You are mistaken. Since Trudeau invoked the Emergency Act he didn’t need a court order to freeze bank accounts. The feds literally went on record stating that freezing bank accounts was used as a deterrent from people protesting. There was no judicial or legislative process involved in unilaterally cutting off people from all of their funds.
And there was a review after the fact if the emergency powers were used appropriately, and that review just finished and said that yes, Trudeau was in his right and didn't abuse the emergency powers.
A review which found that Trudeau was justified does not change anything I said. I personally haven’t read the entire report so I wont comment on whether or not I believe the actions were justified.
The reality is that it is legal for the Canadian state to extrajudicially suppress protests, hence why it is important to have cash around because of these laws.
Also what if the use of the Emergency Act is found to NOT be justified in a report a year later? How are you going to make those who had their bank accounts frozen whole again? A report in one years time in the future is not going to help you buy food or pay for shelter today.
You can read more here: https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bureaucrats-who-froze...