Canadian PM Justin Trudeau may be a power-hungry wannabe dictator, but don’t write off his second in command, Minister of Finance and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, who’s a mad little authoritarian in her own right.
Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland: "The names of both individuals and entities as well as crypto wallets have been shared by the RCMP with financial institutions and accounts have been frozen and more accounts will be frozen." pic.twitter.com/iA69DbRJl1
— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) February 17, 2022
So, not only can law enforcement take Freedom Convoy supporters’ pets away without recourse, but donors to the cause can expect to have their finances frozen? Is that where Canada is at right now?
They are freezing the bank accounts of people who donated to truckers! Meet your new authoritarians.
pic.twitter.com/KaUxu5lCWP— Will Cain (@willcain) February 17, 2022
Same as the old authoritarians.
https://twitter.com/Helena91986129/status/1494363947767668736
Canada is on the road to hell, and the government is just pushing harder and harder on the gas pedal.
https://t.co/qjspLPmQcl pic.twitter.com/CZ00g6uiLF
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 17, 2022
Something funny, Chrystia?
https://twitter.com/Mendigorilla/status/1494360921401139204
Maybe that’s why she’s laughing. Talk about irony.
Not sure what’s more concerning.. that they are doing this or that they are blatantly admitting it and proud of it
— Carl (@CryptoCarl__) February 17, 2022
All of the above.
This is what a fascist dictatorship looks like
not calling some dipshit reporter fake news and sending mean tweets https://t.co/XIbTVsRgSh
— Ahmed Al Assliken (@assliken) February 17, 2022
This is evil.
— Jacob Airey (@realJacobAirey) February 17, 2022
Regardless of the views everyone in Canada should be concerned.
— Momus Najmi (@theworldofmomus) February 17, 2022
Tweeter @politicalmath wrote this thread earlier today, before Freeland’s recent remarks, but we’d say it’s even more relevant than it was a short time ago:
I'm not sure what the solution is for Canadians, but if I've learned anything about the internet, it's that the way to find the right answer to be flagrantly wrong and let someone correct you
If I lived in Canada and I were on the leaked doner list here's what I would do:
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— PoliMath (@politicalmath) February 17, 2022
1) cancel all auto-pays that run out of my bank account
2) coordinate with a friend or family member to set up an American account (in their name? idk)
3) change my workplace direct deposit
4) switch to paper checks
5) keep enough in my account to cover this week's payments— PoliMath (@politicalmath) February 17, 2022
6) withdraw whatever I don't immediately need in cash. Sorry Bitcoin, I'm not holding my entire cash reserves in a high fluctuation currency
I'm not sure what else. My idea is probably stupid but it's way better than having my entire life savings confiscated by the gov't.
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) February 17, 2022
It only takes a few reports of extra-judicial confiscation to start this cascade. I guarantee people who had never thought about this problem are now thinking very hard about it & talking to each other.
The potential for catastrophic economic and social disruption is huge.
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) February 17, 2022
Godspeed, Canada.
Unbelievable. The cornerstone of classical liberalism is that the individual comes before the state. The fact that dissent is being crushed as it is here is egregious. This is statism. And history has shown us how this ends for the electorate.
— eldicko (@troopb87) February 17, 2022