Bitcoin 1, Banks 0: Bank of Canada Facing Prosecution
The Bank of Canada (BoC), Canadian ministers and the Crown (England) face prosecution for crashing the Canadian economy. The Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) has been accusing the mentioned institutions and individuals. COMER has put forward that the attorney general, the finance minister, and minister of national revenue have purposefully colluding with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to rob the Country of Canada. According to an article in the Epoch Times: The suit alleges that....
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