Tag: Freedom Convoy 2022

Closure of GoFundMe Fundraiser Only Strengthens ‘Truckers for Freedom’ Effort

Commentary Opponents of the Truckers for Freedom convoy have been celebrating the decision by GoFundMe to shut down the fundraiser for the protest. They may want to temper their jubilation over this development. The dissolution of the growing fund for the convoy is actually a blessing in disguise. Nobody had ever seen a grassroots fundraiser…


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Media Is Spinning Canada’s Freedom Convoy as a Hotbed of ‘Extremism’—Is That Really What’s Going On?

“Trucker protest may warrant military intervention,” a recent headline reads. Words like “far-right,” “extremist,” and “Nazi symbolism” have punctuated much of the reporting on this protest, which started with Canadian truck drivers standing against a new vaccine mandate imposed by the government. But do these labels really reflect the nature of what’s taking place outside…


Fundraising Campaign for Truckers Halted After Reaches $7.96 Million

A fundraising campaign for truckers in the Freedom Convoy 2022 has been Frozen by GoFundMe after it raised over CA$10 million (US$7.96 million.) “This fundraiser is currently paused and under review to ensure it complies with our terms of service and applicable laws and regulations,” reads a message placed at the top of the fundraising…


Fundraising Campaign for Truckers Halted After Reaching Nearly $8 Million

A fundraising campaign for truckers in the Freedom Convoy 2022 has been Frozen by GoFundMe after it raised over CA$10 million (US$7.96 million.) “This fundraiser is currently paused and under review to ensure it complies with our terms of service and applicable laws and regulations,” reads a message placed at the top of the fundraising…


GoFundMe Confirms ‘Freedom Convoy’ Fundraiser the Second Largest Ever in Canada

Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has confirmed that the fundraising campaign created for truckers protesting against the various COVID-19 mandates and restrictions across Canada is the country’s second-largest ever on its platform, with donations reaching over $10 million. Coordinated by “Freedom Convoy 2022” organizers Tamara Lich and Benjamin Dichter, the fundraising campaign, which seeks to cover the…


Freedom Convoy Protest Reflects Canadians’ Democratic Spirit

Commentary No one should downplay, much less deny, the acts of idiocy that went on during the self-styled Freedom Convoy of big rigs in Ottawa. Making buffoons of themselves by trying to coerce a homeless shelter to provide food or urinating on and otherwise mocking monuments in the Parliament Hill precincts, some (operative word some)…


The Freedom Convoy Has Made Its Point

Commentary Dear Freedom Convoy: It’s time to go home. Declare victory and withdraw from the Heart of Darkness. The protest is over. And it worked. I know, I know. Justin Trudeau is still prime minister and still annoying. But seriously, think about what might have been done and what was instead. A lot could have…


Elon Musk Takes a Dig at Canadian Government, Supports Truck Convoy

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a dig at the Liberal government over the weekend, as he continues to show his support for the truckers who are protesting in Ottawa against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions. “It would appear that the so-called ‘fringe minority’ is actually the government,” said Musk in a series of posts on…