Wed Jun 1, 2022 – 7:30 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – One of the main leaders of the trucker Freedom Convoy says he received an apology from the head office of Scotiabank for freezing his bank account due to his involvement with the protests.
As was first reported by Marc Patrone on Benjamin Dichter’s substack, Dichter disclosed recently that he was emailed a letter from the bank in March.
“Please accept our sincere apologies for the frustration and inconvenience this situation may have caused,” said the email to Dichter from the office of Scotiabank CEO Brian J. Porter dated March 3.
The letter continued, “We can confirm that financial institutions acted quickly to unfreeze accounts after the RCMP notified us that it believes that individuals and entities previously identified are no longer engaged in conduct or activities prohibited under the Emergency Measures Regulations.”
Dichter said, as reported by Patrone, that he does not “believe the banks went out of their way to target clients,” but rather he believes such an order “came from somewhere else.”
“They didn’t do it on their own accord,” Dichter said.
Dichter had written to Scotiabank to ask them to explain to him why his
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