An Ontario judge has ordered the RCMP and TD Bank to hand over records related to the freezing of Evan Blackman’s bank accounts during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa.
Blackman was arrested on February 18, 2022, under the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, and charged with mischief and obstruction. He was acquitted in October 2023, but the Crown appealed and a new trial is set to begin on August 14, 2025.
Blackman is now seeking access to records detailing how and why his accounts were frozen, to support a Charter application at his retrial. His lawyers argue the freeze was a serious violation of his constitutional rights and plan to ask the court to stay the case.
“The freezing of Mr. Blackman’s bank accounts was an extreme overreach on the part of the police and the federal government,” said Chris Fleury, a constitutional lawyer representing Blackman.
“These records will hopefully reveal exactly how and why Mr. Blackman’s accounts were frozen.”
Blackman welcomed the ruling.
“I’m delighted that we will finally get records that may reveal why my bank accounts were frozen,” he said.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which is backing Blackman’s legal challenge, called the ruling a significant development.
I wonder if twitchy is nervous?
Or did she pull a Hillary and delete all her emails?
This is pretty amazing. The RCMP and various other law enforcement entities arrested him for going down on his knees and singing “Oh, Canada.” They said is was “mischief.” He gets acquitted by a Judge who probably is one of the good guys in that he spent less than 30 minutes coming to his ruling. The original Judge stated that Blackman might not have known that the authorities had ordered everyone to leave. Their announcement was suspect. And, since the prosecution didn’t document that issue in court, the Judge acquitted Blackman.
Then, this snotty jackass of a Judge reviews the case and decides Blackman obstructed justice by making “law enforcement’s job harder”. All he did was kneel and sing “Oh, Canada.” So, now this judge is throwing obstruction charges in the mix despite the prosecution not making their case on that matter in the original trial.
What a load of bull excrement.
All he did was kneel and sing “Oh, Canada.”
Probably didn’t sing it en Francais.
Did this judge attend a speech or seminar highlighted by remarks from a DC federal Judge of Jan 6 fame?
And while I cannot claim anything as harsh as having my bank accounts frozen … your government, along with the cooperation of Go Fund Me and Give Send Go … STOLE $200.00 in my donations to the Truckers.
And yet a black teen MURDERER in TX is sitting on nearly $1M in donations. Not to mention the whack job who murdered the United Healthcare CEO
I have vowed to NEVER donate money through either of these companies … ever again. Period. They fkcued me over and the truckers over … so I’m done. I’m out.
If you can, pls donate to JCCF. They are the closest thing we have to 1A and 2A protections right now.
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