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If you’re using TD Bank, you may want to think again.
An alarming report shows the Toronto-Dominion Bank seemingly caved to left-wing political pressure by allegedly freezing two personal bank accounts that support the Canadian truckers’ “Freedom Convoy.”
One of the accounts included a staggering $1.1 million. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed they froze the accounts in a statement to Reuters. TD Bank is reportedly the second-largest and most important in Canada.
The truckers’ protest is heavily politicized because they are pushing back against forced vaccinations and other overly restrictive coronavirus-related policies.
If they refuse to take the drug, working-class Canadians risk losing their employment and means of living.
Making matters worse, some Canadian politicians are threatening to ban their ability to operate a motor vehicle altogether.
CNN analyst and Harvard professor Juliette Kayyem agreed with this sick plan by arguing truckers should be blacklisted from working or even operating a motor vehicle ever again.
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The move, according to the statement, came after TD applied to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice this week about taking funds sent through bank transfers and GoFundMe and giving them to the intended recipients or returning them to the donors “who have requested refunds but whose entitlement to a refund cannot be determined by TD.”
The outlet reported that one bank account received C$1 million through GoFundMe and the rest was sent to a second account through a variety of bank transfers. The spokesperson said TD is unsure of where the GoFundMe payment originated.
In an email to Reuters, Keith Wilson, an attorney for the convoy, said TD has been put “on notice that their actions are improper and disappointing.”
GoFundMe faced immense criticism earlier this month after the company decided to pause the fundraising page for the convoy after it surpassed $10 million.
The “Convoy” claimed that its initial protest of 1,600 trucks swelled to 36,000 over the first week, though the Washington Post places the number closer to 8,000. The cause has drawn international attention and support, with a U.S. trucker protest possibly starting this weekend in Los Angeles around the Super Bowl, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
