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Did you Watch the clip?Binger wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 1:55 pmDon't blame Rebel News and don't blame me.
Listen to it straight from the source.
They plan to make the emergency powers permanent. Look forward to Marshal Martial for a long time, Canada.
Chrystia Freeland
Naah. It is an interesting, measured and restrained statement given what the citizens of Ottawa have had to put up with recently.
(In English) These illegal barricades are doing great damage to Canada’s economy and to our reputation as a reliable trading partner.
The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge has affected about $390 million in trade each day. This bridge supports 30 percent of all trade by road between Canada and the United States, our most important trading partner.
In Coutts, Alta., about $48 million in daily trade has been affected by the blockades.
These costs are real. They threaten businesses big and small. And they threaten the livelihoods of Canadian workers, just as we are all working so hard to recover from the economic damage caused by COVID-19.
(Translated from French) We fought so hard to protect Canada’s privileged relationship with the United States when we were negotiating NAFTA. We stood up to (232 tariffs) which was illegal and unjustified.
We will never allow these hard-won victories be tarnished. The world is watching us. Our jobs, our prosperity, and our livelihoods are in danger.
That is why our government is acting. We are resolute and determined. These illegal blockades must be lifted. And they will be.
(In English) As part of invoking the Emergencies Act, we are announcing the following immediate actions:
First: we are broadening the scope of Canada’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules so that they cover crowdfunding platforms and the payment service providers they use. These changes cover all forms of transactions, including digital assets such as cryptocurrencies.
The illegal blockades have highlighted the fact that crowdfunding platforms, and some of the payment service providers they use, are not fully captured under the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.
Our banks and financial institutions are already obligated to report to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, or FINTRAC. As of today, all crowdfunding platforms, and the payment service providers they use, must register with FINTRAC and they must report large and suspicious transactions to FINTRAC.
This will help mitigate the risk that these platforms receive illicit funds; increase the quality and quantity of intelligence received by FINTRAC; and make more information available to support investigations by law enforcement into these illegal blockades.
We are making these changes because we know that these platforms are being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity, which is damaging the Canadian economy.
The government will also bring forward legislation to provide these authorities to FINTRAC on a permanent basis.
Second: the government is issuing an order with immediate effect, under the Emergencies Act, authorizing Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspects that an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations. This order covers both personal and corporate accounts.
Third: we are directing Canadian financial institutions to review their relationships with anyone involved in the illegal blockades and report to the RCMP or CSIS.
The Emergencies Act has been invoked. What does that mean?
As of today, a bank or other financial service provider will be able to immediately freeze or suspend an account without a court order. In doing so, they will be protected against civil liability for actions taken in good faith.
Federal government institutions will have a new broad authority to share relevant information with banks and other financial service providers to ensure that we can all work together to put a stop to the funding of these illegal blockades.
This is about following the money. This is about stopping the financing of these illegal blockades. We are today serving notice: if your truck is being used in these protests, your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your semi-trailers home. The Canadian economy needs them to be doing legitimate work, not to be illegally making us all poorer.
(Translated from French) It’s all about following the money. It’s about putting an end to the funding of these illegal blockades. Consider yourselves warned. If your truck is used in these blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your rigs home. The Canadian economy needs them to do legitimate work, and not make us all poorer illegally.
We’ve taken these measures after deep thought. I have discussed this with the heads of Canadian banks. I thank them for doing what is necessary to ensure laws are being complied with and that Canadian democracy is being protected as well as our economy.
Team Canada has stood together over the past two years. We have trusted one another. We’ve leaned on one another.
What we are facing today is a threat to our democratic institutions, to our economy, and to peace, order, and good government in Canada. This is unacceptable. It cannot stand and it will not stand.
I expect nothing less from you.Gadianton wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:36 pmBring on the pepper spray and the beat-down for this Binger-level civil disobedience. Somewhere in Ottawa there's a person on a mobility scooter who can't get to the store because of a bunch of QAnon anti-vaxx truckers blocking everything over conspiracy theories they've manufactured.
Is he wrong?Binger wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:41 pmI expect nothing less from you.Gadianton wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 11:36 pmBring on the pepper spray and the beat-down for this Binger-level civil disobedience. Somewhere in Ottawa there's a person on a mobility scooter who can't get to the store because of a bunch of QAnon anti-vaxx truckers blocking everything over conspiracy theories they've manufactured.
I don't have their names. If their names are not in the NYT in the Ukraine War section, should we just accept the UN Police’s spin that if they didn’t do it then it never happened? Probably.