[AntiEgo]

Under the grits, the rcmp have already been extremely aggressive with protestors. Look at land defenders in BC--they are being removed at gunpoint, having property wantonly destroyed, and having masks pulled of their faces to apply pepper spray point blank. The clownvoy got treaded with kidskin gloves.

[AlexandrB]

There's a case to be made that a naked display of force - at least in a democracy - is less authoritarian than quietly destroying someone's financial life. Spraying pepper spray and knocking heads creates some very unsavoury images that the government has to contend with during the next election and stokes outrage. Having a bunch of people's bank accounts frozen doesn't trigger the same visceral reaction.