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The deputy finance minister of Canada wanted to “keep the heat off the bank branches” after accounts belonging to supporters of the Freedom Convoy movement were frozen, federal email shows.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will appear today before the inquiry probing the government’s use of the Emergencies Act in response to anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate protests last winter.

“CSIS told government Freedom Convoy didnt pose national security threat day before Emergencies Act invoked.”

The federal government considered requiring alleged Freedom Convoy supporters who had their bank accounts frozen to report to ...

Top officials at Finance Canada grilled at the inquiry into the Emergencies Act

The cross-country border blockades of last winter to protest COVID-19 restrictions had a limited impact on trade, a ...

The deputy minister of finance told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Nov. 17 that the federal government was ...

Top officials at Finance Canada grilled at the inquiry into the Emergencies Act

The head of the RCMP and the prime minister’s national security and intelligence adviser will testify before the Emergencies Act inquiry this week.

Canada's intelligence agency didn't believe the self-styled Freedom Convoy constituted a threat to national security under its enabling legislation, according to a document previewed as part of the Emergencies Act inquiry Monday.