The Christian fundraising site was the target of a hack on Sunday night, and thousands of names of Freedom Convoy donors were reportedly leaked.
"Federal government institutions will have a new broad authority to share relevant information with banks and other financial service providers to ensure we can all work together to put a stop to these illegal blockades," Freeland said in a televised speech.
"This is about following the money. This is about stopping the financing of these illegal blockades. We are today serving notice. If your truck is being used in these illegal blockades your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your semi-trailers home, the Canadian economy needs them to be doing legitimate work, not to be illegally making us all poorer.
Trudeau's government has also threatened to suspend insurance on the truckers' rigs and tow away vehicles that keep essential services running. On Thursday, he declared the blockades"illegal" and told the remaining protesters that it was"time to go home".The protests started in western Canada in January, descending on the capital Ottawa on January 28 and blocking the city's main roads, causing chaos and disruption for the last two weeks. Protesters had also blocked the Ambassador Bridge, the vital trade route between Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, U.S.
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