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Do you have a source for someone getting their bank account frozen over $50 to their trucker buddies?

flutas 4y ago
I'm pretty sure they are talking about Canada freezing personal accounts of people during the anti-mandate protests. No clue on the veracity of the statement, but here it is repeated by news media[0] which is sourcing a member of the Canadian parliament[1]. [0]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mp-mark-strahl-convoy-protest-briane-bank-account-frozen-1.6360132 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mp-mark-stra... [1]: https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1495472037438967808 https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1495472037438967808
- revolvingocelot 4y ago
  Did you read your zeroth link? It's not the proof you think it is. In fact, I don't think that it's unreasonable to consider it obvious lying... >In a tweet on Sunday, Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl said a woman called Briane, "a single mom from Chilliwack working a minimum wage job," had apparently fallen foul of the Emergencies Act, which was recently invoked by the federal government in a bid to stop protesters occupying streets in downtown Ottawa. >Vancouver Granville MP Taleeb Noormohamed says he's "quite skeptical" about the claim and has written to Strahl asking for more information, offering to help rectify the situation. >Strahl has declined to speak to CBC News about the tweet or give any more information about Briane. >On Monday, the Globe and Mail reported it had been mistakenly sent an email by the Ottawa Police Service, in which a constable said they had gone through the list of donors and found two "Briannes," neither of whom lived in B.C.
  - flutas 4y ago
    > Did you read your zeroth link? It's not the proof you think it is. In fact, I don't think that it's unreasonable to consider it obvious lying... I mentioned that in my previous reply. I never even made a claim of truth or not, I was just giving context for what I believe they were claiming. Don't shoot the messenger. > No clue on the veracity of the statement Also > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- barbazoo 4y ago
  Good old Twitter troll Mark Strahl. Just pushing whatever lie suits his agenda.
dannyw 4y ago
FYI, I'm an Australian and I had my bank account closed without reason 1 month after a $1000 donation to Wikileaks.
- thefounder 4y ago
  Not sure why you are down voted. Let's hope your hn account wont be closed as well now "they" know what you did.
  - baseballdork 4y ago
    Because it is a statement without any context or evidence being used to try and back up another point without any evidence. There are reasons besides donating to wikileaks that could result in a bank account being closed in Australia.
    - thefounder 4y ago
      >> There are reasons besides donating to wikileaks that could result in a bank account being closed in Australia. There could be other reasons but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the only reason. Visa and mastercard suspended payment processing for wikileaks. Some banks were closing accounts if you purchased crypto so it can be even more arbitrary.
zimpenfish 4y ago
Sounds like "one politician who refuses to prove the person actually exists." https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/23/chilliwack-mark-strahl-briane-convoy/ https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/23/chilliwack-mark-str...

I'm pretty sure they are talking about Canada freezing personal accounts of people during the anti-mandate protests. No clue on the veracity of the statement, but here it is repeated by news media[0] which is sourcing a member of the Canadian parliament[1]. [0]: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mp-mark-strahl-convoy-protest-briane-bank-account-frozen-1.6360132 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mp-mark-stra... [1]: https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1495472037438967808 https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1495472037438967808

revolvingocelot 4y ago
Did you read your zeroth link? It's not the proof you think it is. In fact, I don't think that it's unreasonable to consider it obvious lying... >In a tweet on Sunday, Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl said a woman called Briane, "a single mom from Chilliwack working a minimum wage job," had apparently fallen foul of the Emergencies Act, which was recently invoked by the federal government in a bid to stop protesters occupying streets in downtown Ottawa. >Vancouver Granville MP Taleeb Noormohamed says he's "quite skeptical" about the claim and has written to Strahl asking for more information, offering to help rectify the situation. >Strahl has declined to speak to CBC News about the tweet or give any more information about Briane. >On Monday, the Globe and Mail reported it had been mistakenly sent an email by the Ottawa Police Service, in which a constable said they had gone through the list of donors and found two "Briannes," neither of whom lived in B.C.
- flutas 4y ago
  > Did you read your zeroth link? It's not the proof you think it is. In fact, I don't think that it's unreasonable to consider it obvious lying... I mentioned that in my previous reply. I never even made a claim of truth or not, I was just giving context for what I believe they were claiming. Don't shoot the messenger. > No clue on the veracity of the statement Also > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that". > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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barbazoo 4y ago
Good old Twitter troll Mark Strahl. Just pushing whatever lie suits his agenda.

dannyw 4y ago

FYI, I'm an Australian and I had my bank account closed without reason 1 month after a $1000 donation to Wikileaks.

thefounder 4y ago
Not sure why you are down voted. Let's hope your hn account wont be closed as well now "they" know what you did.
- baseballdork 4y ago
  Because it is a statement without any context or evidence being used to try and back up another point without any evidence. There are reasons besides donating to wikileaks that could result in a bank account being closed in Australia.
  - thefounder 4y ago
    >> There are reasons besides donating to wikileaks that could result in a bank account being closed in Australia. There could be other reasons but I wouldn't be surprised if that was the only reason. Visa and mastercard suspended payment processing for wikileaks. Some banks were closing accounts if you purchased crypto so it can be even more arbitrary.

zimpenfish 4y ago

Sounds like "one politician who refuses to prove the person actually exists." https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/23/chilliwack-mark-strahl-briane-convoy/ https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/02/23/chilliwack-mark-str...