In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas. From the bestselling creator of ethical oil comes a provocative exploration of the shale gasoline rush. Macdonaldlaurier institute corporate mapping project. The case for canadas oil sands ebook written by ezra levant. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling ebook shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most essential public affairs ebook of the 12 months. The worlds black gold seven of the globes wealthiest corporations are. In ethical oil, levant turns his attention to another hotbutton topic. Here is a summary of our news and analysis of ethical oil. The ethical oil campaign began with ezra levant, a political activist. Ethical oil the founders of are ezra levant and alykhan velshi. The ethical oil institute has been described as a nonprofit astroturf organization that started as a joint project of ezra levant and alykhan velshi the ethical oil institute was officially incorporated on march 9, 2011, and has since become a prominent rightwing echo chamber that operates the website.
Ezra levant, the bestselling author of ethical oil and other troublemaking books, is here to say what noone in the liberal media will. Tar sands oil companies 71 percent foreignowned cue ezra. Levant thoroughly documents the double standards and hypocrisy of the ethical funds and environmental activists which act as. Surely the ethical oil institute will agree that this level of foreign intervention is a. The notion of ethical oil was popularized this past summer by canadian conservative pundit and author ezra levant in his book ethical oil. Earlier this month, a series of ads were released by alykhan velshi as a part of ezra levant s ethical oil campaign which aims to defend the tar sands image. 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. In this chapter, i analyze the ongoing use and evolution of the ethical oil frame, popularized by ezra levant in his book, ethical oil.
The term is used in canada and was originally coined by rightwing hack ezra levant in an effort to mitigate the negative publicity that development of the tar sands had gathered due to its massive ecological destructiveness. The case for canadas oil sands kindle edition by levant, ezra. Ezra levant has a wonderfully sarcastic way of challenging the oil sheiks who would prefer the world to not develop domestic oil. Ethical oil attacks sierra club finances during fundraising season john bennett socalled ethical oil has filed yet another complaint with the canada revenue agency against the sierra club of canada, just as the annual fall fundraising season began. As the publisher of western standard magazine, he was charged by the government of alberta for publishing the danish cartoons of. Various complaints have been brought against himmost notably the human rights complaint for publishing the danish. In groundswell, ezra levant examines the fracking revolution. Saudi arabia and opec organization of petroleum exporting. Download pdf ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands. 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. Or will trudeau do what his father did play the role of antiamerican gadfly, to the delight of the third world but the detriment of canadians. Number 3 with ezra levant, lawyer, journalist, and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading ethical oil. Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query.
Ethical oil is a proalberta oilsands organization founded by former sun media personality and conservative political activist ezra levant. Ethical oil navy general library program downloadable. Please contact the content providers to delete contents if any and email us, well remove relevant links or contents immediately. 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. 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 fights back against saudis go pound sand. Ethical oil is an attempt to rebrand the athabasca tar sands into more palatable terms, along with the alberta oil industry in general. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. Oil sands in canada download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Levant explains what fracking is and explores what its enemies dont want you to know and why it has the potential to vary our future. This file contains additional information such as exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. The book, written by ezra levant, a rightwing political activist and lawyer, gave this simplified primer. The case for canadas oil sands is an example of the current neoliberal perspective that pervades mainstream media and argues in support of oil sands development in alberta.
Read ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands online, read in mobile or kindle. Levants book has clearly had a huge impact on the debate. Alykhan velshi is a lawyer, policy analyst, and ministerial assistant. The intent of the campaign is to draw attention to ethical abuses connected to oil from sources outside canada.
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. Download pdf the canadian oil sands free online new. The conservative political activist is soon to be the prime time talk show host on sun tv and presumably, canadas answer to fox news glenn beck. Trumping trudeau download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
Levant is a canadian journalist, political commentator, and lawyer. Ezra levant ethical oil versus conflict oil youtube. Sun media and author of ethical oil ezra levant belligerently prunes a tiny cedar as an insult to saint suzuki and a koranburningstyle assault on the sanctity of earth day. Click download or read online button to get oil sands in canada book now. Download ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands ebook free in pdf and epub format. Ethical oil is known for campaigns targeting opponents of albertas tar sands. Ezra levant discusses the issue of oil resources in canada and the ethical aspects of importing oil from saudi arabia where human rights violations are commonplace as opposed to developing domestic oil resources. But, like other errors dotted through ethical oil, it doesnt help his thesis. Ezra levant celebrates earth day ethicaloil oil youtube. He has worked at the predominantly neoconservative american enterprise institute and was manager of research at. By jillian smith, university of birmingham the phrase ethical oil went mainstream in canada in 2010 after a national bestseller of the same name.
High performance government 2010 frontier centre for public policy number 3 with ezra levant, lawyer, journalist, and political activist ezra levant is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist. In his new book, ezra levant, the bestselling author of ethical oil and other troublemaking books, is here to say what noone in the liberal media will. Still ethical oil the rhetoric of oil in the twentyfirst century. Pdf ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands download. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. This week i attended the national business book awards luncheon in toronto where ezra levant s ethical oil. In 2009, ezra levant s bestselling book shakedown revealed the corruption of canadas human rights commissions and was declared the most important public. In ethical oil, levant turns his consideration to a different hotbutton matter. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ethical oil by ezra levant free mobi epub ebooks download. Dont tell him, but i think ezra levant s whole ethical oil concept might be a psychological own goal for the people trying to promote the unrestricted growth of canadas oil sands. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read ethical oil. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Read ethical oil the case for canadas oil sands by ezra levant available from rakuten kobo.
Cue ezra levants outrage at this foreign influence in canadian interests. The authors ranting, whether on the page or in his hyperactive media appearances to plug his book, is entertaining. The case for canadas oil sands kindle edition by ezra. 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. Business ethics concepts cases and canadian perspectives pdf. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Lobbyist and political pundit ezra levants ethical oil.
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