Ontario court freezes access to funds raised for protest convoy on GiveSendGo platform | CBC News CBC News Posted: Feb 10, 2022 6:22 PM ET | Last Updated: 1 hour ago 3-4 minutes Toronto The Superior Court of Justice has granted a request from the Ontario government to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the truckers convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings. Order applies to 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and 'Adopt-a-Trucker' campaign pages <img src="https://i.cbc.ca/1.6344921.1644421673!/cumulusImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/convoy-protest-stills-ottawa-feb-4.jpg"> A statement from Premier Doug Ford's office on Thursday said Attorney General Doug Downey brought the application for the order to prohibit anyone from distributing donations made through the website's 'Freedom Convoy 2022' and 'Adopt-a-Trucker' campaign pages. (Michael Charles Cole/CBC)
The Superior Court of Justice has granted a request from the Ontario government to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the truckers convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings. A statement from Premier Doug Ford's office on Thursday said Attorney General Doug Downey brought the application for the order, under 490.8 of the Criminal Code, to prohibit anyone from distributing donations made through the website's "Freedom Convoy 2022" and "Adopt-a-Trucker" campaign pages. Ivana Yelich, spokesperson for the premier, said the order "binds any and all parties with possession or control over these donations."
Convoy protest could change the way money is monitored, says watchdog agency Convoy organizers quickly set up a campaign on Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo, after donors initially raised more than $10 million through GoFundMe. Late last week, GoFundMe said it would stop payments to convoy organizers and refund donors directly because the protest violates its rules on violence and harassment. The company announced its decision in a blog post on Friday evening, just two days after it froze disbursements of the fund.
Convoy protest received hundreds of donations that appeared to be from abroad GoFundMe ends payments to convoy protest, citing reports of violence and harassment Hundreds of the GoFundMe donations to the Ottawa convoy protest came from donors who said they were located outside of Canada, according to an analysis of data collected by CBC News. The analysis of a sample of more than 6,600 comments made on the GoFundMe crowdfunding page before it was shut down shows that 573 donations amounting to more than $33,378 came from people who said they were located abroad. The GiveSendGo campaign has raised $8.2 million US so far. Also on Thursday, representatives of the Ontario government declined a third invitation to participate in trilateral talks to deal with ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protests, sources told CBC News. A meeting of representatives of all three levels of government was scheduled for this afternoon. WATCH | Why GoFundMe cut off protest-convoy fundraising campaign:
<img src="https://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/645/599/trucker-protest-gofundme-cut-stefanovich-040222.jpg?crop=1.777xh:h;*,*&downsize=510px:*510w"> GoFundMe cuts off convoy protest GoFundMe will not disburse any more money from a fundraising campaign for the protest convoy, saying the money will be refunded. Meanwhile, Ottawa police are changing tactics ahead of what's expected to be another weekend of noisy protests. 2:40 With files from the CBC's Katie Simpson and The Canadian Press
Guess they will be able to pay the LEO's and tow operators the hazard pay they have been holding out for.
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