Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Czech_pivo]

Does the Gov have the ability to go in and look at my banking ? Have they ever done that ?

Define 'the Gov't' - do you mean the RCMP, do you mean CSIS - then yes they do AFTER they provide the correct paperwork to your financial institution.

 

[YZT580]

No, you have a reasonable expectation of privacy over your financial records. We can obtain them from the banks with a court issued prosecution order or in very rare cases on an emergency basis (if it could be tied to imminent harm), but the government and police cannot simply examine one’s finances at a whim.

There’s also mandatory reporting of certain threshold or suspicious transactions to FINTRAC, but that’s kept within their data holdings and isn’t open for general inspection.

unless you are a truck driver requesting a meeting with the PM. (sigh)