Continuing yesterday's Page 3 story.
[Epoch Times] GoFundMe says it won’t be giving the C$10 million ($8 million USD) raised to support the truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates to the organizers anymore, saying it will instead work with the organizers to send the funds to "established charities verified by GoFundMe."
"To ensure GoFundMe remains a trusted platform, we work with local authorities to ensure we have a detailed, factual understanding of events taking place on the ground," the fundraising platform said in a statement on Feb. 4.
I don't trust GoFundMe. Do you?
GoFundMe added that it has "evidence from law enforcement that the previously peaceful demonstration has become an occupation, with police reports of violence and other unlawful activity."
Occupations are only allowed in US Democratically-controlled cities.
John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) which is providing legal representation for the organizers, told The Epoch Times that the linking of protesters to violent or unlawful activity is unfounded.
"I would like to see what evidence there is," Carpay said. "That’s political spin."
In a Feb. 4 post on Twitter, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson thanked GoFundMe for "listening to the plea made by the City and the Ottawa Police to no longer provide funds to the convoy organizers."
The organizers have now set up an alternate donation site on GiveSendGo, which they say will ensure the money gets to the protesters. The donation site had raised over $175,000 in just a few hours after its creation. |