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Ontario Premier Orders GiveSendGo To Freeze Funds For Anti-Mandate Protesters
Thursday, Feb 10, 2022 - 06:20 PM
Less than a week after GoFundMe, at the behest of the Mayor of Ottawa and Justin Trudeau,
summarily closed their fundraiser which had exceeded $10 million,
Ontario's Premier, Doug Ford, has issued an order that essentially freezes any funds that have been raised thus far from the alternate crowdsourcing site 'GiveSendGo'.
Freezing money from gofundme and givesendgo does not happen in a democratic country.
That is a full blow communism move.
Canadians are not allowed to do what they want with their own money.
If this is allowed with no recourse, it will eventually be much worse.
— Alexander Roberto (@alexrnicholas)
February 10, 2022
As April McAbee reports via CitizenStringer.com, the order specifically states that the fundraising platform Give Send Go is prohibited from doing anything with the funds.
Statement from the Office of the Premier of Ontario
"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.
Ivana Yelich
Executive Director of Media Relations Office of the Premier of Ontario
According to
Katie Simpson, a CBC correspondent, “a spokesperson for the Premier’s office says
this essentially means the funds are frozen for now.”
And the Americans are coming...
NEW - a White House official says members of the Biden administration held a series of high level calls with their Canadian counterparts, urging them to use their federal powers to end the blockades, offering the full support of the Department of Homeland Security.
— Katie Simpson (@CBCKatie)
February 10, 2022
Give Send Go has yet to make a statement on the order.
In a statement on Monday when the company agreed to host the fundraiser, the platform stated,
“GiveSendGo stands for hope and freedom. We recognize the freedoms we have are God-given, not authorized by governments, but rather freedoms that ought to be protected by our governments.”
The GiveSendGo fundraiser had raised almost 8.5 million dollars at the time the order was issued.