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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOntario 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 websites 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
I've read the big donors (*cough* ElonMusk*cough*) are sending money via crypto currency. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Feb 2022
#4
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)1. "Millions of dollars" Wow
Who is donating? Right Wing Americans and Russians?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Criminal code allows the attorney general to apply for a restraint order.
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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.
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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
Confiscate the trucks and see where the dice land.
Action must be taken!
Fiendish Thingy
(15,568 posts)4. I've read the big donors (*cough* ElonMusk*cough*) are sending money via crypto currency. Nt