{"id":1299898,"date":"2022-02-15T14:38:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1299898"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T19:38:08","slug":"canadas-use-of-terrorist-laws-against-peaceful-protest-draws-international-condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-use-of-terrorist-laws-against-peaceful-protest-draws-international-condemnation\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#039;s Use of Terrorist Laws Against Peaceful Protest Draws International Condemnation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadas-use-of-terrorist-laws-against-peaceful-protest-draws-international-condemnation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1299898&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Politicians in the United States and around the world condemned the Canadian government after it announced it would use anti-terrorism laws to quell a peaceful protest of its own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are broadening the scope of Canada\u2019s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules, so that they cover crowdfunding platforms and the payment service providers they use,\u201d said Canadian deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland at a press conference yesterday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19821754\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP22028066380320.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19821754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AP22028066380320.png\" alt=\"Protestors show their support for the Freedom Convoy of truck drivers who are making their way to Ottawa to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates by the Canadian government on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Vaughan. (Photo by Arthur Mola\/Invision\/AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors show their support for the Freedom Convoy of truck drivers who are making their way to Ottawa to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates by the Canadian government on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Vaughan. (Photo by Arthur Mola\/Invision\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese changes cover all forms of transactions including digital assets such as cryptocurrencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe illegal blockades have highlighted the fact that crowdfunding platforms and some of the payment service providers they use are not fully captured under the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/14\/trudeau-targets-crowdfunding-platforms-cryptocurrencies-under-terrorist-financing-rules\/\">use of terrorism laws<\/a> against a peaceful movement of its own citizens drew international condemnation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, said Canada had lost its credibility on matters of democracy and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre these the people who like to give lessons to other countries about democracy and freedom?\u201d asked Bukele. \u201cThis is one of the top ranking countries in the \u2018democracy index\u2019? Your credibility on these topics is now worth 0.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are these the people who like to give lessons to other countries about democracy and freedom?<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the top ranking countries in the \u201cdemocracy index\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Your credibility on these topics is now worth 0.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wCjh9bXwDt\">pic.twitter.com\/wCjh9bXwDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nayib Bukele \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfb (@nayibbukele) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nayibbukele\/status\/1493377382245441537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said he would introduce legislation in Congress to protect American citizens by preventing a similar occurrence in the U.S.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our office will be introducing legislation in the US House of Representatives shortly to protect Americans from this version of overt theft.<\/p>\n<p>Please let your Member of Congress and Senators know\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UbNdcj8ZZ4\">https:\/\/t.co\/UbNdcj8ZZ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Warren Davidson (@WarrenDavidson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarrenDavidson\/status\/1493561840953171969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur office will be introducing legislation in the US House of Representatives shortly to protect Americans from this version of overt theft,\u201d said Davidson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease let your Member of Congress and Senators know.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Two candidates for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, J.D. Vance and Josh Mandel, also condemned the Canadian government\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why crypto is taking off,\u201d said Vance. \u201cThe regime will cut off your access to banking if you have the wrong politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is why crypto is taking off. The regime will cut off your access to banking if you have the wrong politics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C88DCsehnN\">https:\/\/t.co\/C88DCsehnN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1493575391457517568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf you think Biden is above this level of tyranny think again,\u201d said Mandel. \u201cYet another reason why freedom-loving Americans should advance the cause of Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you think Biden is above this level of tyranny think again.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another reason why freedom-loving Americans should advance the cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jeScKdJI3N\">https:\/\/t.co\/jeScKdJI3N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Mandel (@JoshMandelOhio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMandelOhio\/status\/1493583126123192326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cTrudeau has shown himself to be a psychopath,\u201d said Arizona senate candidate Blake Masters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What the Canadian government is doing isn\u2019t about health, it\u2019s about power. Trudeau has shown himself to be a psychopath.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blake Masters (@bgmasters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgmasters\/status\/1493396599791181827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Canadian deputy prime minister\u2019s implication that the government can somehow block cryptocurrency payments is something of a bluff.<\/p>\n<p>There is no way for the government to intercept or freeze cryptocurrency transactions that are conducted via decentralized wallets.<\/p>\n<p>While some cryptocurrency wallets are tied to centralized exchanges and can be blocked, others are completely decentralized \u2013 nothing more than unique strings of letters and numbers known as \u201chashes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who knows a wallet\u2019s unique hash can send funds to that wallet, from anywhere in the world, and no government can stop that transaction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians in the United States and around the world condemned the Canadian government after it announced it would use anti-terrorism laws to quell a peaceful protest of its own citizens. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1299898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}