Tory MP Asks Privacy Commissioner to Review Freezing of Accounts During Emergency Declaration

A protester holds a sign on Wellington St. during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa on Feb. 12, 2022. Noé Chartier/The Epoch Times

A Conservative MP is asking the privacy commissioner to review events surrounding the freezing of financial accounts of Freedom Convoy supporters during the public order emergency declared by the government in February.

MP Adam Chambers wrote to commissioner Philippe Dufresne on July 6 to highlight that a study on the issue done by the House of Commons finance committee raised some questions.