The administration of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed the nation’s banks to unlock financial accounts belonging to individuals who participated in the so-called Freedom Convoy of truckers whose protest against vaccine mandates brought the nation’s capital city of Ottawa to a standstill.
What Happened: On Feb. 15, Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act in response to the disruptions created by the convoy. This action enabled the nation’s banks and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada to monitor transactions and freeze accounts as a means to cut off funding support to the protest movement.
