To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1343166 ) 2/17/2022 4:24:10 PM From: maceng2 Read Replies (2) | Respond to The Trudeau Kleptocrat picture is appropriate. 'Freedom Convoy': Trudeau's move to freeze funds catches banks off guard | Fortune The new rules make demands of a broad list of entities—including banks, investment firms, credit unions, loan companies, securities dealers, fundraising platforms, insurance companies and fraternal benefit societies. They must determine whether they’re in “possession or control of property” of a person who’s attending an illegal protest or providing supplies to demonstrators, according to orders published by the government late Tuesday night. If they find such a person in their customer list, they must freeze their accounts and report it to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Canada’s intelligence service, the regulations say. Any suspicious transactions must also be reported to the country’s anti-money-laundering agency, known as Fintrac. “I think this caught everyone off guard last night when it was released,” Greg Taylor, chief investment officer of fund manager Purpose Investments Inc., said on BNN Bloomberg Television. “There’s a lot of questions right now in figuring out who we’re targeting, what do we have to look at.” Trudeau’s government invoked emergency powers on Monday, saying his government needed to choke off money to demonstrators who’ve blocked border crossings and have now been parked in downtown Ottawa for 20 days, refusing to leave . The protesters are demanding an end to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions. Dr. Robert Malone: Half a Million Excess Deaths have happened in the United States through the intentional blockade of early treatment by the U.S. government. (rumble.com)
