> On February 17, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a press conference that financial institutions have started freezing accounts and canceling credit cards in accordance with the Emergencies Act, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked earlier this week.
> The powers granted by the act would allow banks to target the accounts of people who have donated to crowdfunding platforms, like the fundraising campaigns on GoFundMe and GiveSendGo, that have fueled the ongoing protests, but Freeland said she would not give "specifics of whose accounts are being frozen."
They can lock anything for any amount and not give any details. Supposedly they have unlocked some, but there's no way of knowing who and why not for others. Typical petrostate behavior.
I'm sure if this happened to people who'd just sent a donation at least one of them would have come forward by now and we'd have some evidence instead of the handwaving "what if" in this article and your comment.
>“Just to be clear, a financial contribution either through a crowdsourced platform or directly, could result in their bank account being frozen?” Lawrence asked.
You're wrong TomSwirly, they did, and unless you're Canadian familiar with the situation (I assume you're not), you should really be more careful about untruths. In your case I assume it comes from a place of ignorance, not malice, but it's tough to be certain.
