A press conference held by trucker convoy organizers banned the Toronto Star and CBC for spreading “extremism that we aren’t going to tolerate,” regarding white supremacist claims..Freedom Convoy 2022 organizers Benjamin Ditcher, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, addressed reporters’ questions about the support and backlash the protest received in a.press conference.from Ottawa on the weekend..Ditcher, a truck driver and one of the main convoy organizers, said legacy media has been spreading “hysterical” false information about GoFundMe freezing their account and it was “completely fake news.”.Circulating claims the protestors have been defacing Canadian monuments, the organizers said “those are not our people.”.“Now we are fighting two fights. One against the Trudeau government, and one against smears on the movement,” said Ditcher..People from the Freedom Convoy are now watching the war memorial to prevent future events against it..Ditcher spoke to the confederate flags and swastikas circulating online, calling that “hoax hate.”.“It’s fueling the hate towards the rest of us. Ignore them,” said Ditcher..Lich and Ditcher were asked about the many personal attacks online calling them white supremacists..“They have no idea of our backgrounds,” said Ditcher, adding he is Jewish and Lich is Métis..Barber, who owns a trucking company in Saskatchewan, praised police response to the convoy..“From the Manitoba border, we were picked up by unmarked OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) and escorted all the way to Ottawa. Full communication, full support,” said Barber..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
