Thu Jan 12, 2023 – 6:00 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — After ordering the freezing of Freedom Convoy supporters’ bank accounts last year, recently disclosed emails show that government officials wanted to keep the “heat off” financial institutions so they would stay happy and continue to comply with government dictates.
Per Blacklock’s Reporter, Deputy Finance Minister Michael Sabia, in an internal email dated February 18, 2022, noted to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that he had complained to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Brenda Lucki, and cabinet members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, to “‘keep the heat off the bank branches” following the unprecedented freezing of citizens’ funds during the Freedom Convoy protest.
The emails show that Sabia said there were “threatening activities at certain bank branches” following the government’s controversial decision, and that banks were having “considerable concern for the safety of their employees.”
“Indirectly, if we aren’t careful on this they will pull back,” he added.
The notes from Sabia did not name which banks were not happy with some of their clients who had their accounts frozen. Nor did he detail what the “threatening” activities were.
However, his email came
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