Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without trial or legal recourse
I&#x27;m seeing a lot of terrible takes by Americans, and a lot of Canadians shaking their heads. It seems theres a lot of disinformation crossing the border.<p>* Quoting Ezra Levant is just... hilarious. His news rag has been banned from so many press events.<p>* We JUST had a federal election where these protesters could have made their point. Instead they chose to strangle the capitol and borders across the country.<p>* Over a thousand donors to the Convoy have been linked to the Jan 6th capitol demonstration and attack.<p>* 3 weeks of disruption to the nation&#x27;s capital with horns blaring overnight, arson attempts, and weapons seizures is not &quot;non-violent&quot;. There is not much difference between storming a capital and strangling one. Police and Military members were involved in creating supply lines and creating an occupation. And there were plans to block airport cargo terminals. The economic impacts across the nation are in the billions of dollars.<p>* The freezing of finances IS NOT retroactive, thanks to our charter, meaning if you donated to the convoy before the invocation of the Emergencies Act, you won&#x27;t be targeted. The only accounts were “individuals and companies suspected of involvement in illegal acts,” such as “influencers in the illegal protest in Ottawa” and vehicle owners and drivers “who did not want to leave the area impacted by the protest.”<p>* It&#x27;s hard to see the act as a tyrannical overreach if it can be challenged in court and has a public inquiry<p>* Police didn&#x27;t enforce the law which is why the feds needed to intervene. The public inquiry (required by the act) should reveal why police forces were unable to shut down these protests earlier, and where the money was flowing. If donor lists are to be believed, there was a significant amount of foreign funding into this operation, as well as members of the public service.