Philip Lawrence at the Finance Committee

On February 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 17th, 2022 / 4 p.m.

Conservative

Philip Lawrence Conservative Northumberland—Peterborough South, ON

That's no problem, Mr. Cohen.

In Bill C-8, there are financial measures that effectively give the government the ability to freeze the bank accounts of political dissenters. Do you believe the government has been transparent in discussing who will be targeted by these measures and which accounts will be frozen, and why?

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