Yes, these are the first two articles on whatreallyhappened:
- Canada's finance department has ordered banks to unfreeze accounts belonging to Freedom Convoy donors and protesters
- The move came after liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government froze bank accounts and other assets during an 'emergency period' in Ottawa
- Police reportedly ordered a freeze on more than 206 bank accounts, including one valued at $3.8million Canadian
- Officers also ceased transactions involving 253 cryptocurrency addresses
- Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland defended the financial freezings Monday saying: 'These measures were put in place to disrupt illegal activity in Canada'
Canada has ordered banks to unlock accounts belonging to people who participated in or supported the weeks-long Freedom Convoy protest that saw near 200 arrests and brutal force response from police.
'They started [Monday] to unfreeze accounts,' Isabelle Jacques, a senior official in Canada's finance department, told lawmakers Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Among those targeted was a single mom on a minimum wage job who donated just $50, according to one local Conservative MP, sparking outrage over what critics of Trudeau claimed was authoritarian behavior. Thousands of protesters flooded the streets outside Parliament Hill and blockades that shut down border crossings into the U.S.
Some individuals and organizations reported having multiple accounts impacted.
Freedom Convoy organizers issued a statement on social media arguing the freezing of bank accounts was 'financial warfare' and
left many citizens in shock.
'This is already backfiring. The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, keeps expanding the list of political opponents whom he is targeting with financial sanctions. In response,
Canadians are pulling their money out of the banks and realizing the value of cryptocurrency,' the organizers wrote.
'This, in the short-term, is very bad for the banks and our national economy. The more severe implication, however, is that by using the Emergencies Act as financial warfare,
it will sow mistrust in both the banking system and the government and the repercussions will be felt for years to come.'
The statement continued:
'Trudeau is tearing the fabric of our nation like never before, and the evidence is stacked against him. Our hearts go out to each and every innocent, freedom-loving Canadian that has fallen victim to this government's illegal, impulsive and tyrannical overreach.'
Sooo - did he overplay his hand - did his over-the-top brutal response finally jar the half-asleep awake - did Tucker Carlson and other's reporting break through to not only the people, but Trudeau's handlers? It's one thing to beat/knee/pepper spray protesters and even trample them with horses . . . but when the authorities start freezing bank accounts and even skimming 10% off of them, then it becomes a personal threat!!!
The words beta test come to mind. Probably not planned as I believe the Freedom Trucker Convoy and the wide support it aroused actually took "them" by surprise.
I see a definite retreat even with the excuse that the trucks and protesters were removed and the "emergency" is over - it doesn't hold water because it was already indicated that the restrictions were going to continue indefinitely. The blowback has reached gale level and I think the mid-level controllers realize they need to pull back else the sheeple really see the danger to themselves that repressive, tyrannical government represents. If the Parliament fails to appropriately act - decides that since the "crisis" has ended to just let sleeping dogs lie and also doesn't cancel the mandates - then that will be an even greater crime than what Trudeau and company did.