The government used emergency powers designed to be used in case of war for dealing with peaceful protesters. The previous act was only used during WW1, WW2, and during the October Crisis by Trudeau's alleged father, which is also the reason the powers were watered down.
> Freeland said she would not give "specifics of whose accounts are being frozen."
Freeland did say that they would be freezing the donators as well in the original videos.
The more egregious comment was by David Lamenti. He's a lawyer and law professor. He knows the law. His comments are not a gaffe and not out of context or anything. This is not him pulling the wrong insult out of his bag. He spoke clearly and he meant every little bit of the comment.
Canada's democracy slip up was criticized in the EU: https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-n...
> the burden of proof is on you
Which is impossible because the government explicitly said they won't be transparent and that all the charges are secret:
> Freeland said she would not give "specifics of whose accounts are being frozen."
-- https://www.newsweek.com/banks-have-begun-freezing-accounts-...