Emergencies Act

The Emergencies Act in Canada authorizes a tyrannical infringement on basic liberties and property at the whim of a government official, such as in quelling disagreement with him. It would be blatantly unconstitutional in the United States.

In February 2022, Leftist Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to smash the windows of peaceful truckers, and seize their trucks and bank accounts. Under Canadian law, Parliament must ratify implementation of the Act within 7 days; on the fourth day of debate, the Trudeau regime suspended parliament, leaving the executive authority free to continue its abuse of power beyond 7 days without parliamentary approval.

Expropriation of property

In February 2022 Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced an expansion of “terrorist financing” rules that would allow banks to freeze assets with no oversight. The new measures also apply to crowdfunding outlets and payment processing providers. “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,” Freeland said. The expanded rules also apply to digital assets, such as cryptocurrency. In enacting the changes, Freeland said that what she claimed were "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." All crowdfunding platforms and service providers were required to register with the Canadian government’s financial intelligence unit, FINTRAC, and report “large and suspicious transactions.”

GPS tracking of cell phone data is able to identify anyone within the vicinity of where protests take place.

The Trudeau regime and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) began sending the names of those taking part in the Freedom Convoy protests to Canadian banks with orders to freeze the bank accounts. Freeland made clear that seizures of bank accounts and blacklisting by banks would become permanent.

Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti told CTV News that citizens identified as supporting President Donald Trump are subject to “de-banking” as part of the Canadian government’s official target identification process. After equating the Trudeau order to the same principles around terrorism, the ‘Justice Minister’ said:

”If you are a member of a pro Trump movement who is donating hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to this kind of thing, then you ought to be worried.”

Trudeau's expropriation order caused a panic and a run on the banks.