Banks have no public bathrooms

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Banks have no public bathrooms

They do have lighting and they allow the public to use it.

And the fucking pens are fucking chained to the fucking desks? What the fuck is that??


On a more serious note...


This means a lot coming from someone like Peterson, who's not some lone whackadoo on the webcam in his basement. With all due respect to our Canadian members, I think it would be absolutely fucking glorious if the childish, stupid, unwarranted actions by this adolescent Trudeau seriously damaged the Canadian economy. Really, it would be glorious.

I'm guessing a number of people pulled money out, I mentioned at some point in this thread a run on the banks doesn't take a lot of people. They typically loan out 80%+ of their holdings, so 10% would do it. Either Liberty minded individuals or people concerned about a run could lead to disaster, especially if they multiply against each other, like a self fulfilling prophecy.

On less serious note, don't forget about the lollipops, loved going to the bank with mom for my lollipop.

Even small donation to Freedom Convoy after Feb. 15 enough to have donor's bank accounts frozen, finance committee told

'We had to take extreme measures to freeze the accounts to basically discourage people to fund illegal activities'

https://nationalpost.com/news/...nance-committee-told

Even a $20 donation to the Freedom Convoy after Feb. 15 could result in the donor’s bank accounts being frozen, a Commons committee heard Tuesday.

As reports of frozen accounts linked to convoy donations continue to roll in, members of the Commons finance committee spent Tuesday afternoon questioning staff from the Canada Revenue Agency and the departments of Finance and Justice about the controversial emergency measures that allow police to lock bank accounts of those suspected of funding the illegal protests without first obtaining a court order.

“Just to be clear, a financial contribution either through a crowdsourced platform or directly, could result in their bank account being frozen?” Conservative MP Philip Lawrence asked Department of Finance Assistant Deputy Minister Isabelle Jacques.

“Yes,” she replied.

“They didn’t have to actively be involved in the protest, they didn’t have to be here in Ottawa at one of the blockades?” Lawrence asked.

“No, not themselves,” she replied.

“It could be indirectly.”

When you freeze someone's bank account, you're effectively removing them from society

Such action, she said, would only be taken on donations made after Feb. 15’s emergency declaration and isn’t retroactive — adding such a case would be “very unlikely,” but definitely possible.

She also said police stopped freezing accounts on Monday as the Ottawa occupation had been cleared.

A statement issued Monday by the RCMP denied providing names of convoy donors to financial institutions, explaining they provided banks with a list of individuals “who were influencers in the illegal protest in Ottawa,” as well as truck drivers and owners who refused to leave the area when ordered.

The Trudeau government’s emergency measures have been widely panned by observers and opposition members, who say the occupations in downtown Ottawa and at land border crossings this month don’t meet the threshold for invoking the Emergencies Act.

Answering queries from Tory MP Adam Chambers, Jacques said police have the power to freeze accounts in a variety of situations but said invoking the act fills critical gaps in current money laundering and terrorism-financing laws.

The emergency orders, she said, now require crowdfunding platforms and payment service providers to register with FINTRAC, Canada’s national financial crime and intelligence agency.

Pointing to the province of Ontario’s Feb. 10 injunction to freeze donation access under Sec. 490.8 of the Criminal Code, Chambers questioned Jacques as to why Ontario’s Attorney General was able to do what the Federal Liberals said was impossible without declaring an emergency.

“Is it the judicial opinion of the individuals here or the government that there was no other way to freeze an individual’s account other than invoking the Emergencies Act?” he asked.

Jacques declined to offer a legal opinion but suggested the federal government wanted to make an impression upon those considering offering financial support.

“It’s not that the federal government thought that there was no other venues to freeze the accounts in view of the current illegal blockades that were ongoing,” she said.

“We had to take extreme measures to freeze the accounts to basically discourage people to fund illegal activities.”

Police ordered a freeze on more than 206 accounts, she said, adding some entities or individuals had more than one account locked.

“When you freeze someone’s bank account, you’re effectively removing them from society,” Lawrence said.

“The de-banking provisions are so broad, that literally a clerk at a Kwik-E-Mart who sold a propane canister to a protester could have his accounts frozen.”

Jacques, responding to a question from NDP MP Daniel Blaikie, said there’s no legislative requirement for anybody — be it the police, the government or financial instructions — to inform individuals that their accounts were frozen.

“Some people’s accounts are being frozen right now,” Blaikie said.

“There’s the appearance that some people feel their accounts are being frozen as a result of the emergency orders, in some cases that does not cohere with what we’re hearing from government.”

Individuals alleging frozen accounts took to social media this week, with some claiming to have donated before the Feb. 15 state-of-emergency.

Lawyer Keith Wilson, who represented convoy organizers during the Ottawa occupations, tweeted he’s representing nine Canadians alleging frozen accounts or cancelled insurance policies.

Wilson’s tweet came a day after Conservative MP Mark Strahl tweeted about a woman in his riding named ‘Briane’ who likewise saw her accounts frozen after a $50 donation “when it was 100% legal,” he wrote.

On Tuesday, the Globe and Mail reported an email mistakenly forwarded to them by an Ottawa police media relations officer suggested investigators weren’t confident in the veracity of Strahl’s claims, as neither of the two individuals named ‘Briane’ in the leaked GiveSendGo donor list lived in British Columbia.

The committee gave unanimous consent to a motion tabled by Chambers compelling government departments and agencies to report weekly to the committee on how many accounts they’d recommended frozen, who owned them and the reasons thereof.

Our bank always has three stacks of calendars every year. One with classic cars one with puppies and kittens and one with scenery from the National Parks. I always get one of each.

Not to mention ours does have a public bathroom which is a big plus for a guy my age!

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'We had to take extreme measures to freeze the accounts to basically discourage people to fund illegal activities'

But businesses large and small as well as individuals pouring millions into BLM was perfectly fine! The level of hypocrisy is into the stratosphere.

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'We had to take extreme measures to freeze the accounts to basically discourage people to fund illegal activities'

But businesses large and small as well as individuals pouring millions into BLM was perfectly fine! The level of hypocrisy is into the stratosphere.

Where people were killed and billions of dollars in damage were done in the mostly peaceful riots.



VS

Well, little Justin is finding out it wasn't worth it. I did some research on this website and on Peter Schiff before I decided to post this. It looks legit and the embedded link points to Zerohedge.

Canada’s Major Banks Mysteriously Go Offline

What would you do if you went to the ATM and found that you couldn’t access the money in your bank account?

Many Canadians recently suffered this unsettling experience. Customers of five major Canadian banks reported mysterious online banking outages last week after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking emergency powers in response to a massive trucker protest. This gave the Canadian government the authority to freeze bank accounts.

Under the Emergencies Act, the Canadian government authorized banks and financial institutions to “temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspects that an account is being used to further the illegal blockades and occupations.”

As ZeroHedge reported, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), BMO (Bank of Montreal), Scotiabank, TD Bank Canada, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) were all hit with unexplainable outages the evening of Feb. 16.

Twitter users in Canada reported that they couldn’t access funds at ATMs.

Users also reported the inability to access e-Transfers, along with online and mobile banking services.

RBC tweeted, “We are currently experiencing technical issues with our online and mobile banking, as well as our phone systems.”

Other banks simply denied there was a problem. A TD Bank spokesperson told BleepingComputer that the bank wasn’t experiencing any widespread system outage or issue.

It remains unclear what caused the outages, but it’s not a stretch to assume that it was somehow related to the government’s pronouncement.

After Trudeau announced the invocation of emergency powers, Google searches for the term “bank run” spiked in Canada.

This should serve as a warning.

We’ve been reporting on the “war on cash” for years. This refers to moves by governments to limit or even eliminate physical cash and currency. Fundamentally, it’s about control. The elimination of cash creates the potential for the government to track and even control or block consumer spending,

Governments around the world have quietly waged a war on cash for years. Back in 2017, the IMF published a creepy paper offering governments suggestions on how to move toward a cashless society even in the face of strong public opposition.

Governments sell cashlessness as more convenient. We’re also told it will help stop dangerous criminals who like the intractability of cash.

But imagine if there was no cash. It would be impossible to hide even the smallest transaction from government eyes. Something as simple as your morning trip to Starbucks wouldn’t be a secret from government officials. And as we saw in Canada, governments can easily shut off your access to your bank accounts. If you have cash, you can still buy and sell even if the banking system is down. Without cash, you are at the mercy of the government.

It remains unclear if the outages in Canada were related to the Emergencies Act. Regardless, cash shortages caused by government policy aren’t mere paranoid speculation.

Indians faced a major shortage of cash in 2017 with as many as 90% of ATMs in some regions of the country running completely out of currency. The cash crisis stemmed from a policy of demonetization the Indian government launched in late 2016.

That wasn’t the first time people faced cash shortages due to government policy. Greeks had their access to cash severely restricted during their country’s recent economic turmoil. It got so bad, a robust barter economy developed out of sheer necessity, as everyday Greeks had to find ways to cope with cash withdrawal limits and currency shortages.

In fact, developing local networks to facilitate barter provides on way to shield yourself from cash shortages.

You can establish barter relationships in your own community – now – before a banking or currency crisis creates chaos. The SchiffGold Barter Metals page provides information on how to get started, and how to find people in your area willing to trade goods and services for gold or silver. If you develop these relationships now, you will have a considerable advantage in the event of a financial meltdown.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
On less serious note, don't forget about the lollipops, loved going to the bank with mom for my lollipop.

Last time I went to the bank? The lollipops- yeah, you guessed it. Chained to the desk!

September 6th 2016

Justin Trudeau earns nickname ‘little potato’ during trip to China

https://globalnews.ca/news/292...uring-trip-to-china/

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is finishing up his trip to China, where he earned the affectionate nickname “little potato.”

The primary goal of the trip has been to strengthen business ties with China, the world’s second-largest economy.

Trudeau is following in the footsteps of his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who established diplomatic ties with China.

Trudeau, well-known around the world for his use of social media, has been given the nickname “xiao tudou,” or “little potato,” as the name Trudeau sounds similar to the Mandarin word for potato.

News coming out of Canada.

The Senate refused to support Trudeau in this emergency powers disaster

Just got a phone call from my cousin and the tide is turning

We all know here that the bank “outages” were nothing more than the banks putting a stop to a run on cash.

Natch

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We all know here that the bank “outages” were nothing more than the banks putting a stop to a run on cash.

Crypto currency exchanges and Robin Hood (during gamestop) have been often accused of having "outages" during extreme volatility. I have zero doubt that there was no actual outage in this case particular case, can't say for sure on the former cases.

Now Turdeau is rescinding the entire thing???

I can’t keep up with all the twists and turns of this friggin’ debacle.

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Even small donation to Freedom Convoy after Feb. 15 enough to have donor's bank accounts frozen, finance committee told

'We had to take extreme measures to freeze the accounts to basically discourage people to fund illegal activities'

What "illegal activities"? Were demonstrations "illegal" just because Turdreau said so? What is "illegal" about a protest? Especially one that led to cleaners streets, less crime, no damaged businesses, and less hunger amongst the homeless? To date, I've not heard what was "illegal" about the protests other than Turdreau saying they were.

Trudeau Reversal Motive Surfaces – Canadian Banking Association Was Approved by World Economic Forum To Lead the Digital ID Creation

https://theconservativetreehou...digital-id-creation/

Sunlight is the best disinfectant. A promotional video from the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) helps to neatly connect all the dots about why the Canadian government made such a quick reversal in their bank asset seizures in the last 24 hours {Go Deep}. And yes, as we suspected, it was almost certainly contact from the World Economic Forum to Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland that triggered the change in position.

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced they would use the Emergency Act declaration to target the financial support systems, banks and accounts of the people who were protesting against COVID mandates, they not only undermined the integrity of the Canadian banking system – but they also inadvertently stuck a wrench into the plans of the World Economic Forum and the collaborative use of the Canadian Bankers Association to create a digital id.

Against the backdrop of the Canadian government action, WATCH THIS VIDEO:



If the Canadian government can arbitrarily block citizen access to their banking institution without any due process, what does that say about the system the Canadian Banking Association (CBA) was putting into place as part of their Digital ID network?

If the CBA digital identity were in place, the same people targeted by Trudeau’s use of the Emergency Act would have their entire identity blocked by the same government measures. The realization of the issue, reflected by a severe undermining of faith in the banking system, is a dramatic problem for those working to create and promote the Digital ID.

It is not coincidental the financial targeting mechanism deployed by Trudeau/Freeland, the Canadian banking system, is the same system being used to create the digital identity. As a result of the government targeting bank accounts, Finance Minister Freeland just created a reference point for those who would argue against allowing the creation of a comprehensive digital identity.

The motive for the World Economic Forum and Canadian Bankers Association to immediately reach out to Trudeau and Freeland and tell them to back off their plan is crystal clear. THAT is almost certainly why Freeland appeared so admonished, shocked and incapable of getting her footing yesterday {Go Deep}, and why the Canadian government simultaneously informed Parliament they were unfreezing the bank accounts.

However, this undermined confidence and faith in the banking system cannot be restored quickly. The toothpaste cannot be put back into the tube. The horse has left the barn. This is now a moment for damage control by the Canadian government. That is why Justin Trudeau just dropped the declaration of the Emergency Act.

It all makes sense now. All of it.

Indeed, the government leaders who take their instructions from the multinational corporations in charge of the World Economic Forum, which is to say almost all of them, are so entrenched in their need to use COVID-19 as the pry bar for the Build Back Better agenda, they simply cannot let it go.

Without COVID-19, they can’t keep the vaccination push. Without the vaccination push, they can’t keep the vaccine passport process in place. Without the vaccination passport registration process to track and monitor human behavior, the governing authorities cannot fulfill the mission of a comprehensive digital identity and social credit tracking system. Indeed, everything they seek is contingent upon keeping the premise of COVID-19 alive.

It is not accidental the World Economic Forum is at the epicenter of this

As we previously noted, the architects of the Build Back Better society (WEF) are guiding various governments on ways to create efficient registration and compliance systems, i.e. ways that permit citizens to prove their vaccinated and compliant status. As these discussions are taking place, it is prudent to pause and think very carefully, wisely.

We all know, as we are reading this, under the guise of enhancing our safety, the U.S. Federal Government is in discussions with the medical community, multinational corporations and employers of citizens to create a more efficient process for you to register your vaccine compliance.

We know their conversation under the terminology of a COVID Passport. The current goal is to make a system for us to show and prove our authorized work status, which, as you know, is based on your obedience to a mandated vaccine.

Beta tests are being conducted in various nations, each with different perspectives and constitutional limitations, based on pesky archaic rules and laws that govern freedom.

For the western, or for lack of a better word ‘democratic‘ outlook, Australia, New Zealand, France and Europe are leading the way with their technological system of vaccination check points and registered state/national vaccination status tied to your registration identification.

New York City joined the vaccine checkpoint process, as their city now requires the vaccine to enter all private businesses. Los Angeles soon followed.

The Australian electronic checkpoints are essentially gateways where QR codes are being scanned from the cell phones of the compliant vaccinated citizen. Yes comrades, there’s an app for that.

Currently, the vaccine status scans are registered by happy compliance workers, greeters at the entry to the business or venue. Indeed, the Walmart greeter has a new gadget to scan your phone prior to allowing you custody of a shopping cart.

In restaurants, the host or hostess has a similar compliance scanner to check you in prior to seating or a reservation confirmation.

It’s simple and fun. You pull up your QR code on your cell phone (aka portable transponder and registration device), using the registration app, and your phone is scanned delivering a green check response to confirm your correct vaccination status and authorized entry.

The Australian government, at both a federal and state level, is working closely with Big Tech companies (thirsting for the national contract) to evaluate the best universal process that can be deployed nationwide.

As noted by all six Premiers in the states down under, hardware (scanners) and software (registration) systems are all being tested to find the most comprehensive/convenient portable units to settle upon. Meanwhile in the U.S., cities like Los Angeles and New York await the beta test conclusion before deploying their own version of the same process.

In Europe, they are also testing their vaccine checkpoint and registration processes known as the EU “Green Pass.”

The “Green Pass” is a similar technological system that gives a vaccinated and registered citizen access to all the venues and locations previously locked down while the COVID-19 virus was being mitigated. What would have been called a “vast right-wing conspiracy theory” 24 months ago, is now a COVID passport process well underway.

As with all things in our rapid technological era, you do not have to squint to see the horizon and accept that eventually this process will automate, and there will be a gadget or scanning gateway automatically granting you access without a person needing to stand there and scan each cell phone QR code individually.

The automated process just makes sense. You are well aware your cell phone already transmits an electronic beacon enabling your Uber or Lyft driver access to your location at the push of a touchscreen button, another convenient app on your phone. So, why wouldn’t the gateways just accept this same recognizable transmission as registration of your vaccine compliant arrival at the coffee shop?

The automated version is far easier and way cooler than having to reach into your pocket or purse and pulling up that pesky QR code on the screen. Smiles everyone, the partnership between Big Tech and Big Government is always there to make your transit more streamline and seamless. Heck, you won’t even notice the electronic receiver mounted at the entry. Give it a few weeks and you won’t remember the reason you were laughing at Alex Jones any more than you remember why you are taking off your shoes at the airport.

However, as this process is created, it is worth considering that you are being quietly changed from an individual person to a product. Some are starting to worry in the beta test:

[…] “you must become an object with attributes sitting in a database. Instead of roaming around anonymously making all sorts of transactions without the government’s knowledge, Australians find themselves passing through ‘gates’. …

All product-based systems have these gates to control the flow of stock and weed out errors. It is how computers see things. The more gates, the more clarity.

You are updating the government like a parcel pings Australia Post on its way to a customer. If a fault is found, automatic alerts are issued, and you are stopped from proceeding. In New South Wales, this comes in the form of a big red ‘X’ on the myGov vaccine passport app (if you managed to link your Medicare account without smashing the phone to bits).

Gate-keeping systems have been adapted from retail and transformed into human-based crowd solutions to micromanage millions of lives with the same ruthless efficiency as barcodes tracking stock. There is no nuance or humanity in this soulless digital age. Barcodes are binary. Good – bad. Citizen or dissident.

Even if you have all the required government attributes to pass through the gates – two vaccines, six boosters, and a lifelong subscription to Microsoft – something could go wrong. If your data fails the scan, you’ll slip into digital purgatory and become an error message. (read more)

It could be problematic if your status fails to register correctly, or if the system identifies some form of alternate lifestyle non-compliance that will block you from entry. Then again, that’s what beta tests are for, working out all these techno bugs and stuff. Not to worry…. move along….

Then again… “For those in the privileged class allowed to shop, take note of Covid signs which encourage cashless transactions under the guise of ‘health’. Messaging around cards being ‘safer’ will increase until the Treasury tries to remove cash entirely, almost certainly with public approval.”

Wait, now we are squinting at that familiar image on the horizon because we know those who control things have been talking about a cashless society for quite a while.

We also know that data is considered a major commodity all by itself. Why do you think every system you encounter in the modern era requires your phone number even when you are not registering for anything. It, meaning you, us, are all getting linked into this modern registration system that is defining our status. We also know that system operators buy and sell our registered status amid various retail and technology systems.

Yeah, that opaque shadow is getting a little clearer now.

Perhaps you attempt to purchase dog food and get denied entry into Pet Smart because you didn’t renew the car registration. Or perhaps you are blocked from entry because you forgot to change the oil on the leased vehicle you drive, and Toyota has this weird agreement with some retail consortium. You head to the oil change place that conveniently pops up in the citizen compliance App –it’s only two blocks away– they clear the alert after they do the oil change, and you are gateway compliant again.

Missed your booster shot? We’re sorry citizen, your bank account is frozen until your compliance is restored… please proceed to the nearest vaccination office as displayed conveniently on your cell phone screen to open access to all further gates (checkpoints)…. tap to continue!

Vote for the wrong candidate? Attend, or donate to, a trucker protest?

Yes, it seemed transparently obvious where this was heading, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just awakened the masses:

This is Professor Bruce Pardy of Queens University discussing the emergencies act, how specifically it is to be invoked, and what the government used as their excuse. It is from Feb 18, but it is interesting. End result, as we all know, a fail on Trudeau.

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Professor Pardy is one of a rare breed in Canada: a classically liberal legal academic who regards equal application of the law, negative rights, private property, limited government and separation of powers as foundational to the Canadian and Western legal tradition. A critic of legal progressivism, social justice and the discretionary administrative state, he has written on a range of pressing legal subjects at the front lines of the civil war inside the law.

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Professor Pardy is one of a rare breed in Canada: a classically liberal legal academic who regards equal application of the law, negative rights, private property, limited government and separation of powers as foundational to the Canadian and Western legal tradition. A critic of legal progressivism, social justice and the discretionary administrative state, he has written on a range of pressing legal subjects at the front lines of the civil war inside the law.

IOW: A liberal, vs. a leftist