Freedom Convoy Financial News

The Canadian Government’s decision to freeze digital assets and crypto donations toward protesting truckers in 2022 was deemed unconstitutional by the Canadian Federal Court.

Tamara Lich promised that “Freedom Convoy” demonstrators in downtown Ottawa would remain “peaceful but planted” as reports emerged that Prime Minister Minister Justin Trudeau was ready to invoke the Emergencies Act to end the protest, a courtroom heard Tuesday.

Freedom Convoy” organizers are working to keep the proceedings from coming to a standstill.Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are facing charges related to their role in the demonstration that had big-rig trucks blocking downtown Ottawa streets to protest COVID-19 public health measures.The Crown had thought it would take about 10 days to present its case in a trial originally scheduled for 16 days.But as the trial begins its third week in an Ottawa courtroom, just two of the Crown’s 21 planned witnesses have appeared so far.Legal arguments over the admissibility and disclosure of evidence has slowed the proceedings, and the lawyers were left wondering last week how best to move forward.Justice Heather Perkins-McVey says the goal is to ensure the trial is fair to everyone, and that they will get there eventually.

“Freedom Convoy” protests are expected to make their case today to block nine Ottawa residents and business representatives from taking the stand.Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are on trial for criminal charges related to their role in the demonstration, which blockaded Ottawa city streets for weeks last year as protestors railed against COVID-19 public health measures.The Crown plans to call five Ottawa residents as witnesses in the case, including Zexi Li, who filed a class-action lawsuit against the organizers on behalf of people who live and work in downtown Ottawa.The Crown also intends to call the owner of a women’s clothing boutique, and employees from the National Arts Centre, the Fairmont Chateau Laurier hotel, and the local public transit operator.Lich’s lawyer Lawrence Greenspon argued against hearing from the witnesses when court resumed Monday.Lich and Barber have already signed admissions that the “actions of certain individuals” who participated in the protest interfered with public transit and the lawful use and enjoyment of property and businesses.“There’s is absolutely no need to call these nine witnesses,” Greenspon said, arguing their testimony would be irrelevant in a strictly legal sense.The witnesses didn’t have any direct interactions with Lich or Baber, and the organizers have not admitted to playing any role in the disruptions.The admission did not go far enough to justify blocking the testimony of people directly impacted by the protest, Crown attorney Siobhain Wetscher argued.“I don’t think that Mr. Greenspon is in a position to admit that the protest is not peaceful,” Wetscher said.

The Ottawa Police Service incident commander in charge of the “Freedom Convoy” response told the court hearing a trial of two of its organizers that work to shrink the footprint was undermined after the first weekend by an order to not to give an inch of downtown.

Crown prosecutor Tim Radcliffe says that “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber’s political views are not on trial, but rather the means they allegedly employed to achieve their ends.

Freedom Convoy” protest are set to stand trial in Ottawa starting Tuesday.Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are both accused of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief, and intimidation.As the trial gets underway and is expected to last 16 days, Global News breaks down what these charges mean.Under the Criminal Code, mischief has a broad definition. It’s characterized as the willful destruction of property, making it dangerous or useless to others and/or obstructing, interrupting or interfering with the lawful enjoyment of property of others.“To the layperson, it can seem sort of trivial or minor.

Despite the efforts by the Canadian government, most of the CAD 1.1m (USD 874,000) worth of cryptoasset donations made to the trucker protests (aka "Freedom Convoy"), an initiative that evolved out of the anti-COVID-19 health mandate protests, have reportedly dodged seizure by the authorities.

In Canada, Ontario Superior Court has frozen millions of dollars and cryptocurrencies linked to organizers of the Ottawa’ Freedom Convoy’ protest by obtaining a so-called Mareva injunction.

The Freedom Convoy 2022 trigged shockwaves across the planet as millions tuned in to watch Canada’s truckers blockade roads to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and regulations. Now, with authorities trying to cut off crypto-funding to the Freedom Convoy’s organizers, many are wondering if crypto exchanges and platforms will be on the hit list soon.

Brussels is on edge as a Canada-inspired "freedom convoy" is expected to descend on the city, threatening to disrupt the centre in open defiance of a ban issued by the public authorities.

Paris police fired tear gas Saturday against a handful of demonstrators on the Champs Elysees after they defied a police order and organised a vehicle protest against COVID-19 restrictions inspired by Canada’s horn-honking “Freedom Convoy”.

Traditional fundraising platforms across the globe have raised millions and millions of funds to help a cause. This could go both ways depending on the cause. Take the case in Canada. The ongoing truckers’ protests against the mandatory vaccination measures have aggravated since January this year.

Protesters from across France are planning to descend on Paris in a Canada-inspired "Freedom Convoy" on Friday to voice opposition to the country's COVID-19 vaccine and public health policies.

The Ontario Provincial government in Canada has been granted an order from the Superior Court of Justice to freeze millions of dollars in donations on the GiveSendGo platform from reaching the Freedom Convoy protesters.

Police in Paris have banned a planned demonstration in the French capital this weekend as part of a so-called "Freedom Convoy", inspired by a truckers' protest against COVID restrictions in Canada.

French people opposed to the country’s vaccine pass system are planning to drive to Paris en masse in protests inspired by the so-called Freedom Convoy in Canada, according to organisers on social media.