Banks Freeze Millions in Convoy Funds Under Trudeau Edict
- Key organizer denied bail over role in Canadian blockade
- Government keeping emergency powers in place for now
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Canadian banks froze about C$7.8 million ($6.1 million) in just over 200 accounts under emergency powers meant to end protests in Ottawa and at key border crossings, a government official said Tuesday.
The new tally was revealed in testimony to lawmakers examining Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke the country’s Emergencies Act to end a three-week occupation of the nation’s capital.