[mardifoufs]

The reason they didn't extend them was that they didn't want to go through the senate vote, and also because of the extreme controversy it caused. Trudeau had said earlier he wanted to extend them past the 30 days. So it's weird to say that the controversy and reactions were baseless because their intended goal was achieved. And that was to make Trudeau's decision as politically costly and controversial as possible.

Also accounts were still seized over a protest, so it doesn't matter if it was from people donating or those who were protesting

https://financialpost.com/fp-finance/banking/convoy-leader-d...

(Url is weird and doesn't match the actual article)

[gamblor956]

So in other words...the system worked exactly as it was designed to work...

[mardifoufs]

I guess but only because there was a very very vocal backlash. It wouldn't have necessarily worked if everyone was just complacent and apologetic for Trudeau. Trudeau had no intention of showing any restraint until the backlash intensified.

[gamblor956]

You are literally just describing how a political system was designed to work: politics.

[bentlegen]

I never said they were baseless, I said folks claimed this would never end and it did, rather promptly.

> Trudeau had said earlier he wanted to extend them past the 30 days.

Can you provide a source because I can’t find anything backing this claim.