This is a short list of books once banned by various levels of government in Canada.

For one thing, national carriers may now plunge into markets from which they were once banned.

Already, airlines from the European Union's 11 countries are moving into markets once banned to them.

A basketball rule book was once banned because Lawson hadn't written it.

They were once banned from a repeat performance on Much Music.

He was once banned from amateur competition due to his interest in a sporting goods store.

Once banned from the contest, 12 different varieties of spirits were used this year.

The girls here were no longer quite so carefree; and violence, once banned from the house, was now a regular feature of their lives.

Among the teachers are dissidents who were once banned from the classrooms.

Once banned from schools for its descriptions of hustling and drugs, the book is now assigned reading.