[HN Gopher] Canadian government freezes bank account of People's...
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Canadian government freezes bank account of People's Party of
Canada candidate
Author : aziio
Score : 13 points
Date : 2025-04-14 18:26 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| yo_yo_yo-yo wrote:
| This woman has an issue with her bank, and not her government.
|
| I expect what has happened is that she had solicited funds for
| her campaign and received unusual flows of money, considering she
| resides in Mexico, to her account which then triggered an issue
| with her bank.
| greatgib wrote:
| Probably yes, foreign money flowing to a bank account used to
| fund a political party will blink in all colors in the
| corruption and money laundering dpt of any bank.
|
| I don't know in Canada, but in a lot of other countries, all
| accounts and money used by a candidate to an election is
| tightly limited in income and expenses. Not just anyone can use
| that as a current account or send in any money from random
| individuals.
| mikestew wrote:
| The post is bordering close enough to "unhinged" that I'm not
| taking this woman's word for it. There's a story here, but we
| aren't going to get the whole of it from her.
|
| But given enough extrapolation, I think your explanation is
| probably close. To add further by reading between the lines,
| the handling of a political campaign account was probably
| loosey-goosey enough on the details ("no, you CANNOT spend it
| on...") that something got triggered.
| billy99k wrote:
| As 'unhinged' as the anti-trump articles posted here every
| day?
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