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Canadian Banks Say Freedom Convoy Backers' Frozen Accounts Will Be Flagged for Life

Jack Bingham : Mar 9, 2022  LifeSiteNews.com

"There would be something in the file indicating a freeze had taken place." -Angelina Mason, Canadian Bankers Association

(Ottawa) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Freedom Convoy supporters whose bank accounts were frozen will be flagged for life. (Screengrab image)

The personal accounts of protesters that were locked after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act have been permanently marked, the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) revealed at the House of Commons finance committee meeting on Monday.

According to Blacklock's Reporter, bankers also explained that they froze accounts corresponding to 257 names that were not on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) blacklist provided to the banks, meaning they went beyond the scope of what the government asked of them.

"We primarily relied upon the names provided by the RCMP, but there were obligations under the order separate that required banks to make their own determinations," Angelina Mason, general counsel for the Bankers Association, testified to the finance committee on Monday.

"Were there accounts of individuals frozen that did not appear on a list of names submitted by banks to the RCMP?" New Democrat Member of Parliament (MP) Daniel Blaikie asked.

"Yes," Mason replied.

"Once an account is frozen and eventually unfrozen, are there any permanent markers or indications on a client's file that would indicate they have had their accounts previously frozen?" Conservative MP Adam Chambers queried.

"There would be something in the file indicating a freeze had taken place," Mason affirmed... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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