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You will own nothing. And you will like it. Or something like that.
Anyway, I suppose this was predictable. Never let a perfectly good crisis go to waste and whatnot.
Previously, the Deputy Prime Minister had said:
"The government is issuing an order with immediate effect under the Emergencies Act, authorizing Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspects that an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations. This order covers both personal and corporate accounts.”
But now the Deputy Prime Minister has predictably taken it further, including introducing new legislation to make new authorities for FINTRAC:
“We used all the tools that we had prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act and we determined we needed some additional tools....some of those tools we will be putting forward measures to put those tools permanently in place. The authorities of FINTRAC, I believe, do need to be expanded to cover crowdsourcing platforms and payment platforms.”
Here's the video of the Zoom call where the announcement was made....
Anyway, I suppose this was predictable. Never let a perfectly good crisis go to waste and whatnot.
Previously, the Deputy Prime Minister had said:
"The government is issuing an order with immediate effect under the Emergencies Act, authorizing Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspects that an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations. This order covers both personal and corporate accounts.”
But now the Deputy Prime Minister has predictably taken it further, including introducing new legislation to make new authorities for FINTRAC:
“We used all the tools that we had prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act and we determined we needed some additional tools....some of those tools we will be putting forward measures to put those tools permanently in place. The authorities of FINTRAC, I believe, do need to be expanded to cover crowdsourcing platforms and payment platforms.”
Here's the video of the Zoom call where the announcement was made....
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