Internal reports by Ottawa police consulting agency Advanced Symbolics said the Freedom Convoy was a “movement by right wing Christians” to gain new followers, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. .“These are really important insights,” said former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly in an email. .Documents did not note the cost of surveillance of Christian imagery at the Freedom Convoy. Sloly said the information about Christianity should be given to police managers. .The email came after a February report by Advanced Symbolics CEO Erin Kelly analyzing protests outside Parliament Hill. .“Given that today is the lord’s day, we are starting to see some of the real agenda here,” said Kelly. .“Attached are religious images being passed around on social among the ‘protesters.’”.Kelly said the images prove the Freedom Convoy is not about COVID-19 vaccine mandates. .“It’s a movement by right wing Christians who used mandates as a pretense to gain a following and privileged access as ‘protesters,’” she said. .She said if the protestors advertised for a Christian rally in Ottawa, no one would attend..Ontario Provincial Police in daily internal reports on the Freedom Convoy said the protestors came to Christian services on Parliament Hill and heard Bible readings. OPP described it as “calm, festive, and family oriented.” .Records show the largest share of donations to the protest was $13.2 million from GiveSendGo. GiveSendGo CEO Jacob Wells said its goal is “to share the hope of Jesus through crowdfunding.” .Wells said GiveSendGo would never terminate legal fundraising initiatives regardless of political beliefs. .“If we started mandating litmus tests for how good people ought to be in order to use public services, we would be in a very, very difficult situation very quickly,” he said..A press conference held by Freedom Convoy organizers in January barred most government-funded media from attending because they spread claims protestors were right wing extremists. .READ MORE: Freedom Convoy organizers denounce mainstream media coverage as ‘hysterical’.“Now we are fighting two fights,” said Freedom Convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter. .“One against the Trudeau government, and one against smears on the movement.”
