Human Folly about “Freedom-Convoy”

Trudeau government not justified in freezing protesters bank accounts court rules (freespeechunion.org):
More 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
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Bureaucrats who froze bank accounts of freedom Convoy leaders werent trying to get at the family (nationalpost.com):
truckers’ 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
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Emergencies Act after two years (cato.org):
A two-year retrospective on the truckers’ protest ("Freedom Convoy") and the #history of #politics in #Canada #human-rights
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