Fri Feb 18, 2022 – 10:42 am EST
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed on Thursday that financial institutions have begun freezing the bank accounts of protesters involved in the Freedom Convoy.
“The names of both individuals and entities, as well as crypto wallets, have been shared by the RCMP with financial institutions, and accounts have been frozen, and more accounts will be frozen,” Freeland told the press yesterday.
“In terms of the specifics on whose accounts are being frozen, you now have the regulations, the financial service providers have those regulations as well, and they, working with law enforcement, will be making the operational decisions,” continued Freeland, confirming that police, government, and financial institutions, are working together to freeze the funds of citizens.
Giving a breakdown of the “regulations,” Bloomberg explained:
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’s attending an illegal protest or providing supplies to demonstrators.
If they find such a person in their customer list,
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