The crowdfunding company GiveSendGo still has some of the money people donated to the Canadian trucker convoy protesting against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the company said on Feb. 18.
In its update Friday titled “Where’s the money?” GiveSendGo said many people have been asking about the donations. The truckers have received some of the funds, the company said, but not all.
The “bulk of the funds are in an undisclosed U.S. bank,” GiveSendGo said.
That was one of the steps taken to prevent the court-ordered freeze from taking place.
“Right now, the teams involved are actively discussing the legal options for getting the funds where they need to go,” the company added.
GiveSendGo did not respond to a list of emailed questions, including exactly how much of the money has been conveyed to the truckers.
The company is asking people who donated not to request a refund because the funds “will be needed for the truckers and their legal teams.”
“Our legal team is challenging the government’s order and we are working at ways around this,” they wrote. “The best way is to continue donating to help the truckers here on the ground and not request a refund. We thank GiveSendFor for their commitment to ensure that the donations flow directly to the Freedom Convoy truckers here in Ottawa.”
People have continued donating through Feb. 19.
Canadian officials have increasingly clamped down on the protests, which are aimed at vaccine mandates like the one requiring Canadian truckers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or quarantine when they cross back into the country.