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Spazito

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4. The article give information on this...

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 07:48 PM

Feb 2022

Banks will be working with law enforcement to decide who should be "de-banked."

A senior government official said "information will flow back and forth" between the RCMP and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), the government's financial intelligence unit.

Police could gather the names and licence plate numbers of people participating in a protest or an unlawful assembly and share that information with FINTRAC, the official said.

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Banks are moving to freeze accounts linked to convoy protests. Here's what you need to know [View all] Spazito Feb 2022 OP

Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1

That's how you stop the madness. Make it hurt. onecaliberal Feb 2022 #2

So who tells the banks and insurance companies who is still involved with the blockade? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #3

The article give information on this... Spazito Feb 2022 #4

I'll believe it when I see it- too many police sympathize with the insurrectionists Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #7

The Ottawa police chief resigned.... Spazito Feb 2022 #11

I do not applaud this authoritarian step. StrictlyRockers Feb 2022 #5

For me, it depends on how narrow the focus is... Spazito Feb 2022 #6

I am fine with the government taking this step Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #8

Until their bank accounts are frozen MichMan Feb 2022 #12

I am fine with insurrectionists bank accounts being frozen. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #13

There's nothing authoritarian about it... Violet_Crumble Feb 2022 #14

You cannot have a vehicle on the road without insurance pandr32 Feb 2022 #9

I would be surprised if the semi truckers weren't aware of the risk... Spazito Feb 2022 #10