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Spazito

(54,362 posts) Tue Feb 22, 2022, 08:13 PM Feb 2022

Most bank accounts frozen under the Emergencies Act are being released, committee hears

More than 200 bank accounts worth nearly $8 million were frozen when the federal government used emergency powers to end a massive protest occupation of downtown Ottawa.

Federal officials report most of the accounts are now in the process of being released, a parliamentary committee heard Tuesday.

Isabelle Jacques, assistant deputy minister of finance, told a committee of MPs that up to 210 bank accounts holding about $7.8 million were frozen under the financial measures contained in the Emergencies Act.

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"The vast majority of accounts are in the process of being unfrozen, subject to any new information that the RCMP may have."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergency-bank-measures-finance-committee-1.6360769

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Most bank accounts frozen under the Emergencies Act are being released, committee hears (Original Post) Spazito Feb 2022 OP

Somebody forgot to tell the banks then, my d-i-l works for a bank Bev54 Feb 2022 #1

poll: Should the Government of Canada sue the #CPC for orchestrating the #OttawaOccupation? Fords Crackpipe Mar 2022 #2

Bev54

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1. Somebody forgot to tell the banks then, my d-i-l works for a bank

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Tue Feb 22, 2022, 09:00 PM

Feb 2022

and they spent the entire morning identifying which accounts belong to who so they were sure to freeze the right ones.

Fords Crackpipe

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2. poll: Should the Government of Canada sue the #CPC for orchestrating the #OttawaOccupation?