Ezra And The Law: A Small Victory?

Ezra Levant's twitter feed from back in the fall of 2017:

Ezra's twitter feed today, after I sent a series of emails to the Alberta Law Society and then the Law Society of  Ontario arguing that, since the guy is no longer a lawyer, he shouldn't be allowed to go around calling himself one:

Now, correlation does not = causation, but I know the Ontario body was in touch with him (File 2017-211411), and I'd like to think I helped in a small way to make Ezra's life more miserable.

Ezra Levant's Hearing Before Alberta Law Society Has Been...

...postponed while they consider his application to resign.  Sounds like he wants to swing a trade; he'll quit if he exits with a clean slate.  In the end, though, he won't be able to say he's a lawyer anymore, and he won't be able to make $ from it.  Good either way?

Ezra Gets His Date

Ezra Levant

Type: Hearing First Date of Hearing: Feb 29, 2016 Last Date of Hearing: Mar 02, 2016 Date/Status Details: Calgary Hearing Detail:         CO20142249 / HE20150107 It is alleged that you were publicly discourteous or disrespectful to a Commissioner or Tribunal Chair of the Alberta Human Rights Commission and that such conduct is deserving of sanction. It is alleged that your public comments regarding the Alberta Human Rights Commission were inappropriate and unbecoming and that such conduct is deserving of sanction. CO20140632 / HE20150107 It is alleged your public comments regarding the Alberta Human Rights Commission were inappropriate and unbecoming and that such conduct is deserving of sanction.

Some background.  The road to this hearing has been long and winding, passing through Alberta Law Society Appeal Panel.  Their decision was pretty damning:

Bit more background here.  FWIW, the law society website now has Ezra's status as "non-practicing".  Given how often he screws up, you'd  think he would want as much practice as he could get.  He's obviously not very good with this law talking thing.

Of Sufficient Magnitude: More Excerpts From Ezra Levant Vs. Arman Chak Law Society Of Alberta Appeal Hearing

Ezra argues:

There are tens of thousands of inactive lawyers like me in Canada. They include politicians like Peter MacKay and Thomas Mulcair. Sometimes these politician-lawyers are polite. Sometimes they aren’t. Two years ago, my fellow member of the Law Society of Alberta, an opposition politician named Rachel Notley, compared the Alberta Energy Regulator to a “banana republic”. It’s a quasi-judicial tribunal, like the human rights commission. But it’s unthinkable that the Law Society would have prosecuted her for being “discourteous” to a government agency. Because we live in a democracy and value public debate.

A rebuttal from the proceeding transcripts:

And on Ezra's various misrepresentations:

For example Ezra claimed that Mr. Chak was a "Muslim immigrant ":

And finally, my favorite bit from the decision:

If I can I will upload the entire document later.

And later is now now.

Ezra Meets The Truth, Lies To Its Face

Ezra's back in Dutch with the Alberta Law Society for an alleged breach of their professional standards.  He writes in his own defense:

To my knowledge the decision to prosecute me is unprecedented. ...I’m not even a practicing lawyer. I’m a journalist who happens to be trained in the law. 

Well, no, this is not the case.  From the proceedings of his appeal, some words from R. Sharma on behalf of the complaintant:

I think he's referring to Lund V. Boissoin, which wound up in 2012.