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These are the parts that aren't a reasonable argument: > your right to access your own money won’t be put at risk. The bank accounts that were frozen were tho
by SECProto 4y ago
These are the parts that aren't a reasonable argument:
> your right to access your own money won’t be put at risk.
The bank accounts that were frozen were those "that funnel money to demonstrators"[1] - i.e, not their own money.
> any cause that the Canadian government may retro-actively determine to be unacceptable
This was after the invocation of the Emergencies Act, which made it clear that the actions were not permissible. And the use of the Emergencies Act was found to be justified.[2]
[1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-banks-ottawa-protests-1.6353968 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-banks-ottaw...
[2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poec-report-released-friday-1.6750919 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poec-report-released-friday...