It is now illegal to have any “dealing” with money donated through the GiveSendGo platform to the Freedom Convoy 2022 protest, said the Ontario government in a statement..The Ontario government said Thursday it has effectively frozen all donations made to the trucker convoy through the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo..“Today, the Attorney General brought an application in the Superior Court of Justice for an order pursuant of 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 Freedomconvoy 2022 and adopted trucker campaign pages on the GiveSendGo online fundraising platform,” said the Government of Ontario..“This afternoon the order was issued. It binds any and all parties with possession or control over these donations.”.The GiveSendGo page is still active and has more than $8.4 million USD from 93,000 donors..Convoy organizers held a press conference Wednesday where they highlighted the importance and security of digital currency and have set up a bitcoin donation option on tallycoin..The bitcoin funds would be out of reach from any government entities and extremely secure, an organization helping the convoy organizers said Wednesday..The previous GoFundMe page was shut down after amassing more than $10 million in donations. The Ottawa police prided themselves in helping close that fundraiser..GoFundMe said it will refund all participants who donated past the $1 million which was released to organizers..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandardonline.com
