A lawyer representing clients whose bank accounts were blocked as a result of the trucker convoy protest in Ottawa believes the measure has had a substantial impact on his clients’ lives and will lead to a loss of trust in Canada’s institutions. Six of Keith Wilson’s clients have their bank accounts returned following bans ranging from one or two days to more than a week, according to the lawyer. The national police force offered banks a list of names of persons directly involved in the Ottawa protests, according to RCMP Superintendent Denis Beaudoin, who testified before the House of Commons finance committee on March 7. Personal information from the police database, such as whether demonstrators had been suspects of previous crimes or had past “dealings” with police, was included in the material, which resulted in the freezing of 257 accounts … Continue reading Right Wing Canadians No Longer Trust Their Institutions.