
Canadian officials move to block funding of protests against Covid-19 rules with sweeping new financial measures
CNN
The Canadian government is aiming to cut off financial support for protesters who are staging blockades at border crossings as it ratcheted up the pressure on the demonstrators by invoking the country's Emergencies Act.
"This is about following the money. This is about stopping the financing of these illegal blockades," Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland said Monday while describing how the government will use the act to go after those funding the disruptive protests over Covid-19 mitigation measures.

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As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











