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minister what happens to the there's 206
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uh by bank accounts frozen from people
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who are either leaders of the convoy
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donors to the convoy or park their
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trucks there were 7.8 million dollars
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those accounts were frozen are they
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because the emergencies act is now over
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are they unfrozen now does the rcmp
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retract uh those names from financial
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institutions what happens to them now
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well we're informed that the rcmp and
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banks are working to unfreeze those
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accounts and that's because they were
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effective they worked and this was an
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example of how the emergencies act was
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put into using some soft non-uh the
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physical certainly non-uh
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confrontational uh uh force to deter and
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dissuade people from continuing to stay
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in the secure zone as we were trying to
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clear out and restore public safety
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restore public order so they are now
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undertaking the process of unfreezing
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those accounts and that's another i
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think reassurance to the canadians that
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there has been restraint there has been
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proportionality and
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i'm just
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contemporary with these powers miss i'm
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just trying to understand that you're
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saying that
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when it came into effect february 15th
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206 accounts were frozen now they're
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going to be unfrozen so what was the
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purpose of freezing them for 10 days is
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there any follow-through uh you're
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you're the deputy prime minister was
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saying they're going to follow the money
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but was it just a short follow for 10
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days and now what it's the accounts are
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unfrozen is that what you're saying
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well first and foremost um it was an
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effective tool if you were still in the
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secure
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zone
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we they were able to freeze those
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accounts and if you don't have access to
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uh your account it's it's it's certainly
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hard to it sends a very powerful signal
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that you should be uh leaving the the
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zone as quickly as possible but as to
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other decisions as to how they will
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unwind and unfreeze as you know evan
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those will be undertaken by law
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enforcement and police in an independent
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way but consistent with due process and
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charter rights
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okay but i'm just trying i just want to
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make it clear now
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if someone has their account frozen for
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what they did at any time throughout
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these illegal protests from february
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15th to this day today once this is
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revoked you're saying that
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any charge that no one can have their
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account frozen now and whoever's had
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their account frozen now will expect it
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immediately to be unfrozen it is no
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longer legal to freeze the accounts is
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that is that actually the status now
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what i'm saying is is that in accordance
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with our principles of operational
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independence police will take those
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decisions the financial institutions
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that are responsible for implementing
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the emergencies act provisions will take
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those decisions and certainly there are
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reports around unfreezing but those are
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all decisions which are being undertaken
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by law enforcement
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no no i i'm not asking you for the
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specific i appreciate that but i'm just
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asking you because you're the lawmaker
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is it still legal to keep an account
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frozen once the ea the emergencies act
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is lifted so is it still legal to keep
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an account frozen now it was frozen
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under the law the law is revoked is it
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still legal to have an account frozen
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if the account is was frozen during the
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period and the law is now revoked then
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that authority no longer exists
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so
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our expectation obviously is is that law
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enforcement will implement the
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revocation that has now been put into
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effect
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okay
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so anybody who's had their so all those
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over 200 people who have had their
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accounts frozen as soon as the governor
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general signs this it is no longer legal
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to have their account
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frozen so can maybe maybe i can just ask
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if the threat was ongoing for 10 days
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how is your government going to quote
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follow the money now
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well look
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there are a number of authorities that
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will allow i think law enforcement to
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look into the sources of contributions
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that may have aided and abetted
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the the illegal blockade and again
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that's all undertaken by police in an
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independent matter evan as you've
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pointed out now on a number of occasions
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government writes the laws
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we set the policies
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we trust law enforcement and other
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public safety partners to implement them
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including the steps that are taken
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around revocation
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um but the tools created under the
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emergencies act were done with the very
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specific intent to address the illegal
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blockade and the ability to freeze
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accounts of those who were in
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designated zones where they should not
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have been was an effective tool
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to help disengage the illegal occupation
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in ottawa okay i got a last question if
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there are a threat re-emerges is your
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government prepared to re-invoke the
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emergencies act is that on the table
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well we don't want to go back there i
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mean there this is meant to be a very uh
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sparingly used uh law it's a last resort
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and there are many lessons that we hope
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will be taken from
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the illegal blockades over the last
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number of weeks so that we don't have to
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invoke it again but there's no doubt
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that that there's a lot to to reflect on
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here in terms of the underlying
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motivations the tactics the the timing
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the techniques and that is going to be i
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think a big part of the work that is
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undertaken by the joint committee um
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it'll be a big part of the work of the
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mandatory inquiry which will start
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within 60 days and part of the
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discussions that we all need to have we
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introduced the emergencies act because
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we had to but we knew that if we did so
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if it was done responsibly and with
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restraint and transparency that it would
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work and certainly now in light of the
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significant progress that we have seen
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we were quite pleased to be able to
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revoke it today
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okay i gotta leave it there public
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safety minister marco mendocino thank
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you sir for joining me i appreciate it
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thank you evan
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