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Feb 14, 2022, 7 tweets

Trudeau on giving himself “emergency” powers to stop truckers protest: “Reasonable and proportionate”

Trudeau: “These tools include strengthening their ability to impose fines or imprisonment … financial institutions will be ... directed to … regulat[e] and prohibit the use of property to fund or support illegal blockade”

Trudeau deputy prime minister: “We are broadening the scope of Canada’s anti money laundering laundering and terrorist financing rules so that they cover crowd funding platforms"

Trudeau deputy PM: “Financial service provider will be able to immediately freeze or suspend an account without a court order [if the person supports the truckers]. In doing so, they will be protected against civil liability for actions taken in good faith."

Trudeau Minister of Public Safety: “We’ve had to take the very careful and deliberate step of introducing the Emergencies Act” due in part to truckers’ "expressions of hate”

Trudeau: My forced vaccination program “is not dividing Canadians”

Trudeau on towtrucks refusing to tow Freedom Convoy truckers: Emergency actions include “an opportunity to compel”

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