Panicked Customers Jammed Phone Lines After Bank Accounts Frozen by Government: Records

Panicked Customers Jammed Phone Lines After Bank Accounts Frozen by Government: Records
Police, including riot control officers and an armoured vehicle, take action to clear away Freedom Convoy protesters from downtown Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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Anxious Canadians called their banks within hours of the government freezing accounts of alleged supporters and protesters who the government flagged as participating in or donating to the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa last year.

An unidentified executive at the Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA), a national organization representing the country’s credit unions, sent an email on Feb 15, 2022, to the office of Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and federal finance minister, reported Blacklock’s Reporter.