Justin Trudeau said in a statement that the government Emergency Lawannounced that it has activated the
A group of truckers who started the Freedom Convoy movement in Canada continue their contact closure actions to protest vaccination requirements and Covid-19 restrictions.
Between 400 and 500 trucks are parked in Ottawa, while three border crossings to the United States have been closed by protesters.
The Emergency Situations Act was declared by a Canadian Prime Minister for the first time to prevent these protests.
Trudeau appears to have devised an elaborate plan to suppress the protests. Indeed, government crowdfunding platforms and the use of cryptocurrencies to raise funds He also took steps to prevent it.
On the other hand, heavily armed police forces were deployed to arrest the demonstrators and tow their vehicles.
Civil Liberties Union Didn’t Welcome This Situation!
Such an attempt by Trudeau to invoke national emergency powers in peacetime did not please the Canadian Civil Liberties Union.
In the statement, it was stated that the necessary conditions were not met for the federal government to activate the Emergency Situations Act.
Fundraising with Cryptocurrencies Banned!
Trudeau also pressed the button to turn off the resources of the freedom protesters!
The federal government plans to freeze both personal and corporate bank accounts of protesters.
More importantly, the government cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding platformsIt has also expanded its “terror financing” rules to put pressure on the government.
On the other hand, the American platform GiveSendGo, which refuses to freeze the funds collected by truckers, is a cyber attackIt crashed and was taken offline.
GiveSendGo’s fundraiser had raised $8.7 billion to date.