for a "bail-out" on judgments, but money to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada.

[fluffy]

Ezra Levant has lost an appeal of the guilty verdict in his widely covered 2014 defamation suit against Saskatchewan lawyer Khurram Awan. Mr. Levant has now put up a website begging his followers for a bail-out on judgements and fees totaling $165,000.00. Any takers ? C'mon...it's Christmas.

If you read your own links, you'd see that what you are representing above is not correct. He is asking for money not just for a "bail-out" on judgments, but money to appeal the verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Actually he's not at all specific about how your contributions will be spent other than that they will go into a "legal fund". They could be past bills, current bills, or bills yet to come.

Here's what the website actually says:

Contribute
Left-wing political activists have filed literally dozens of nuisance lawsuits and legal complaints against Ezra, just to slow him down and cost him money. The goal is simple: burn up Ezra's time and money, and morale.
Please chip in to his legal defence fund here.

[fluffy]

It's unfortunate that the twisted hateful leftists here always curl up in a ball and shriek at the name of Ezra Levant. But of course they do that whenever anyone challenges their backward beliefs and failed ideology so why would this be any different. If they would look into the situation here they'd see that Mark Steyn and Ezra stood up to political correctness being used as an intimidation tactic in this example and won. Free speech was being attacked, and in a rare moment of collaboration, both the right and the left worked together to fight the good fight, and pressured "human rights" commissions across the country to walk away from a trumped up "human rights" complaint against Macleans magazine. Good job and well done by all parties, in what was truly a team effort.

Freedom of Speech does not mean freedom from repercussions of what you say should you choose to contravene the law, and that is exactly what happened here.

If I saw a liberal "journalist" using the same tactics and lack of ethics that The Rebel and Levant does I would hold them in equal contempt. For me it's not a right/left issue, it's a right/wrong issue.

[The Green Barbarian]

Here's what the website actually says:

Here's what your link said:

Determined to appeal to the Supreme Court, Levant asks Canadians who believe in free speech to help him cover the legal costs which total $165,000 dollars, including the $80,000 judgement, plus the $70,000 cost penalty, plus $15,000 more for the appeal.

[The Green Barbarian]

Freedom of Speech does not mean freedom from repercussions of what you say should you choose to contravene the law, and that is exactly what happened here.
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Well, we'll see what the Canadian Supreme Court has to say on this.

[fluffy]

Here's what your link said:

Determined to appeal to the Supreme Court, Levant asks Canadians who believe in free speech to help him cover the legal costs which total $165,000 dollars, including the $80,000 judgement, plus the $70,000 cost penalty, plus $15,000 more for the appeal.

That's what CIJ News reported, the actual plea on Ezra's site is somewhat less specific.