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Crowd fundraising site says they will defy Canadian court order to stop disbursing funds to convoy protesters

Online crowd fundraising site GiveSendGo said on Twitter it will not follow a Canadian court order mandating it stop distributing funds to convoy protesters.

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Online crowd fundraising site GiveSendGo said on Twitter it will not follow a Canadian court order mandating it stop distributing funds to convoy protesters.

Highlights

  • Online crowd fundraising site GiveSendGo said on Twitter it will not follow a Canadian court order mandating it stop distributing funds to convoy protesters.
  • The Superior Court of Justice in Ontario granted a restraining order requested by the Government of Ontario against the site.
  • Ontario Attorney General’s office declined to comment on the site’s response to the court order.
  • The order prohibits, “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 GiveSendG platform” Over $8.7 million USD has been raised in one campaign.