Internal government documents show the costs incurred during the Ambassador Bridge blockade earlier this year were much lower than what the federal government stated publicly. At a press conference on Feb. 14—the day the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters that the protest blocking the Windsor, Ontario, crossing to Detroit…
Gov’t Memo Shows Ambassador Bridge Blockade Cost Significantly Less Than What Feds Said
Uber Drivers Get to Be Independent Contractors in California—So Why Shouldn’t Truck Drivers?
Commentary The Port of Oakland in California’s San Francisco Bay is America’s ninth-busiest container port, handling more than 2.4 million 20-foot shipping containers a year. All last week, though, its docks were piled high with unloaded containers, and an armada of freighters stacked with still more containers sat idling in the bay—thanks to a week-long…
Rex Murphy: Claiming the Trucker Protest Was an Attempted Government Coup Is Beyond Ridiculous
Commentary The world is richer than it has ever been in examples of lunacy and triviality, and that part of the world we call the West is richer in the same than anywhere else. Our comfort, security, and wealth, with all the deep benefits that triad has brought us, has also bought committed shallowness, deep…
‘Extreme and Authoritarian Measure’: Freedom Convoy on Trudeau’s Emergencies Act
The Freedom Convoy says the legal wording contained in the new emergency proclamation issued Tuesday night by the federal government allows for peaceful protest, which they have been doing, and any “illegal order” to the police to stop them from protesting amounts to “tyranny.” “Under the order, Canadians continue to be allowed to come to Ottawa…
‘Extreme and Authoritarian Measure’: Freedom Convoy Spokesman on Trudeau’s Emergencies Act
A spokesman for the Freedom Convoy protesters says the legal wording contained in the new emergency proclamation issued Feb. 15 by the federal government allows for peaceful protest, which they have been doing, and any “illegal order” to the police to stop them from protesting amounts to “tyranny.” “Under the order, Canadians continue to be allowed…
Ottawa’s New Financial Powers to Quash Trucker Protests an Unnecessary Overreach, Critics Say
The federal government’s move to use broad new financial powers to quash the trucker protests is being called an extreme and unnecessary overreach by financial crime experts, while it remains unclear how banks will be directed to choke off funding. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Feb. 14 that crowdfunding platforms and the payment services…
Ottawa’s Power to Freeze Protesters’ Bank Accounts Under Emergencies Act Sets Dangerous Precedent: Critics
The federal government’s move to use broad new financial powers to quash the trucker protests is being called an extreme and unnecessary overreach by financial crime experts, while it remains unclear how banks will be directed to choke off funding. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Feb. 14 that crowdfunding platforms and the payment services…
Canada Regulating Crowdfunding Platforms, Cryptocurrencies Under the Terrorist Financing Act
February 15, 2022
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The Canadian federal government is now regulating crowdfunding platforms and cryptocurrencies under the Terrorist Financing Act, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Monday. Freeland announced the measures at a press conference, shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing protests against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions by truckers…
Feds Ramp Up Super Bowl Security Over Possible Truck Convoy Protests
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is beefing up Super Bowl security over a possible trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions, according to Biden administration officials. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a Feb. 11 briefing that DHS had already deployed 500 employees to provide air and maritime security…
Rand Paul Urges Truckers to Come Protest COVID-19 Mandates in US
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told The Daily Signal in a recent interview that he’s all for trucker convoys coming to the United States to stage protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Paul made the remarks in a Feb. 10 interview, the same day the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to The Epoch Times that…
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