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BREAKING: Ontario judge freezes Freedom Convoy donations on another crowdfunding site

Updated: February 10, 2022 at 9:57 pm EST  See Comments

Thu Feb 10, 2022 – 8:44 pm ESTThu Feb 10, 2022 – 8:59 pm EST

TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) — An Ontario court today granted the provincial government’s request to freeze access to millions raised for the Freedom Convoy truckers.

After having a $10 million GoFundMe page axed last week, the Freedom Convoy truckers protesting COVID measures in Ottawa have now had another $8 million raised on Christian-based crowdfunding site GiveSendGo frozen, this time via an order from Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. 

According to a statement by Premier Doug Ford’s office on Thursday, Attorney General Doug Downey brought the application for the order under section 490.8 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which allows for “a restraint order in respect of any offence-related property.”

Ivana Yelich, spokesperson for the premier, explained that the order from the court “binds any and all parties with possession or control over these donations,” including the “Freedom Convoy 2022” fundraising page and the “Adopt-a-Trucker” fundraising page.

Since the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa nearly two weeks ago, Ford, who leads the province of Ontario as a “conservative,” has denounced the group and insisted the protesters need to leave and “let the people of Ottawa

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