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> Canada is now regulating crowdfunding platforms and crypto currency under the Terrorist Financing Act. https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/14933475618

> Canada is now regulating crowdfunding platforms and crypto currency under the Terrorist Financing Act. https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/1493347561876471809 https://twitter.com/TrueNorthCentre/status/14933475618764718... > As of today, financial institutions with be “authorized or directed” to “prohibit the use of property” or freeze accounts - personal or corporate- if the institution suspects that the account holder is financing illegal blockades. https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1493344048932966405 https://twitter.com/TheMarieOakes/status/1493344048932966405 I am absolutely ashamed of what my Government is doing right now. Our PM was singing a different tune when the farmers in my home country were protesting in India. Or the Hong Kong protests. Or the pipeline protests in Canada.

karpierz 5y ago
Under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Which specific regulatory laws would you expect them to be handled under?
- toolz 5y ago
  Protesting is only a crime in authoritarian states. Canadians have the right to assembly and expression explicitly stated in the charter of rights.
  - zozbot234 5y ago
    There's no such thing as a "right" to use trucks to set up an illegal blockade. The trucker convoys are not protesting to fairly and legitimately raise awareness about their grievances; they're trying to get the upper hand by illegal means because much of public opinion clearly opposes their stance already. It's a simple matter, really. A response is quite appropriate.
    - fbfgh 5y ago
    - _dain_ 5y ago
      - mmastrac 5y ago
        I'm assuming you're referring to Seattle's zone, which was an American political issue, not a Canadian one. It would be more apt to compare to the recent environmental occupations in _Canada_ over the last few years, as we are not the United States.
        _dain_ 5y ago
        >which was an American political issue, not a Canadian one need I even bother digging up trudeau's statements of support re: american floyd protests? come on, you know this is a feeble distinction. other countries (like my own) never needed or implemented these crude, tyrannical vaccine mandates. trudeau is an international laughing stock.
        mmastrac 5y ago
        Regardless of his comments on the Floyd protests (which I do not have in front of me), the Canadian situation is comparable only to other Canadian protests. We are not America, and we are a country that has its own way of doing things. Using the phrase "tyrannical vaccine mandates" is not a great way to ensure a productive discussion, however.
        _dain_ 5y ago
        >the Canadian situation is comparable only to other Canadian protests selective parochialism; you would not hesitate to criticize brutal anti-protest measures in say, russia. >Using the phrase "tyrannical vaccine mandates" is not a great way to ensure a productive discussion, however. why should I mince words? that is what they are. just because the canadian ruling party has groupthinked themselves otherwise, does not mean it is not tyrannical. I will criticise the regime the same as I criticise other tyrannical despotisms.
  - karpierz 5y ago
    Correct, but the protestors aren't being charged with protesting.
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karpierz 5y ago

Under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Which specific regulatory laws would you expect them to be handled under?

toolz 5y ago
Protesting is only a crime in authoritarian states. Canadians have the right to assembly and expression explicitly stated in the charter of rights.
- zozbot234 5y ago
  There's no such thing as a "right" to use trucks to set up an illegal blockade. The trucker convoys are not protesting to fairly and legitimately raise awareness about their grievances; they're trying to get the upper hand by illegal means because much of public opinion clearly opposes their stance already. It's a simple matter, really. A response is quite appropriate.
  - fbfgh 5y ago
  - _dain_ 5y ago
    - mmastrac 5y ago
      I'm assuming you're referring to Seattle's zone, which was an American political issue, not a Canadian one. It would be more apt to compare to the recent environmental occupations in _Canada_ over the last few years, as we are not the United States.
      - _dain_ 5y ago
        >which was an American political issue, not a Canadian one need I even bother digging up trudeau's statements of support re: american floyd protests? come on, you know this is a feeble distinction. other countries (like my own) never needed or implemented these crude, tyrannical vaccine mandates. trudeau is an international laughing stock.
        mmastrac 5y ago
        Regardless of his comments on the Floyd protests (which I do not have in front of me), the Canadian situation is comparable only to other Canadian protests. We are not America, and we are a country that has its own way of doing things. Using the phrase "tyrannical vaccine mandates" is not a great way to ensure a productive discussion, however.
        _dain_ 5y ago
        >the Canadian situation is comparable only to other Canadian protests selective parochialism; you would not hesitate to criticize brutal anti-protest measures in say, russia. >Using the phrase "tyrannical vaccine mandates" is not a great way to ensure a productive discussion, however. why should I mince words? that is what they are. just because the canadian ruling party has groupthinked themselves otherwise, does not mean it is not tyrannical. I will criticise the regime the same as I criticise other tyrannical despotisms.
- karpierz 5y ago
  Correct, but the protestors aren't being charged with protesting.

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