Trudeau Invokes Emergency Powers as Banks Freeze Convoy Funds

Justin Trudeau invoked Canada's Emergencies Act on 14 February 2022 to end blockades protesting Covid-19 restrictions, saying the measures would be temporary and geographically targeted. NPR also reported that TD Bank had frozen about US$1.1 million intended for the protests and was seeking a court's direction on distributing it. The confrontation had reached the accounts and fundraising services that kept the protest movement supplied.