{"id":21168,"date":"2022-02-15T03:46:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=21168"},"modified":"2022-02-15T03:46:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:46:21","slug":"trudeau-vows-to-freeze-anti-mandate-protesters-bank-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/02\/15\/trudeau-vows-to-freeze-anti-mandate-protesters-bank-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and proportionate” and would not see the military deployed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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With no need for a court order, banks will be able freeze personal accounts of anyone linked with the protests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hundreds of demonstrators remain in Canada’s capital city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On Sunday, law enforcement cleared anti-mandate protesters at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor – a critical pathway for Canada-US trade – after a week-long stalemate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What began as a rally against a new rule that all truckers must be vaccinated to cross the US-Canada border, or quarantine upon return, has grown into a broader challenge to all Covid health restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people’s jobs,” Mr Trudeau told a news conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He said the police would be given “more tools” to imprison or fine protesters and protect critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trudeau told reporters the legislation would be applied temporarily and in a highly specific manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Critics have noted that the prime minister voiced support for farmers in India who blocked major highways to New Delhi for a year in 2021, saying at the time: “Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trudeau’s invoking of the Emergencies Act comes as demonstrations across Canada enter their third week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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