Conservative Canadian media outlet Rebel News says the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) refused a mortgage application from the organization because of its positions. “I’m embarrassed. I was turned down for a mortgage last week by the Royal Bank,” Rebel News founder Ezra Levant said in a Dec. 29 online video. “I’m almost 50 years old. I’ve been a Royal Bank customer for 22 years. What’s wrong with me? Except I wasn’t rejected because I’m a failure.” Levant says he was looking to secure a commercial mortgage of over $2 million from a local RBC branch to purchase an office building in Calgary. “The local mortgage team approved it, saying it was a very strong application—we have good cash flow, no debt, and I gave the bank a personal guarantee,” Levant told The Epoch Times. “In fact, the local branch offered us the mortgage plus a line of credit. But …