Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Canada Update (Not Required)

After Parliament approved making the Emergencies Act permanent this week, Trudeau is saying he is rescinding it. I'm not really sure how the politics of that work.

About 200 arrests were made. Over 115 vehicles were towed. There is no good information on how many financial accounts were blocked or seized, but it appears to be in the hundreds.

In Ontario, 12 trucking firms have had their business licenses suspended, with orders to seize all their vehicles. Plates were also suspended on 24 passenger vehicles (not sure if they were towed).

Further, 27 trucking firms from outside Ontario have had their licenses to operate in the province rescinded, with orders given to police to seize their trucks if they enter the province. For those not familiar with Canadian geography, you can't cross Canada without going through Ontario. In addition, 34 passenger vehicles from outside Ontario ... hmmm ... had their plates suspended, but I'm not sure about that. Something happened to them that was newsworthy, but what it was isn't clear.

Donors to the truckers were doxxed on Google. For several hours, a map showing their names and home addresses was available online. Reports are that it showed 90,000 addresses for donations as low as $10. One should note that donations were legal until they weren't. The underlying information was hacked from crowdsourcing websites.

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