pretty sure that Trudeau ordered banks to do so- citing the ‘Emergencies Act’ as his excuse for doing so
“Trudeau uses Emergencies Act to freeze private bank accounts in latest attack on Freedom Convoy”
““Second, the government is issuing an order, with immediate effect, under the Emergencies Act, authorizing Canadian financial institutions to temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution suspect an account is being used to further the illegal blockade and occupation,””
No, the strict legality was that the Banks were “authorized”. They actually made the decisions.
After the fact, Trudeau and the Liberal gov’t tried to distance themselves from the account freezes, and put the responsibility on the Banks.
But it is all BS. The Banks knew that they could not refuse. The only ones who did were provincial credit unions.