The legacy media and Liberal politicians have used the spurious allegation that the Freedom Convoy has received funding from the US as a pretense to crack down on the grassroots movement.
Trumped-up claims by Ottawa officials that the peaceful protest has become an occupation convinced online funding platform GoFundMe to freeze the convoy’s fundraiser, which had at the time garnered over $10 million in donations.
Claims that the US was funding the movement were based on speculations by Ottawa Police Service chief Peter Sloly during an interview.
Now Sloly wants to go after other fundraisers supporting the protestors and has called on all levels of government to “deny funding” to the movement.
Canadians across the country have thrown their hats behind the truckers, calling for an end to COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. There is no evidence to suggest that the bulk or even a significant portion of the donations sent to support the convoy came from outside the country.
On the other hand, there is undeniable proof that left-wing movements have received financial and other backing from American supporters. Although fully aware of US interference in Canada’s affairs in these situations, the media and Liberals have had no apparent problem with foreign funding, likely because that foreign support backed their own agenda.
True North has compiled some of the most egregious examples of where US funds or other resources were clearly being funnelled into left-wing causes.
Canadian environmentalists have received $1.28 billion in foreign funding
Canada’s far-left environmental movement has deep financial ties with its US counterpart. A 2021 report by the Commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaign J. Stephens Allan found that over $1.28 billion in foreign funds were distributed to disrupt Canada’s energy industry.
“Total foreign funding of ‘Canadian-based’ environmental initiatives was $1.28 billion between 2003 and 2019. The commissioner states that these figures are likely significantly understated,” claimed the report.
$925 million of those funds were for “environmental initiatives” while $54.1 million was specifically put towards “anti-Alberta resource development activity.”
Black Lives Matter sent Canadian charity millions to buy mansion
American media recently discovered that Black Lives Matter (BLM) sent millions in cash to a Canadian charity to purchase a Toronto mansion as a base of operations for BLM Toronto. The headquarters was renamed the “Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism.”
According to the New York Posto, part of the funding for the $6.3 million purchase was funneled into a charity called M4BJ set up by Canadian activists.
“For BLM Canada to take money from BLM Global Network for a building without consulting the community was unethical,” tweeted activist Sarah Jama, who resigned from BLM Toronto over the matter. “For BLM Canada to refuse to answer questions from young black organizers goes against the spirit of movement building.”
Despite questions surrounding BLM’s lack of financial transparency, major media outlets throughout Canada paid no attention to the allegations, and the matter went entirely ignored by Liberal politicians.
American organized Wet’suwet’en blockades
In 2020, far-left activists claiming to represent the Wet’suwet’en First Nation held Canadahostage by illegally blockading railroads and other critical infrastructure. At the time, the media largely gave the protests favourable coverage and painted them in a sympathetic light.
Natalie Knight was among those leading the movement. A US citizen, Knight twasn’t born in Canada, but neither was she a member of any Canadian First Nation. While staging a sit-in in Vancouver, Knight claimed that “we are Indigenous people who’ve lived on this land for a very long time,” but waxed indignant when challenged about her heritage.
Other American groups including Global Greengrants Fund Inc. financially supported the Wet’suwet’en blockades. According to Alberta Commissioner Steve Allan, the “foreign organization” has “made grants that constitute funding for a stated purpose that could directly or indirectly delay or frustrate the timely, economic, efficient and responsible development of Alberta’s oil and gas resources and/or the transportations of those resources to commercial markets.”
US activists claim credit for shutting down Keystone XL
In 2019, American activists brazenly took credit for shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline and were celebrated by Canadian media outlets including CBC News for doing so.
The environmentalist organizers which included members of the Washington-based Natural Resources Defence Council colluded to shut down the project using funds and resources from abroad.
“Their fateful decision at that meeting to throw money and organizational effort into attacking the proposed pipeline opened a difficult new chapter for the oilpatch,” wrote CBC News.
US radicals extradited following G20 protests
Among the dozens charged with crimes during the 2010 G20 riots in Toronto, two Americans were extradited to face other charges back in the US.
The two radicals in question – Richard Dean Morano and Kevin Chianella – were from Pennsylvania and New York, respectively.
Alongside fellow anarchists, Morano faced 14 charges for causing approximately $25,000 in damages. Meanwhile, Chianella faced 53 charges for $30,000 worth of damages, including smashing 15 store windows.
Chianella was also accused of attacking a police car while an officer was inside and helping accelerate the burning of another cop car.
Liberal minister wooed New Yorkers for campaign funding
American money – allegedly speaking – doesn’t just go into the pockets of lucrative left-wing activists. As recently as 2019, Liberal cabinet member Marc Miller faced scrutiny for holding a private fundraiser for his re-election campaign in New York City.
As exclusively reported by True North founder Candice Malcolm, the organizer of the event was none other than former Hillary Clinton aide Justin Cooper. Among the New Yorkers who donated to Miller’s campaign were two who had also donated to Clinton in 2016. A total of 27 donors were listed at the event.
Although cleared by Elections Canada, it was revealed that Miller had never been interviewed by officials during the investigation into the matter.
