About half of support funds to these anti-democratic and hypocrite truckers in Canada is from the US. That number was in the CBC article that also contained these 4 article snippets about freezing assets (licenses even) of truckers and their supporters.
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...The order says that banks and other financial entities (like credit unions, co-ops, loan companies, trusts and cryptocurrency platforms) must stop "providing any financial or related services" to people associated with the protests — a move that will result in frozen accounts, stranded money and cancelled credit cards.
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...The regulations define a "designated person" who can be cut off from financial services as someone who is "directly or indirectly" participating in a "public assembly that may reasonably be expected to lead to a breach of the peace," or a person engaging in "serious interference with trade" or "critical infrastructure."
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...Because the organizers of this protest have been so public about their participation on social media, "banks won't have a hard time identifying who these people are," Davis said.
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...Over the longer term, Davis said, it may be hard for some of the truckers participating to ever find work again because they could lack the necessary insurance to operate a big rig.
Thursday, Feb 17, 2022 · 6:26:37 PM +00:00 · Satya1
I just wanted to add… I know “must read” may be overused at times. Yet for anyone curious about the details and long ranging implications of asset freezes as a weapon against these extremely destructive actions by these truckers, the CBC article is quite good. I’m also inclined to think that Canadians at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation would have more insight than the typical US corporate media offerings. So I think it is worth a read.
There is also an excellent 3 min. video that highlights this, including brief profiles of the invasion leaders.
Thursday, Feb 17, 2022 · 7:49:24 PM +00:00 · Satya1
Canada and the US obviously has some key differences but I am not very informed about that so I thought I would include comments by CanadianKitty and Gwennedd with this update—
CanadianKitty:
It works differently here. Certain very specific conditions have to be met before the Emergencies Act can be used (and this is the first time it has been used since it came into force in the late 1980s). Parliament debates its justification within 7 days of the declaration, where it can either fly or be cancelled. With NDP support in the House of Commons, that gives Trudeau 184 yes votes — if all other parties side with the conservatives, opposition totals 154 votes, so it looks like the Act will stay in place for 30 days. After that, it must be voted on again to be continued. There is also the fact that regaining legal control of a situation must be beyond the capabilities of local law enforcement, which fits the Ottawa occupation quite well.
A peaceful protest by anyone that does not interfere with the national economy or threaten a locality’s peace and security would never be subject to the invocation of this Act. So “the wrong hands” could not ever use it without a “protest” meeting those very specific requirements.
Also, the federal govt in Canada has more power over the provinces than the feds in USA have over state govts. It’s one of the differences of a parliamentary democracy as opposed to a republic. Generally, it works very well, as I am sure it will in this particular instance.
Gwennedd:
To add to this ^^^
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday financial institutions have moved quickly to freeze the accounts of people linked to the demonstrations in Ottawa, leaving an unknown number of protesters in financial limbo.
Freeland vowed to take more accounts offline in the coming days in an attempt to starve the organizers of the funds they need to continue their occupation of the nation's capital.
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The law also allows banks to target for account closure donors to the GoFundMe and the GiveSendGo fundraising campaigns that fuelled this protest. Freeland said she wouldn't get into the "specifics of whose accounts are being frozen."
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Citing terrorist financing laws, the government has forced crowdfunding websites and payment providers to register with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the government's financial intelligence unit.
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This is on top of cancelling insurances and freezing corporate accounts of the truckers involved in the protests.
Plus...the police are restricting access to the core surrounding Parliament Hill to only those with legitimate business, legal business or residents.
www.cbc.ca/...