A clearer picture of who has donated to a crowdfunding platform is emerging after a leak of some 92,000 donors, showing a substantial base of American support for the Canadian protest.
Trucks are backed up heading to and from Canada on the Ambassador Bridge, due to protests on the Windsor side, in Detroit on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Canada’s public safety minister said Monday that U.S. officials should stay out of his country’s domestic affairs, joining other Canadian leaders in pushing back against prominent Republicans who offered support for the protests of COVID-19 restrictions that have besieged downtown Ottawa for more than a week.
The leak comes as the Ottawa protest has entered its third week, despite threats of consequences from law enforcement. Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency last week, and the federal government is weighing whether to use the Emergencies Act for the first time in history. “We are thankful to be blessed enough to support their efforts to do what they have to do in a peaceful way until the government removes the mandates to restore all our freedom as pre-COVID,” he said in a statement.
“Strange how people are so enraged with other people like me helping to defend their freedoms. As for terrorists, insurrections and the other inflammatory language, they clearly haven’t seen the millions of everyday Canadians helping as I have,” he said. In an email to CTV News, Moore said he is against mandates, he is not vaccinated and he believes COVID-19 is “like a bad flu.” He attached a picture of a person with dozens of needles, including one in each of two eyes, a QR code on his forehead, and a caption, “I hope my government will let me go outside today.”
Of all donations in the dataset, Canadians provided 51 per cent, while Americans provided 43 per cent. Maps indicate most of the support in Canada comes from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Southern Ontario.
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