It's also been said that once people left the area in Ottawa, their accounts could be unfrozen. What did that process look like? Was that a kind of individual-led process? They got out of the area and they wanted to let somebody know. They wanted their account unfrozen, so they were going to call the RCMP or their financial institution. Did the RCMP proactively provide information to financial institutions if the RCMP independently was satisfied that the person had left? What was the verification procedure for unfreezing accounts, for confirming that people were no longer in the area in Ottawa?
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