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Ontario Attorney General freezes GiveSendGo donation distribution to Freedom Convoy

By Christina Maas | Reclaim The Net | February 10, 2022

The Ontario government is further being accused of suppressing civil liberties and the right to organize a protest after it has announced that it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to the millions of dollars donated to the Freedom Convoy through free speech fundraising platform GiveSendGo.

GiveSendGo is the alternative US-based fundraising platform that came to the rescue after GoFundMe pulled the plug on donations to the Freedom Convoy protesters who are campaigning for civil liberties in Ottawa and at multiple border crossings.

A spokesperson for Premier Doug Ford says Ontario’s Attorney General submitted the application to the Superior Court of Justice, requesting that it be illegal to distribute donations made through GiveSendGo’s two crowdfunding campaigns, the “Freedom Convoy 2022” and “Adopt-a-Trucker.”

The full statement is as follows:

“Today, the Attorney General brought an application in the Superior Court of Justice for an order pursuant to section 490.8 of the Criminal Code prohibiting any person from disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, in any manner whatsoever, any and all monetary donations made through the Freedom Convoy 2022 and Adopt-a-Trucker campaign pages on the GiveSendGo online fundraising platform.

“This afternoon, the order was issued. It binds any and all parties with possession or control over these donations.”

Ford’s office said that an order binding “any and all parties with possession or control over these donations” has been granted and issued.

GiveSendGo is now being described as an “offense-related property” as described in 490.8 of the Criminal Code.

Civil liberties protestors have faced an uphill battle, with the Canadian government trying to suppress the protest in several ways.

More than $10 million was originally raised through GoFundMe, a platform that has been accused of bias and selectively enforcing its policies.

Donors have raised over $8.4 million on GiveSendGo at the time of writing.

In a statement, GiveSendGo was not deterred by the order and said, “Know this! Canada has absolutely zero jurisdiction over how we manage our funds here at GiveSendGo. All funds for every campaign on GiveSendGo flow directly to the recipients of those campaigns, not least of which is The Freedom Convoy campaign.”

February 10, 2022 - Posted by | Civil Liberties | , ,

4 Comments »

  1. What in hell are you doing taking money from this organization.What right can you hold money from a US organization.

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    John Logan a retired police officer.'s avatar Comment by John Logan a retired police officer. | February 10, 2022 | Reply

  2. At least GiveSendGo appears to be reasonably certain of its legal position, so that leaves Ontario’s attorney general looking like a right Charlie. I suppose it shows the measure of desperation of the internally ensconced enemies of the country. Eventually their perfidy will be known to all, and then what will they do?

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    Bill Francis's avatar Comment by Bill Francis | February 11, 2022 | Reply

  3. I can’t find any information from GiveSendGo on how much of the collected funds have been distributed to the truckers

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    Dave Mudra's avatar Comment by Dave Mudra | February 12, 2022 | Reply

  4. Nobody, so far as I can tell, has seen the text of the order. Until this US fundraising platform that’s the subject of the order has been legally served with the order, they have no legal obligation to obey it. A tweet doesn’t cut it. The requirement is spelled out in Canada’s 490.8(9)

    Only if someone is served are they subject to penalties.

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    tmlutas's avatar Comment by tmlutas | February 13, 2022 | Reply


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