#Canada #law permits the use of “reasonable force” for a #citizens-arrest. #policing
on 02026-08-12FAQs about "MAID", #euthanasia or #suicide in #Canada
on 02026-04-09#news: “Following the Biden administration’s move to impose 100% #tariffs on Chinese #EVs, Canada implemented similar surtaxes, effectively freezing companies like #BYD, #Nio, and #Zeekr out of the market. (...) #Canada has agreed to allow an annual quota of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at the tariff rate of just 6.1%.” #USA #politics #China
on 02026-01-16people using online #gambling sites for money laundering: “the criminal exploitation of legitimate and unlicensed digital wagering operations to launder money.” But without actually gambling! “Fintrac found a common tactic was the purchase of prepaid cards or vouchers using suspected proceeds of crime. They were then used to deposit money into gambling accounts, followed by withdrawals through wire or e-transfer to a Canadian bank account under the guise of winnings.” #Canada #politics #news
on 02025-08-21#news abridged #video of #Trudeau in #Canada announcing tariffs against #USA #politics
on 02025-03-06#news #video on #Trump backing down on #USA tariffs on #Canada and #Mexico, but only on autos. Almost entirely a tiresome talking head lecture #politics
on 02025-03-06More about #Canada #politics #history on the #Freedom-Convoy: “In pursuing this novel form of politically motivated financial censorship, Prime Minister Trudeau was following in the footsteps of Russian President Vladmir Putin, who in 2019 ordered his government to freeze bank accounts linked to opposition politician Alexei Navalny.” #human-rights
on 02024-11-06truckers’ protest (#Freedom-Convoy) #Canada #politics #history: “In freezing the bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters, Finance Canada bureaucrats said they did not intend to hurt protesters’ families’ ability to buy groceries or pay child support, though they admitted that may have ultimately happened, the Emergencies Act inquiry heard Thursday. (...) Two weeks ago, some Freedom Convoy organizers testified their spouses were cut off from their money and couldn’t make vehicle payments or purchase groceries and medication because joint bank accounts were frozen.” #human-rights
on 02024-11-06A two-year retrospective on the truckers’ protest ("Freedom Convoy") and the #history of #politics in #Canada #human-rights
on 02024-11-06