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> locking up peaceful, law-abiding citizens' bank accounts. Did this happen, except in unsubtantiated tweets?
by gowld 5y ago
> locking up peaceful, law-abiding citizens' bank accounts.
Did this happen, except in unsubtantiated tweets?
- gruez 5y ago1. AFAIK only a few dozen (I vaguely remember 70?) individuals were actually affected 2. that said, in the initial news reports, the criteria for who to freeze was quite vague. One source said >The emergency orders require virtually every participant in the Canadian financial system — banks, investment firms, credit unions, loan companies, securities dealers, fundraising platforms and payment and clearing services — to determine whether they possess or control property of a person who is attending an illegal protest or providing supplies to demonstrators. If they find such a person in their customer list, they must freeze their accounts and report it to the RCMP or Canada’s intelligence service, the regulations say. https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emergencies-act-debate-parliament-weighs-declaring-a-public-order-emergency https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emergencies-act-debat... That understandably made some people concerned. 3. regardless of whether they're actually "peaceful, law-abiding citizens" or not, that's for the courts to decide, not the executive branch.