{"id":1497931,"date":"2022-05-31T10:59:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1497931"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:59:46","slug":"canadian-banks-apology-to-freedom-convoy-organizer-for-freezing-account-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-banks-apology-to-freedom-convoy-organizer-for-freezing-account-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Bank\u2019s Apology To Freedom Convoy Organizer For Freezing Account Revealed"},"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%2Fcanadian-banks-apology-to-freedom-convoy-organizer-for-freezing-account-revealed%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=1497931&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>One of Canada\u2019s biggest banks apologized for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/canadian-lawmakers-press-trudeau-officials-on-frozen-bank-accounts-effectively-removing-them-from-society\">freezing the bank account<\/a> of one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/freedom-convoy\">Freedom Convoy<\/a> organizers during the demonstration against Canada\u2019s COVID measures.<\/p>\n<p>Scotiabank issued the apology to Benjamin Dichter, whose bank account was frozen during the month-long protests that began in late January. Scotiabank and other lenders acted after, under Trudeau, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland ordered banks to stop providing services to protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease accept our sincere apologies for the frustration and inconvenience this situation may have caused,\u201d the bank said in a March letter to Dichter only now being reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationaltelegraph.com\/national\/scotiabank-apologizes-for-freezing-bank-accounts-during-the-emergencies-act\">National Telegraph<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cWe can confirm that financial institutions acted quickly to unfreeze accounts after the RCMP notified us that it believes that individuals and entities previously identified are no longer engaged in conduct or activities prohibited under the Emergency Measures Regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This should really bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@justintrudeau<\/a> government down. But it won&#8217;t. Apologies from Scotiabank to the truckers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXIpbYQZcY\">https:\/\/t.co\/TXIpbYQZcY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1531615178990792704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The protests, in which truckers from all over the country converged on Ottawa to protest mandatory vaccinations, brought the nation\u2019s capital to a standstill. An enraged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau baselessly called the protesters racists and \u201ctransphobic\u201d before instructing Freehand to invoke Canada\u2019s Emergency Act to punish protesters and those who donated to their cause. Millions of dollars raised on behalf of the protesters through crowdfunding sites GoFundMe and GiveSendGo were blocked from being distributed to the demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Canadians had their bank accounts frozen for either taking part in or supporting the protests. Banks began to unfreeze accounts in late February, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/22\/world\/americas\/canada-protest-finances.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police provided banks with lists of Canadians whose accounts the government wanted to be frozen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe primarily relied on the names provided by the RCMP,\u201d Canadian Bankers Association General Counsel Angelina Mason <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-banks-went-beyond-rcmp-list-of-names-in-freezing-a-small-number-of\/\">told Parliament<\/a> in March. \u201cBut there were obligations under the order, separate from that, that required banks to make their own determinations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter to Dichter, which was dated March 3 but only revealed this week, is apparently a reply to an inquiry he lodged in February. Dichter said he doesn\u2019t hold the banks completely responsible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe the banks went out of their way to target clients,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/bjdichter.substack.com\/p\/bank-apologizes-over-trucker-convoy?s=r\">he told Canadian radio host Marc Patrone<\/a>. \u201cI believe It came from somewhere else. They didn\u2019t do it on their own accord.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy interpretation of their response is, \u2018we do not want to do this,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cAs soon as they allowed us to, give you access to your account, we did so immediately. It wasn\u2019t our choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the backlash against Trudeau, his Liberal Party reached a deal in March with the leftist opposition New Democratic Party that keeps the\u00a0<a id=\"_ap_link_party_GreenParty_\" class=\"uOtk efBMc LIsPj wIScF\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/alerts\/GreenParty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberal Party<\/a> in power until at least 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should really bring the <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\">@justintrudeau<\/a> government down,\u201d tweeted frequent Trudeau critic Jordan Peterson. \u201cBut it won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Canada\u2019s biggest banks apologized for freezing the bank account of one of the Freedom Convoy organizers during the demonstration against Canada\u2019s COVID measures. Scotiabank issued the apology to Benjamin Dichter, whose bank account was frozen during the month-long protests that began in late January. 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