No matter their thoughts on restrictions -- a huge portion of Canadians do not support the "freedom truckers".
So in summary Canada is going to: Freeze the bank accounts of anyone linked to the protests. Take away their commercial driver licenses. Vehicle insurance of anyone involved with the demonstrations will be suspended. Seize their vehicles when blocking traffic. Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters' bank accounts https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60383385 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests. Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be "time-limited", "reasonable and proportionate" and would not see the military deployed. With no need for court orders, banks can freeze personal accounts of anyone linked with the protests. Hundreds of demonstrators remain in Canada's capital city. On Sunday, law enforcement cleared anti-mandate protesters at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor - a critical pathway for Canada-US trade - after a week-long stalemate. What began as a rally against a new rule that all truckers must be vaccinated to cross the US-Canada border, or quarantine upon return, has grown into a broader challenge to all Covid health restrictions. "This is about keeping Canadians safe, protecting people's jobs," Mr Trudeau told a news conference on Monday. He said the police would be given "more tools" to imprison or fine protesters and protect critical infrastructure. Mr Trudeau told reporters the legislation would be applied temporarily and in a highly specific manner. Critics have noted that the prime minister voiced support for farmers in India who blocked major highways to New Delhi for a year in 2021, saying at the time: "Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest." Mr Trudeau's invoking of the Emergencies Act comes as demonstrations across Canada enter their third week. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said at Monday's news conference that banks would be able freeze personal accounts of anyone linked with the protests without any need for a court order. Vehicle insurance of anyone involved with the demonstrations can also be suspended, she added. Ms Freeland said they were broadening Canada's "Terrorist Financing" rules to cover cryptocurrencies and crowdfunding platforms, as part of the effort. "It's all about following the money," she said. She spoke after hackers released details of what they said were 93,000 donations for the truckers totalling $8.4m (£6.2m) to the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. The Emergencies Act, passed in 1988, requires a high legal bar to be invoked. It may only be used in an "urgent and critical situation" that "seriously endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians". Lawful protests do not qualify. Speaking on Monday, Canada's Justice Minister David Lametti argued these conditions had been met. But the Canadian Civil Liberties Association disagreed, warning that the move "threatens our democracy and our civil liberties". Ottawa protest leader Tamara Lich dismissed Mr Trudeau's move, telling AP News: "There are no threats that will frighten us. We will hold the line." Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a Conservative, said he supported the federal government. But the premiers of Quebec, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan said the emergency powers were not needed in their regions. Before Mr Trudeau's announcement, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said invoking the Emergencies Act could "throw oil on the fire". (More at above url)
The next step is for Canada to hunt down the domestic donors and take action... N.B. company gave $75,000 to protesters, as security breach reveals Canadian, U.S. donors https://globalnews.ca/news/8619514/ontario-company-protesters-security-breach-donors/ A security breach has revealed that a company with offices across Canada has donated US$75,000 to an online fundraising campaign for so-called “freedom convoy” protesters who have disrupted the nation’s capital. Brad Howland, president of Easy-Kleen Pressure Systems Ltd., confirmed the donation, the largest from within Canada, following a hack of crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo. Easy-Kleen’s head office is in the village of Sussex Corner in New Brunswick with other offices in Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia. Howland declined to speak to Global News but said in a statement he had travelled to Ottawa to witness the “beautiful, legal, peaceful protest that overwhelmed us with emotion.” “We are thankful to be blessed enough to support their efforts to do what they have to do in a peaceful way until the government removes the mandates to restore all our freedom as pre-COVID,” he said. Protest organizers have secured millions in pledges from donors on GiveSendGo, the U.S.-based Christian crowdfunding platform that is hosting the fundraising campaign. Read more: Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act for 1st time to aid convoy blockade response Last week, the Ontario court froze the funds as offence-related property after the Ottawa Police Service alleged the money was facilitating the crimes committed by anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine protesters. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday the government was increasing the scope of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) to oversee crowdfunding websites, allowing banks to freeze accounts without first obtaining a court order. “We are making these changes because we know that these platforms are being used to support illegal blockades and illegal activity which is damaging the Canadian economy,” Freeland said at a press conference. Although many of the donations were made anonymously, or using what appeared to be false names, data shared with news organizations showed the email addresses used by donors. Among them was a $100 donation associated with a Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) government email address. The federal agency said it was looking into the matter. “At all times, CSC employees are expected to act according to legal and ethical standards, and are subject to our rules of professional conduct and code of discipline. This includes proper use of CSC email accounts and electronic devices,” a spokesperson said. Other pledges came from emails associated with an Ontario primary school board, the U.S. army, U.S. navy and other U.S. government agencies. The U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment about the apparent use of its email system by a donor. The Department of Homeland Security said it was looking into it. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that close to half the donations to the protesters had originated from south of the border. The list provided by the collective DDOS indicated that $4.3 million came from Canada and $3.6 million from the United States, but the reliability of the data is uncertain, since donors self-report much of their personal details. The protests have generated support among the American political right and backers of former U.S. president Donald Trump, who claimed Trudeau had “destroyed Canada with insane COVID mandates.” A Seattle doctor confirmed in an interview he had donated US$5,000 to the protesters, whom he said were “just getting together and saying, ‘Hey government, we’re done with you telling us what we can and cannot do.’” Asked to respond to concerns of U.S. interference in Canada’s domestic affairs, Dr. Ben Lynch said the protesters were “carrying the flag of freedom,” something that usually garners global support. “I mean when Myanmar was being severely suppressed, a lot of people were trying to step up and help as well,” he said. “So we are not meddling in Canadian affairs, we are supporting a specific movement, which is freedom.” Read more: Reopened Ambassador Bridge sees traffic moving freely as police keep watch Ontario business owner Holden Rhodes also confirmed he and his wife donated US$25,000 through GiveSendGo, and said the sums raised on the platform showed it was “hardly a ‘fringe minority’ as our prime minister has been calling the folks who believe in freedom.” “As you know GiveSendGo was hacked last night, which is a pathetic and weak way of disagreeing with someone,” Holden, president of Killarney Mountain Resorts, said in an email. “How about a conversation, a debate, some respect, some evidence? Hardly peaceful like the thousands who have showed up to protest. “Without freedom, we have nothing. I am not prepared to accept a country without freedom for my family, my children, my friends, my neighbors and every other Canadian. That is why I am doing what I am doing.” Before moving to GiveSendGo, the fundraising campaign began on GoFundMe, but was shut down by the platform, which said the protest had become an “occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity.”
Blockade Backlash: Three-in-four Canadians tell convoy protesters, ‘Go Home Now’ https://angusreid.org/trudeau-convoy-trucker-protest-vaccine-mandates-covid-19/ If the goal of the Freedom Convoy was to capture the attention of millions of people in Canada and around the globe – mission accomplished. If, however, the goal was to build support for their demands to end pandemic-related restrictions – it has backfired utterly. New public opinion data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute shows after more than two weeks of unrest, Canadians are now more likely to oppose measures sought by protesters. Overall, more than two-in-five now say Canadians say the protests have made them more inclined to support ongoing restrictions related to masking indoors (44%) and vaccination requirements to cross the Canada-U.S. border (44%). As the country rolls into another week of uncertainty, nearly three-quarters of Canadians (72%) say the time has come for protesters to “go home, they have made their point.” As to how the situation should be resolved – most feel the time for talking is done. Nearly seventy per cent either think local police need to step in and send people home (45%) or that the military should be summoned (23%). One quarter (26%) say it’s up to politicians to negotiate a dénouement. However, those same politicians, including the prime minister and the leader of Canada’s official opposition, are roundly criticized for harming, not helping events. Two-thirds (65%) say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau comments and actions have worsened the situation, while two-in-five (42%) say this of Candice Bergen, leader of the official opposition. The Ottawa police and Ontario Provincial Police also garner considerable criticism, with more Canadians – and Ontarians – saying they have worsened rather than helped to resolve the situation. More Key Findings: The story has caught the attention of many Canadians. Two-thirds (64%) say they are following it in the news and discussing it with friends and family. A further three-in-ten (28%) say they are still paying some attention to it. Very few, one per cent, say they had not heard about the situation (see detailed tables). Those who support some form of action (93% of Canadians) to remove protesters are largely supportive of arrests if demonstrators refuse to leave. Three-in-five (62%) say this should happen. Half of Canadians believe premiers Doug Ford (50%) and Jason Kenney (49%) have harmed the situation more than they have helped. For both, that is also the majority opinion in their own provinces.
52,000 American funders, including multiple NASA employees are funding the Canadian trucker convoys. Only 36,000 Canadians are funding them. So, what is the USA's responsibility for the damage done? Keep in mind that foreign funding of political activity in Canada is strictly illegal. American billionaire, Canadian civil servants among donors leaked in GiveSendGo hack The largest named donation, $90,000, was apparently made by U.S. tech billionaire Thomas Siebel https://nationalpost.com/news/civil...onaire-among-donors-leaked-in-givesendgo-hack An American tech billionaire, two NASA employees and Canadian civil servants are among a leaked list of nearly 100,000 Freedom Convoy donors, according to information released by hackers responsible for taking down the group’s crowdfunding site. Late Sunday night, hackers took down the website of GiveSendGo, the U.S.-based crowdfunding website flocked to by convoy organizers after GoFundMe cancelled their multi-million dollar campaign earlier this month. The hackers also released a spreadsheet of raw donor data containing names, emails and dollar amounts of nearly 93,000 individuals who purportedly donated money to the Freedom Convoy. GiveSendGo’s website was still offline by late Monday afternoon. On Sunday night the site’s homepage was replaced with “GiveSendGo IS NOW FROZEN!” in bold, blue text, as well as a manifesto scrolling over a clip from the Disney film Frozen II, depicting Elsa singing Show Yourself while riding across the Dark Sea on a horse made of water. “Attention GiveSendGo grifters and hatriots,” read the manifesto. “The Canadian government has informed you that the money you a–holes raise to fund an insurrection is frozen.” The hacker accused Boston-based GiveSendGo of being complicit in funding last year’s Jan. 6 raid on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, and likewise funding of ongoing blockades and protests in Ottawa and across Canada. “You are committed to funding anything that keeps the raging fire of misinformation going until that it burns the world’s collective democracies down,” the manifesto read. While the hacker didn’t identify themselves, an individual claiming responsibility told British news outlet The Guardian they intended to prove Canada was’t immune to foreign political interference. The immense spreadsheet, available for download Sunday night on GiveSendGo’s hacked website, accounts for $8,421,806.50 in donations from 92,844 individuals. While most donations came from the United States — 52,000 American donors were listed compared to 36,000 originating in this country, Canadians gave the most money overall, about $4.3 million compared to $3.62 million from U.S. donors. While GiveSendGo has yet to issue a statement on the hack or the veracity of the leaked donors list, several names on the spreadsheet were independently confirmed as donors by the National Post. Inquiries for comment were also made to email addresses for major donors on the list but were not immediately acknowledged. As well, it’s impossible to determine how many opted to donate via bank transfer or cryptocurrency. All but 686 of received donations were under $1,000. The largest donation is $215,000 made on Feb. 6, listed as ‘Processed but not recorded’ and without any further data. The largest named donation — $90,000 — was apparently made on Feb. 9 by American tech billionaire Thomas Siebel, including a $9,000 donation towards GiveSendGo. That same day saw the largest Canadian donation, $75,000 — plus an extra $1,000 in GiveSendGo’s tip jar— by the president of a New Brunswick-based pressure washer manufacturer. Other large donations include $25,000 from a London, Ont. based vice-president of the AutoCanada car dealership chain, and $20,000 from the chair of a Cannington, Ont.-based community and family support organization. Dallas, Texas-based construction magnate Ben Pogue appears to have donated $20,000. According to reports by both ABC News and the Associated Press, Pogue donated over $200,000 to help re-elect former U.S. president Donald Trump, including providing private jet access for Trump’s re-election campaign. Canadian public employees are also listed as donors, including a Quebec man who used a Correctional Service of Canada email address to donate $102. Several U.S. donors apparently gave money using U.S. government emails, including the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Department of Justice, and NASA. A Conservative Party of Canada spokesperson confirmed a $200 donation from a “Candace Bergen” in Saskatchewan was not made by the interim CPC leader, pointing to differences in the spelling of her first name. Sunday’s hack comes a little over a week after TechCrunch reported security lapses in GiveSendGo’s website, specifically 50 gigabytes of unencrypted cloud storage space that exposed thousands of scanned drivers’ licences and passports submitted by donors as part of the site’s payment process. Experts say Sunday’s attack highlights the importance of security for those with high-profile online presences. “Attackers only have to be right once, while defenders have to be right all of the time,” said Richard Henderson, chief information security officer with cybersecurity firm WithYouWithMe. “It just takes a single mistake to allow a skilled attacker in, and once they’re inside its game over.” The scope of the attack, which saw intruders not only take control of GiveSendGo’s DNS records but also get their hands on their donor lists, suggests they had “free rein” inside the company’s data. “We’ve seen this multiple times in the past with other ‘copycat’ sites quickly thrown up rapidly by right-leaning groups,” he said. “Get something online quick with little to no attention paid to security or secure deployment, and all it takes is a skilled hacker to come along and rip it all to shreds.” As GiveSendGo’s first data leak involved thousands of donors’ scanned identity documents left out in the open, Henderson suggested people give serious thought about who they share sensitive information with online. “People regularly just hand over their personal information without taking even an extra second to consider the security implications of doing so,” he said. “You really have no idea what protections a company have in place to protect your personal information. “Clearly in this case, there was very little.”
These leaks are an authoritarian gift Now they send the twitter mob to harass their legitimate businesses The left's crusade was to cancel from social media peoples ideas they dont agree with But that is not working (Rogan), now they are working hard to stop the flow of money to causes they dont agree with Some day will the Liberals win people over with their ideas
Did you not get the part about the illegal funding, you anarchy junkie? And since these occupying assholes are all loud and proud, why should we let their benefactors cower under the cover of anonymity? We have a right to know who is funding unlawful activity.