Maxime Bernier

Very strongly agree

No, declaring "financial martial law" destroys trust in the banking system and unjustly punishes families.

This matches PPC’s 2022 critique that freezing accounts undermines trust in institutions and punishes peaceful protesters and their families/supporters. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly agree

No

PPC messaging around the 2022 Freedom Convoy emphasized civil liberties and condemned account freezes; they would strongly agree the government should not have this power. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly agree

No, de-banking political dissidents is a tactic used by authoritarian regimes, not democracies.

PPC and Maxime Bernier repeatedly characterized the 2022 account freezes as authoritarian and incompatible with liberal democracy, aligning closely with this framing. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No, the government should never seize assets without a court order and due process.

PPC would strongly favor due process and court oversight; while they might allow normal criminal-justice asset restraint with warrants/orders, they opposed extra-judicial freezing under emergency measures. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Slightly agree

Yes, but only with strict time limits and explicit parliamentary approval.

They might prefer parliamentary control over executive action, but PPC’s stance in 2022 was closer to rejecting the practice outright rather than accepting it with safeguards. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

Yes

The People’s Party of Canada (PPC) strongly opposed the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act in 2022 and the associated freezing of convoy-related accounts, framing it as government overreach. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly disagree

Yes, the government needs emergency powers to stop protesters from holding the economy hostage.

PPC opposed emergency powers used against the convoy and would not endorse broad ‘emergency’ financial powers justified by economic disruption. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes, cutting off funding is a critical non-violent tool to dismantle illegal blockades.

PPC criticized using financial measures against protesters/donors in 2022, arguing it was punitive and chilling; they would reject the idea that cutting off funding is an appropriate tool. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.