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Fraser Institute/Calgary Chamber of Commerce Shakedown event a hit

By Ezra Levant on April 7, 2009 10:59 PM | | |

The Fraser Institute luncheon at Calgary's Chamber of Commerce was sold out today -- it was literally cheek by jowl in there! I even saw someone who had come to my book-signing at Chapters last Friday, too -- that was pretty neat to see someone at two events.

I told the audience how critical my Internet supporters have been to my battle -- and how, without the technologies of YouTube, blogging and PayPal, it would have been impossible to denormalize the human rights commissions and to pay for all the nuisance suits they've filed against me. The Internet has democratized the world, and has made asymmetrical political warfare possible -- in my case, one private person taking on a multi-million dollar industry.

In keeping with the Internet theme, I snapped a quick picture of the crowd, and told them I was going to put it on my blog for those who couldn't attend in person. Here's that shot:

FI Calgary.jpgBy the way, the two women in the middle of the shot are Connie Osterman and Nomi Whelan. They both served on Alberta's human rights commission when it was founded. Like Alan Borovoy, the long-time general counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, they can't believe what has happened to the organization they helped build -- it has strayed so far from its liberal roots, and is almost unrecognizable to its founders. It was pretty amazing to have their support.

Thanks to everyone who attended the lunch, and of course to the Fraser Institute, which has now hosted me in three cities on my tour -- all three events being full to the rafters. And mazel tov to my friend Nadeem Esmail, the boss of FI's Calgary office, who became a dad just last week!

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