We just wrapped up at the Federal Court of Appeal in the case of Trudeau's Elections Canada Commissioner against me and Rebel News for my book, The Libranos.

It was a very large courtroom, where I was the only one in the gallery. Sarah Miller, our excellent lawyer, was arguing against a massive team of government lawyers, all paid for by your tax dollars.

There were two main arguments that Sarah made. The first regarded a legal exemption for books, and the second involved lawn signs promoting the book.

“Our submissions relied on the fact that coinciding or planning around an election does not mean that a book was not otherwise going to be published regardless of the election,” Sarah explained. “And the second point was related to the scope of what can be done with a book's advertisement.”

Other books were published at the same time, like the clearly pro-Trudeau book by CBC government journalist Aaron Wherry. I wouldn't want his book banned, but I would ask — why is The Libranos banned when his isn't?

It's an uphill battle in these courts; they defer to the lower decision-makers. They would say Elections Canada are “experts” in election law, we want to defer to them even if they get it wrong, as long as they are “reasonable”.

“The standard of review is a reasonableness standard that has some standard built into it,” added Sarah. 

Whenever you're at the Federal Court of Appeal trying to overturn something, right from the outset you're on the backfoot. There's been no support from book publishers, journalists or authors groups for The Libranos. You would think they'd care about the de facto criminalization of a book.

I think the reason that no other book publisher in Canada cares is because they get massive subsidies from the federal government. I'm relying on you, my friends.

The Libranos is out there, it's still on the shelves. But this is an important fight; we can't let them set the precedent that books and the promotion of books be banned because some bureaucrat thinks it's being mean to Trudeau. They literally talked about how the cover of the book looks like The Sopranos and it's really mean.

I don't think that should be the standard for censorship. Go to TheLibranos.com to see how you can help, or to get your copy of the book today.

Help fund our legal fight against the censorship of Canadian authors — and help save Ezra!

Rebel News is appealing a Federal Court's decision to outlaw 'The Libranos' and to fine Ezra Levant $13,000 for writing it. We have to fight back and set a precedent for freedom. We must fight — not just for Ezra's book, but for everyone’s. Please chip in here to support the appeal — and to help save Ezra from a possible criminal prosecution for his next book about Trudeau. As a special thank-you for any donation of $250 or more, we will send you a hand-signed copy of Ezra's forthcoming book. That book will be a collector’s item — it could literally be banned in Canada! (Thank you.)

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