High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ezra Levant (born 1972) is a Canadian lawyer, conservative political activist, and blogger. He is the founder and former publisher of the Western Standard and has written several books. Born in Calgary, Levant holds a commerce degree from the University of Calgary and a law degree from the University of Alberta. His great-grandfather emigrated to Canada in 1903 from Russia to establish a homestead near Drumheller, Alberta. Levant grew up in a suburb of Calgary. He attended a Jewish day school in his childhood before transferring to a public junior high school.