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Trudeau gov’t makes permanent the ‘temporary’ crowdfunding regulations enacted over Freedom Convoy protests

by Jack Bingham (LifeSiteNews) – The so-called emergency measure enacted during the Freedom Convoy that required crowdfunding platforms to report large donations has now become permanent in Canada.   Last Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made permanent one of the supposedly temporary measures used during the government’s crackdown on the anti-COVID mandate Freedom Convoy protest. The initially temporary measure will now require all crowdfunding platforms to report donations exceeding 10,000 dollars to the government’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC). The measure was initially enacted under the Emergencies Act Trudeau invoked in response to the… View Article