{"id":20689,"date":"2022-02-11T12:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=20689"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T01:08:32","slug":"ontario-premier-orders-givesendgo-to-freeze-funds-for-anti-mandate-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/ontario-premier-orders-givesendgo-to-freeze-funds-for-anti-mandate-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Premier Orders GiveSendGo To Freeze Funds For Anti-Mandate Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/ontario-premier-orders-givesendgo-freeze-funds-anti-mandate-protesters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tyler Durden<\/a> &#8211; Thursday, Feb 10, 2022 &#8211; 06:20 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Less than a week after GoFundMe, at the behest of the Mayor of Ottawa and Justin Trudeau,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/gofundme-steals-9-million-canadas-freedom-convoy-truckers-under-pressure-trudeau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summarily closed their fundraiser<\/a> which had exceeded $10 million, <strong>Ontario&#8217;s Premier, Doug Ford, has issued an order that essentially freezes any funds that have been raised thus far from the alternate crowdsourcing site &#8216;GiveSendGo&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Freezing money from gofundme and givesendgo does not happen in a democratic country.<br><br>That is a full blow communism move.<br><br>Canadians are not allowed to do what they want with their own money. <br><br>If this is allowed with no recourse, it will eventually be much worse.<\/p>&mdash; Alexander Roberto (@alexrnicholas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexrnicholas\/status\/1491915273066192901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstringer.com\/canadian-government-orders-freezes-freedom-convoy-donations\/\">As April McAbee reports via CitizenStringer.com<\/a>, the order specifically states that the fundraising platform Give Send Go is prohibited from doing anything with the funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statement from the Office of the Premier of Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Today, the Attorney General brought an application in the Superior Court of Justice for an order pursuant to section 490.8 of the Criminal Code <strong>prohibiting any person from disposing of, or otherwise dealing with, in any manner whatsoever, any and all monetary donations made through the Freedom Convoy 2022 and Adopt-a-Trucker campaign pages on the GiveSendGo online fundraising platform<\/strong>.<\/p><p>This afternoon, the order was issued. It binds any and all parties with possession or control over these donations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivana Yelich<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Director of Media Relations Office of the Premier of Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBCKatie\/status\/1491899070847324161?s=20&amp;t=7a3eImUgVoPapKaemdvWOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katie Simpson, a CBC correspondent<\/a>, \u201ca spokesperson for the Premier\u2019s office says <strong>this essentially means the funds are frozen for now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And the Americans are coming&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW &#8211; a White House official says members of the Biden administration held a series of high level calls with their Canadian counterparts, urging them to use their federal powers to end the blockades, offering the full support of the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>&mdash; Katie Simpson (@Katie___Simpson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katie___Simpson\/status\/1491907291406376967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Give Send Go has yet to make a statement on the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement on Monday when the company agreed to host the fundraiser, the platform stated, <em><strong>\u201cGiveSendGo stands for hope and freedom. We recognize the freedoms we have are God-given, not authorized by governments, but rather freedoms that ought to be protected by our governments.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The GiveSendGo fundraiser had raised almost 8.5 million dollars<\/strong> at the time the order was issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/crypto\/gofundme-just-proved-bitcoins-use-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Jeftovic exclaimed last week, this proves bitcoin&#8217;s use-case<\/a>, and just as we anticipated, it looks like a <a href=\"https:\/\/tallyco.in\/s\/lzxccm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crypto-based crowd-funding platform Tallycoin<\/a> remains as a method for Canadian truckers re-route their donations to help support the people on the front lines of the protest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anybody interested in the new platform can donate as little as a single Satoshi (presently, about 2,400 satoshis make up $1), and the fundraiser has a target of 2,100,000,000, and has raise 1.594 billion Sats so far (around $700,000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2022-02-10_14-59-25.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2022-02-10_14-59-25.jpg?itok=wkpkA_Nr\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fundraiser on Tallycoin has the following message affixed to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The Canadian Bitcoin community would like to have a second financial access point for #FreedomConvoy2022. Legacy financial infrastructure can sometimes be politicized and clamped down upon, whereas Bitcoin is a truly censorship resistant method of communicating value. Don&#8217;t allow your voices to be silenced, and don&#8217;t allow your financial sovereignty to be trampled upon.<\/p><p>Love, unity and freedom &#8211; let&#8217;s raise some hard money for hard workers!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/crypto\/gofundme-just-proved-bitcoins-use-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">As Jeftovic explained<\/a>, <strong>needless to say Bitcoin fixes this.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today it is GoFundMe. In the future, when central banks roll out Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), it\u2019ll be all economic activity that falls within the purview of national and Supra-national government and bureaucracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When those days arrive, everybody who will be reliant on government economic entitlements will be enduring a type of neo-Fuedalism: veritably digital slavery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>&#8230;Donating to #FreedomConvoy? Listening to Joe Rogan Experience? Those aren\u2019t approved activities. That\u2019ll cost you some demerits.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/camps.jpg?resize=838%2C694&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20455\" width=\"838\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/camps.jpg?w=572&amp;ssl=1 572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/camps.jpg?resize=300%2C249&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trudeau-meme.jpg?resize=839%2C1091&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19979\" width=\"839\" height=\"1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trudeau-meme.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/trudeau-meme.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Durden &#8211; Thursday, Feb 10, 2022 &#8211; 06:20 PM Less than a week after GoFundMe, at the behest of the Mayor of Ottawa and Justin Trudeau,\u00a0summarily closed their fundraiser which had exceeded $10 million, Ontario&#8217;s Premier, Doug Ford, has issued an order that essentially freezes any funds that have been raised thus far from&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/ontario-premier-orders-givesendgo-to-freeze-funds-for-anti-mandate-protesters\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ontario Premier Orders GiveSendGo To Freeze Funds For Anti-Mandate Protesters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,115,198,151,214,769],"tags":[5,2108,656,5641,111,94,4216,5802,270,10,3107,4214,45,5803,1725,696,1946,42,1947],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ontario-premier2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20691,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20689\/revisions\/20691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}