{"id":9840,"date":"2024-08-13T22:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=9840"},"modified":"2024-08-13T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T02:27:45","slug":"rebel-news-reports-toronto-senior-debanked-by-scotiabank-for-criticizing-the-dei-agenda-in-totalitarian-canada-open-your-mouth-theyll-shut-you-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=9840","title":{"rendered":"Rebel News Reports Toronto Senior Debanked by Scotiabank for Criticizing the DEI Agenda &#8212; In Totalitarian Canada, Open Your Mouth &#038; They&#8217;ll Shut You Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><br><br><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><div id=\"header-sticky-wrapper\" class=\"sticky-wrapper\" style=\"height: 83px;\"><header id=\"header\" class=\"not-fixed\" style=\"\">      <nav class=\"navbar navbar-default navbar-static-top\" role=\"navigation\">     <div class=\"container\">       <div class=\"navbar-header\">                             <a class=\"navbar-brand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/\">             <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"primary-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/therebel\/sites\/1092\/meta_images\/original\/_rn-logo-2.png?1582397021\" alt=\"Rebel News\">           <\/a>                <\/div>       <div id=\"menu-collapse\" class=\"hidden-sm hidden-xs\">        <\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/header><\/div><nav id=\"cd-lateral-nav\"><ul class=\"cd-navigation cd-single-item-wrapper list-unstyled padtopless\"><li>                  <ul class=\"list-unstyled list-inline mar-bottom-0 social-list\"><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/811793512220923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelNewsOnline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/RebelMediaTV?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"fa fa-youtube\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/news.rebel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i class=\"fa fa-instagram\"><\/i><\/a><\/li><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\" style=\"margin-left:-3px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/c\/RebelNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:16px;margin-bottom:1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/themes\/5fd9329f4764e88b10364fad\/attachments\/original\/1619012729\/Rumble_logo_white.png?1619012729\" alt=\"Rebel News on Rumble\"><\/a><\/li><li class=\"cd-social-list-item\" style=\"margin-left:-4px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@RebelNews:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height:16px;margin-bottom:1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/themes\/60bbc8a0c2948067eccb8a0a\/attachments\/original\/1623433300\/odysee_png.png?1623433300\" alt=\"Rebel News on Odysee\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul>       <\/li><\/ul>            <div class=\"pad-bottom-75\"><\/div> <\/nav>          <div style=\"position: relative\"> <\/div> <hr class=\"mar-vert-0\"><\/hr>                                                                                                                                                 <div class=\"blocks-wrapper-before\">                        <\/div>                                                                                 <div id=\"flash_container\">    <\/div>                                                               <h1 class=\"mar-top-0\">                        Senior citizen has accounts terminated by Scotiabank apparently for criticizing DEI policy                      <\/h1>                        <p class=\"lead mar-bottom-0\">Toronto resident &#8216;Jane&#8217; tells  David Menzies that Scotiabank terminated her 20-year relationship with  the company because she criticized its diversity, equity and inclusion  policy.<\/p>                                                 <div class=\"marginbottom\"><\/div>                                                                                      <div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div>                                                                                     <p>Do you remember the good old days when Canada\u2019s big banks were all  about\u2026 financial services? Savings and chequeing accounts, RRSPs,  mortgages, and so on?<\/p> <p>Increasingly, these days, thanks to the virus that is \u201cwokeness\u201d,  Canada\u2019s big banks are actually \u201cde-banking\u201d certain customers. These  are not deadbeat clients nor con artists. Rather, thanks to the unholy  trinity of diversity, equity, and inclusion, if a bank deems a client  guilty of \u201cwrong-thought\u201d, that customer might very well be \u201cfired.\u201d<\/p> <p>This disturbing Orwellian approach to financial services surely hit a crescendo in 2022 when thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/emergencies-act-banks-ottawa-protests-1.6353968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadians had their bank accounts frozen<\/a> simply for making an online donation to the Freedom Convoy. It was equal parts shocking and disgraceful.<\/p> <p>And consider our story last year, in which we drew attention to the case of Gary Duke of Grand Prairie, Alta. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/ezra_levant_show_august_26_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired as a customer by his local Scotiabank branch<\/a>  when Gary politely asked if it was possible to remove the rainbow icon  from his Scotiabank phone app given \u201cPride Month\u201d had come to an end.<\/p> <div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div> <p>Those comments were not appreciated nor tolerated, and in the name of \u201cinclusivity\u201d, Gary had his bank accounts terminated.<\/p> <p>Our latest example of wokeness driving bank policy is the  inexplicable case regarding Toronto senior citizen \u201cJane\u201d (she doesn\u2019t  want her real name used as she doesn\u2019t want to incur further  penalization from any other banks).<\/p> <p>Earlier this year, a Scotiabank branch in west end Toronto terminated  her accounts. But why? Was Jane running a financial scam? Does she have  links to a terrorist organization? Hardly.<\/p> <p>Jane suspects she was given the axe because she dared make a  suggestion regarding the bank\u2019s diversity, equity and inclusion policy.  Which is to say, she suggested that the bank should include seniors in  its inclusion policy, not just members of the LGBT-etc.-etc. community.<\/p> <div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div> <p>Alas, for having the temerity to make such a suggestion, Jane was  sent a letter from bank manager Guy Morin telling her that the bank was  terminating its relationship with her.<\/p> <p>And get this: we can only speculate what the real reason is for this  termination, given that the bank manager would not state anything  tangible for Jane getting the axe.<\/p> <p>Indeed, this is what Guy Morin stated to Jane in an email:<\/p> <blockquote> <p><em>After careful consideration, The Bank of Nova Scotia\u2026 has decided  to end our relationship with you. We understand it will take time for  you to make arrangements with another financial institution, therefore  we are providing you this advance notice of the date on which each of  your accounts and other products\/services will be closed. Our decision  complies with the conditions in the agreements you have with us.<\/em><\/p> <\/blockquote> <p>But again, the question arises: what \u201cconditions in the agreement\u201d  did Jane breach? We reached out to the manager and Scotiabank\u2019s media  relations department and even paid a visit to the branch, but no comment  was offered. Of note, even though we are firmly entrenched in the month  of August, this branch still had its Pride propaganda on full display.<\/p> <p>The censorious behaviour of Canada\u2019s big banks is shocking albeit  hardly surprising. After all, back in December 2021, the Toronto head  office for the Royal Bank of Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebelnews.com\/help_us_crowdfund_our_future_calgary_office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancelled a mortgage for a Calgary property that Rebel News was hoping to acquire<\/a>.<\/p> <div class=\"iframe-container\"><\/div> <p>Please note that our company had been pre-approved for the mortgage  by a Royal Bank branch in Calgary. But when it came to rubber-stamping  the approval at Royal Bank HQ in Toronto, the mortgage application was  denied.<\/p> <p>The reasons for the refusal had absolutely nothing to do with the  financial wellbeing of Rebel News. Rather, the woke Royal Bank head  honchos apparently didn\u2019t care for our editorial viewpoint.  Unbelievable\u2026<\/p> <p>Lesson learned: Canada\u2019s big banks no longer solely judge clients on  their financial merits. These days, the banks want to make certain their  clients are not guilty of \u201cwrong thought.\u201d And if you are deemed guilty  of harbouring a non-woke opinion, then these big banks will think  nothing of declaring you persona non grata.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SCOTIABANK.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SCOTIABANK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SCOTIABANK.png 225w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SCOTIABANK-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior citizen has accounts terminated by Scotiabank apparently for criticizing DEI policy Toronto resident &#8216;Jane&#8217; tells David Menzies that Scotiabank terminated her 20-year relationship with the company because she criticized its diversity, equity and inclusion policy. 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