Canadian Banks Froze Accounts Based On Their “Own Determinations” & Beyond Canadian Police Provided List.

The Canadian Bankers Association told a parliamentary committee that during the public order emergency, its members froze Freedom Convoy protesters’ bank accounts not only to comply with RCMP disclosures, but also on “their own determinations.” “We primarily relied on the names provided by the RCMP,” Angelina Mason, general counsel and vice-president of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA), testified before the Finance Committee on March 7. “There were obligations under the order separate from that, that required banks to make their own determinations,” she said. Mason stated that banks did not depend on leaked lists of convoy contributors’ information. Around Feb. 13, the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo, which had raised over $10 million for the Freedom Convoy, was hacked, and the donor information was published to several media sources. “What banks were required to do, however, was to monitor their accounts using…

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Austrian City of Linz Hiring People off the Street to Participate in Financial Oppression of Unvaccinated.

Following the country’s announcement of a sweeping nationwide vaccine mandate, the city of Linz in Austria is hiring personnel to discover people who are not vaccinated and guarantee they pay a fine. All people aged 14 and up who have a place of residency in Austria will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as of February 1. Those who fail to comply might face fines of up to 3,600 euros ($4,071) over the course of a year, with income and other financial responsibilities factored in. In a simplified procedure, officials may levy a punishment of up to 600 euros (about $680). The city of Linz in Upper Austria is now hiring workers to ensure that the unvaccinated pay their fines prior to the vaccination deadline. According to a job posting on the City Council of Linz’s official website, the position…

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