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kpete

(71,980 posts)
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 10:35 AM Feb 2022

Ontario court freezes access to donations for truckers' protest from GiveSendGo.

The Ontario government says it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings.

The province obtained an order from the Superior Court of Justice that prohibits anyone from distributing donations made through the website’s “Freedom Convoy 2022? and “Adopt-a-Trucker” campaign pages, said a spokeswoman for Premier Doug Ford.

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Ontario court freezes access to donations for truckers' protest from GiveSendGo. (Original Post) kpete Feb 2022 OP
"Millions of dollars" Wow BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #1
Criminal code allows the attorney general to apply for a restraint order. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #2
They need to revoke their licenses randr Feb 2022 #3
I've read the big donors (*cough* ElonMusk*cough*) are sending money via crypto currency. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #4

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
2. Criminal code allows the attorney general to apply for a restraint order.
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 10:57 AM
Feb 2022
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Ivana Yelich said the order binding “any and all parties with possession or control over these donations” was issued Thursday afternoon. She cited a section of the Criminal Code that allows the attorney general to apply for a restraint order against any “offence-related property.

Hundreds of semi-trucks rolled into downtown Ottawa two weeks ago to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and health restrictions and now trucks are also blockading border crossings in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario.

Donors initially raised more than $10-million through GoFundMe, which announced last Friday it was pulling the plug on the campaign and that the money would be refunded. The site said it initially believed the demonstration was going to be peaceful, but withdrew its support after police and local leaders raised concerns it had become an “occupation.”

Convoy organizers quickly set up new campaigns on Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo. As of Thursday, “Freedom Convoy 2022? had raised $US8.4-million and “Adopt-a-Trucker” had amassed more than $686,000.

......... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-court-freezes-access-to-givesendgo-donations-for-truckers/

randr

(12,409 posts)
3. They need to revoke their licenses
Fri Feb 11, 2022, 11:22 AM
Feb 2022

Confiscate the trucks and see where the dice land.
Action must be taken!

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