The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is investigating the federal government invoking the Emergencies Act to compel banks to provide security services with the financial information of COVID-19 lockdown protestors last year, The Epoch Times reports. During the protest, truck drivers participating in the so-called “Freedom Convoy” had their bank accounts frozen without a court order. Also, per the government’s emergency order, protestors had their bank information given to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre.
