Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a good look for the Canadian government.
Do explain
Emergency is the favourite tool of tyrants
Official Response: Request to Freeze Canadian Edge Users’ Accounts
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#12Kudos to Edge. This is a ridiculous request.
If it’s the law it’s not a request is it? More of a command or face the consequences.
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#13Oof. Not a good look for edge. I'll be the first to admit I think this protest is about a bunch of idiots with a victim complex. They should just get the vaccine like 90% of the rest of their profession have done. It's safe and is what anyone should do to help their fellow humans. The Emergencies Act is law. If Edge wants to do business in Canada they have to follow it. I don't see this ending well for them. Maybe I'…
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#14When this protest started, people were complaining that the government was approaching the protest with relative tolerance compared to things like pipeline protests.
Well, now protestors are being arrested and their accounts being frozen. They're no longer being treated nicely compared to environmental protestors.
While I don't agree with their stance, I do think that "we should not have a vaccine mandate" is a valid political opinion, and I support people being able to protest in support of their opinion.
Yes, it's legal to freeze the funds. The list of net-negative-for-society things perpetrated that have been legal in the jurisdictions in which they occurred is long.
I would rather these protestors, environmental/pipeline protestors, and generally all other protestors be treated gently rather than quashing protest.
Canada's laws protecting protestors are much more limited than those in the USA. If the Canadians have decided that this is how they would like their country to operate, that is their right, but I would hope that this sort of thing never happens in the US regardless of the cause.
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not a good look for the Canadian government.
Asset seizure is a big step, I agree. They should just cut off their mobile data. Going without Joe Rogan podcasts and Jordan Peterson tweets will eventually hit hard.
As far as I know, the law does not demand asset seizure, but freezing. And the frozen accounts will be unfrozen when the emergency order expires or is lifted. The goal is to prevent the use of assets right now to finance blockades, not to deprive people of their property forever.
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#16Oof. Not a good look for edge. I'll be the first to admit I think this protest is about a bunch of idiots with a victim complex. They should just get the vaccine like 90% of the rest of their profession have done. It's safe and is what anyone should do to help their fellow humans. The Emergencies Act is law. If Edge wants to do business in Canada they have to follow it. I don't see this ending well for them. Maybe I'…
As a mid-30s sw engineer, I’d say it’s a good look. I hate professional facades and meme’ing is how people communicate now. I’d also say the first part of your your last statement is probably correct, in that you might be an old curmudgeon ;)
Not OP but dropping a professional facade is often the first step on the road to actually becoming unprofessional. Not something you want from a company dealing in finance.
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#17What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation. I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore. Why would I entrust my money with a company that ignores the law and responds in memes?
Is it against the law for a US company to say "No" to a "request" by the Canadian government? Does edge even have a presence in Canada or need to follow Canadian laws(if the request is actually a demand)?
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#18Kudos to Edge. This is a ridiculous request.
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#20What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation. I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore. Why would I entrust my money with a company that ignores the law and responds in memes?
They are not ignoring the law: “And most importantly, we can’t even if we wanted to.” Sounds like they are a non-custodial wallet or similar.
While they may truly believe the law is amoral and are in part happy to make that statement, this is primarily a marketing stunt for the pro-privacy and unseizable aspects of self-custodied crypto wallets.