Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' donors leaked

[Badenoch]

FYI to anyone who donated through GiveSendGo. You may be contacted by the media particularly if you gave a large amount or are in a sensitive employment situation. You might also be attracting some attention from the federal government regarding your bank account.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americ...te-2022-02-15/

Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' donors leaked
By Christopher Bing
and Anna Mehler Paperny
February 15, 20225:19 PM ESTLast Updated 15 hours ago

WASHINGTON/TORONTO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The leak website Distributed Denial of Secrets on Tuesday said it has posted more donor files from the fundraising platform GiveSendGo relating to the Canadian movement of people opposed to pandemic health measures, including COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

On Sunday, the DDoS website, which is devoted to disseminating leaked data, said it was releasing donor information relating to the "Freedom Convoy 2022" campaign, which raised more than $2 million in donations. It includes funds raised from several Canadian business owners.

Tuesday's leak contains donor information about a similar Adopt-a-Trucker campaign, which says it is operating in partnership with the Freedom Convoy." The Adopt-a-Trucker effort appeared to raise less money and involved fewer donors.

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GiveSendGo did not immediately respond to a request for comment about any hack or the status of its campaigns.

The Sunday data from the U.S.-based Christian fundraising site included names, email addresses, ZIP codes and internet protocol addresses. Tuesday's leak offered similar material in addition to payment details, based on a review of the data.

The new GiveSendGo data also came from a "hack" according to DDoS, which did not provide further information. The Adopt-a-Trucker campaign has pulled in nearly $600,000, according to GiveSendGo.

DDoS said that because the donor information contained sensitive personal information, it would not be making the data available publicly but would instead be offering it to journalists and researchers.

DDoS describes itself as a nonprofit devoted to enabling the free transmission of data in the public interest.

GiveSendGo became a prime conduit for money to the protesters after mainstream crowdfunding platform GoFundMe blocked donations to the self-declared Freedom Convoy. Earlier this month the group said it had raised $8 million for the protests.

The Ontario government obtained an injunction last week freezing GiveSendGo's "Freedom Convoy 2022" and "Adopt-A-Trucker" campaign funds. GiveSendGo said at the time it was not subject to Canadian law and continued to fundraise.

Brad Howland, president of EasyKleen Pressure Systems Ltd, which is headquartered in New Brunswick and manufactures high-pressure cleaning systems, donated $75,000 to GiveSendGo's "Freedom Convoy" on Feb. 9, according to leaked information confirmed by Reuters.

In a statement sent by a company spokesperson, Howland confirmed his support for the convoy, saying he wants the government to remove mandates "to restore all our freedoms."

"We drove to Ottawa this weekend and witnessed the protest for ourselves," the statement reads in part. "They have a beautiful, legal, peaceful protest that overwhelmed us with emotion. To see the love, peace, and unity that many of us have longed for, for a long time – It was an experience of a lifetime."

Holden Rhodes, a London, Ontario-based lawyer and mountain resort owner, confirmed in an email to Reuters that he and his wife donated $25,000 to the Freedom Convoy. It was the among the highest value donations from Canada.

"Without freedom, we have nothing. ... That is why I am doing what I am doing," said Rhodes, adding Ontario's decision on Monday to remove proof-of-vaccination requirements and other restrictions early is proof the movement has succeeded.

[Badenoch]

The leak has already cost the job of an Ontario government staffer working for the Solicitor General.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/02/...reedom-convoy/

Staffer of Ontario's Solicitor General steps away after online donation to 'freedom convoy'

By Lucas Casaletto
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 8:20PM EST.
Last Updated Feb 15, 2022, 10:40PM EST.

Ontario’s Solicitor General Sylvia Jones’s director of communications is no longer employed after recently donating $100 to the convoy protests that have paralyzed Canada’s capital for over two weeks.

A spokesperson for Premier Doug Ford confirmed that Marion Isabeau-Ringuette “no longer works for the Ontario government.”

“We’re not commenting any further as this is a staffing matter,” said Ivana Yelich, Ford’s executive director of media relations on Tuesday.

It was revealed that Isabeau-Ringuette donated $100 to an online fundraiser created by an organizer of anti-mandates and anti-government protests on February 5.

According to Q.P. Briefing, the donation was made under the initials” M.R.,” but her identity was confirmed based on the email address and postal code linked to the offering.

Isabeau-Ringuette was still working for the government as of Sunday as she was connected to a press release centred on keeping pets safe during extreme cold.

According to her LinkedIn page, Isabeau-Ringuette was hired in February 2020 after serving as Press Secretary to the Solicitor General for just over one year.

Protesters were initially raising funds on GoFundMe, but the crowdfunding website ultimately decided to remove the donations page to the Freedom Convoy 2022 and began offering full refunds after the more than $10 million raised helped support what they described as “violence and other unlawful activity.”

Organizers then turned to GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding platform, where it raised more than $US8.4 million before an Ontario court froze access to the funds at the provincial government’s request.

[kokes]

Can trudeau also publish the names of all donors to the trudeau foundation for the last few years? much of this money is from foreign influence, perhaps we can do that also or does that not fit his agenda so lets keep that quiet?

[DanE]

Can trudeau also publish the names of all donors to the trudeau foundation for the last few years? much of this money is from foreign influence, perhaps we can do that also or does that not fit his agenda so lets keep that quiet?

you mean Klaus Schawb

[trimmer21]

With the Emergency Measures Act in force,donors need to watch their bank accounts. Broke in a heartbeat isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

[glen]

Sounds like freedom

[old outdoorsman]

Can trudeau also publish the names of all donors to the trudeau foundation for the last few years? much of this money is from foreign influence, perhaps we can do that also or does that not fit his agenda so lets keep that quiet?

Yeah really.
Trudeau is a Globalist kisser. He's Klaus Schwab's boy. He was installed as PM to destroy Canada and he's doing a great job of it.

[old outdoorsman]

With the Emergency Measures Act in force,donors need to watch their bank accounts. Broke in a heartbeat isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

And people don't think that Canada is a Communist nation.
I find that hilarious.

[Gilroy]

With the Emergency Measures Act in force,donors need to watch their bank accounts. Broke in a heartbeat isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

I am not worried in the least and nobody I know cares, but none of us are trying to overthrow the government or blocking roads and commerce and losing millions to the economy and jobs.

[newbiehunter]

And people don't think that Canada is a Communist nation.
I find that hilarious.

It depends who you ask

Even it's not communist at this moment yet..we are flying in that direction with unbelievable speed.

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