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> or Canada

Come on now. You may not like the due process that was followed, but it was still due process (as-in following the letter of existing law). By this logic the US should also be included on your list because of civil asset forfeiture.



They invoked the Emergencies Act to bypass due process.

`When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided a week ago to invoke his country’s Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history to quell the unrest, it gave the police sweeping new powers to go after the finances of the protesters.`

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-pro...

As for the US, I agree they belong on the list because of civil asset forfeiture.


Same with Russia and China, or Ukraine - they have a process as well.

In the case of Canada, the process was the PM tells the banks to freeze the funds.


Yes, yes it should.




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