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Oh yes, poor Briane [0] from Chilliwack, single mother, minimum wage job, made $50 donation to the convoy. Of course that's the person the PM is targeting here. No source, no proof, nothing. This (unfortunately) is my MP and it's sad to say that he's contributing to the echo chamber of made up stories for the sole purpose of making people angry and voting for him.

[0] https://twitter.com/markstrahl/status/1495472037438967808

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Please don't post in the flamewar style to HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. You can make your substantive points without doing that.

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Unless the gov't is willing to publish the frozen accounts and the amounts any debate on what's going on will be lacking in facts that will be verified by the regime. We're going to have to wait at least 30 days for the first report to find out what's going on, we may never know.

Perhaps this is why freezing an account generally requires a court order, my guess is that no judge would approve based on the current jurisprudence and facts of the case.

Here's a constitutional lawyer confirming this story:

https://twitter.com/ikwilson/status/1495841230315560962

Sorry but you are the one in the echo chamber.

I clicked on the link but it doesn’t seem to claim that he is representing anyone whose account was frozen for a donation. He states some of his clients are truck drivers/owners involved in the protest.

Moreover, a reply to his tweet is a statement from the police that says they provided a list of truck drivers and “influencers”, not donors, to the bank. https://twitter.com/rcmpgrcpolice/status/1495813180983021575...

Could you point me to where it says who these people are or at least where they confirm that "Briane from Chilliwack" is one of them?

This is incorrect. The lawyer is not confirming the story that people are having accounts frozen for donating. You'll note in that tweet they make zero reference to those donating.

Here is the information directly from the RCMP, who say directly that they did not at any time provide a list of donors to banks: https://blockade.rcmp.ca/news-nouvelles/ncr-rcn211130-s-d-en...

It says they did provide a list of influencers, so perhaps they are just freezing the accounts of those who tweeted. I'm sure many of those who donated are also online influencers voicing their support for the freedom convoy.

Personal attacks will get you banned here. No more of this, please.

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I apologize, I was wrong. I responded to the person who had said this same attack.

I accept my ban.

> This (unfortunately) is my MP and it's sad to say that he's contributing to the echo chamber of made up stories for the sole purpose of making people angry and voting for him.

I said this about Mark Strahl, my MP, so no I didn't make the same "attack", sorry. As of now this story seems fabricated so I'll keep trying to hold my MP accountable.

Please don't perpetuate this kind of thing on HN. It only makes everything worse.

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I didn't mean that we did ban you, only that if you keep posting like that, we will end up having to.

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