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>Evidence suggests that funding for this protest is in large part foreign (IE not from canada) and that most canadian donations are from wealthy business owners
by themaninthedark 5y ago
>Evidence suggests that funding for this protest is in large part foreign (IE not from canada) and that most canadian donations are from wealthy business owners, not workers
Others have addressed the fact that more than half the funds are from Canada.
Imagine if someone tried to discredit BLM by saying that most of the funding came from wealthy business and not individual black community members...
- jdright 5y agohttps://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wpax/freedom-convoy-givesendgo-donors-leaked https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wpax/freedom-convoy-givese... > the majority of donors come from the U.S. (56%) and Canada (29%)
- themaninthedark 5y agoand from the linked NYT article: >A review of the data shows that some $4.3 million came from Canada, while an additional $3.6 million originated in the United States, though the United States accounted for the most individual donations. Small donations from dozens of other countries made up a fraction of the total amount raised. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/world/canada/canada-trucker-protests-donations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/world/canada/canada-truck... Phrasing it as the majority of the donors are foreign to drive a narrative that Canadians don't care about this issue when they are putting their money and their time on the line is absurd.
- fungos 5y agoMoney doesn't vote, people vote. Democracy is about people and not amount of money. Example, because one billionaire donates $5millions and 5000 Americans put each $200. Doesn't mean that Canadians care more because $5millions is more than $1million.
- SECProto 5y ago> Others have addressed the fact that more than half the funds are from Canada. This is incorrect, 4.3 million was from Canada out of 8.7 million total. ~49.5%