I haven't been hawking this like I did for the 1st couple weeks...
The witnesses became kind of redundant, Coutts was a non-issue imo
Now it's getting a bit more interesting. They are finally getting to the freezing of the bank accounts.
I'll try to get the thread caught up
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senior bureaucrat at Finance Canada refuses to admit whether she knew that freezing the accounts of protesters in Ottawa was going to hurt the family members of protesters.
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Finance panel claims they are not aware of any cases of mistaken identity in regards to protestors who had their bank accounts frozen.
If the banks acted independently and outside of law enforcement as we have heard during testimony, how would they know?
Deputy Finance Minister Michael Sabia says he didn’t consider long term financial implications such as ruined credit scores an intended consequence of freezing bank accounts.
“If that had been an intended consequence, that would have been a form of extra-legal sanction.”
“Who froze the bank accounts?”
“We set the policy. And we are accountable for that policy.”
Canada’s deputy minister of finance Michael Sabia takes responsibility for freezing the bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters.
Assistant deputy finance minister Isabelle Jacques says some banks unilaterally froze bank accounts under the Emergencies Act without receiving any information from law enforcement.
Deputy Minister of Finance Michael Sabia struggles to answer whether political donations are protected under freedom of expression Charter rights.