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 More Charges w/ Harold Jonkers & Jim Kerr - Day 556

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Deja Vu Anyone???

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Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Former Niagara area councillor facing 4 charges connected to truck
convoy protests

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLkFmvWvVv8&ab_channel=TimJonker


Harold Jonker arrested in relation to charges for freedom Convoy 2022
Tim Jonker
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14 months after the Canadian Freedom Convoy of 2022, Harold Jonker is
arrested… he gives the details in the video.


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David Amos
I warned him this would happen before he ever went to Ottawa


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Harold Jonker post court appearance interview - Ottawa, ON


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Harold Jonker post court appearance interview. Harold was recently
charged with four criminal offenses dating back to the Freedom Convoy
2022. He appeared in Ottawa court this morning for his first
appearance and will be back in court on June 7th.

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David Amos
Gee Howcome he won't say who his lawyer is?

https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/outgoing-west-lincoln-mayor-dave-bylsmas-court-case-delayed-again/article_18b2fa00-7fa7-5831-b144-57af1dfb9b8f.html

Outgoing West Lincoln mayor Dave Bylsma's court case delayed, again
Awaiting outcome of Randy Hillier's Superior Court challenge to
stay-at-home orders
By Chris Pickles Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Grimsby Lincoln News
Saturday, October 29, 2022

Protest Bylsma

West Lincoln Mayor Dave Bylsma speaking at an anti-lockdown protest in
St. Catharines on April 11. - Bill Sawchuck

The outgoing mayor of West Lincoln Dave Bylsma is still waiting to
hear whether he will face punishment for his role in an anti-lockdown
protest in St Catharines.

Bylsma spoke at the rally on April 10, 2021 and was later told to
appear at the provincial offences court in Welland to answer to two
charges: failing to comply with an order made during a declared
emergency and failing to comply with a continued 7.0.2 order, which
prevented people from attending certain gatherings of 10 or more
people.

Since he was charged, the case has been adjourned around 10 times, and
faced its latest delay on Oct. 25, one day after Bylsma lost his bid
for re-election as mayor.

At a hearing at the Welland Provincial Offences court, Sandra Pollock,
the legal representative for Bylsma, successfully argued that the case
should be deferred until a case going through the Ontario Superior
Court system reaches its conclusion.

The outcome of that case could impact Bylsma’s, since they are about
similar issues.

In that case, Randy Hillier is taking on the Province of Ontario after
he was charged under the Provincial Offences Act for his role in
protests in Brockville and Cornwall in spring 2021.

The former member of provincial Parliament for Lanark — Frontenac —
Kingston was charged by the province with breaching the stay-at-home
orders as an organizer of the protests.

According to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF),
whose lawyers are representing him, Hillier was charged under the
Reopening Ontario Act for failing to comply with an order. If found
guilty, he could be fined up to $100,000 and spend one year in prison.

“In addition, Mr. Hillier was charged with hosting and organizing a
public event where the number of those in attendance exceeded the
number permitted under an Order, for which the minimum penalty is
$10,000,” read a statement put out by the JCCF on Oct. 20.

However, Hillier’s court case argues that the stay-at-home orders
unjustifiably infringed rights and freedoms guaranteed under the
Charter and therefore has “no force or effect.”

“Although the Stay-at-Home Order and Outdoor Gathering Restrictions
are no longer in effect, the consequences of these authoritative
measures continue to exist for Ontarians, who are faced with fines and
potential imprisonment as a result of the offence provisions contained
in the Reopening Ontario Act,” said the JCCF statement.

“As part of the court challenge, the lawyers will argue that the
Stay-at-Home Order, Outdoor Gathering Restrictions, and Offence
Provisions violated Charter-protected rights, such as the right to
assemble peacefully and the right to free expression.”

The outcome of that case could set a precedent about the stay-at-home
orders, as if the Hillier case finds that the stay-at-home orders were
unconstitutional then the provincial regulation could be struck down.

That case does not yet have a date set, so at Bylsma’s court hearing,
it was decided that his case would be deferred until December.

Pollock opted not to provide a comment.


 Harold Jonker sues West Lincoln Township after Integrity Commissioner
report found he breached code of conduct
The councillor said the code of conduct was being used to silence dissent
By Chris Pickles Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Grimsby Lincoln News
Thursday, September 29, 2022

West Lincoln Councillor Harold Jonker

The Integrity Commissioner found that West Lincoln Councillor Harold
Jonker played a leading role in the 'Freedom Convoy' protests in
Ottawa - Moosa Imran/Metroland

West Lincoln councillor Harold Jonker is taking the Township of West
Lincoln to court after the Integrity Commissioner found that he
breached the code of conduct for his part in the Ottawa convoy.

A lawsuit was filed on Sept. 23 by the Justice Centre for
Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) on behalf of Jonker, disputing the
recommendation of the Integrity Commissioner, which was published on
July 12.

That report found that, through his role in the “Freedom Convoy”
protest in Ottawa earlier this year, Jonker breached two sections of
the code of conduct.

The investigation, carried out by Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP,
found the councillor was a vocal representative and leader of the
convoy, including after the point the protest was deemed unlawful,
meaning the councillor was no longer able to fulfil his duty of
loyalty to residents.

At a council meeting on July 18, councillors voted to receive the
report and penalize Jonker by stripping him of 30 days pay and asked
him to account for all donations he received during the protest and
repay that amount.

Now, the JCCF announced that it has submitted the lawsuit on behalf of
the councillor, aiming to reverse the decision to financially penalize
Jonker.

In a statement, the JCCF said it is arguing that the decision was
invalid due to “procedural irregularities, factual errors and flawed
findings” in the commissioner’s report, particularly that Jonker
participated in an illegal protest.

JCCF also asserts that Jonker’s charter rights to freedom of
expression were violated by the decision.

Jonker said that he is pursuing the lawsuit since he believes
council’s decision was incorrect.

“Town council punished me for legally protesting, and so challenging
this decision is the right thing to do,” he said.

“I was punished for exercising my democratic rights.

“(I hope to gain) a court decision that makes it clear that codes of
conduct cannot be used to attempt to silence dissent.”

Jorge Pineda, the lawyer for Jonker, said the JCCF was funding the
lawsuit and they believed that Jonker was punished for engaging in a
peaceful protest.

“It is our view that Mr. Jonker has been punished by West Lincoln
council for engaging in peaceful political protest, which is a
violation of the Constitution,” said Pineda.

“The claim that Mr. Jonker participated in illegal activity is a
suggestion that is not supported by the facts,” said Pineda in a
statement.

“It is also bewildering that the Integrity Commissioner found that Mr.
Jonker, who is a trucker, was in Ottawa in connection with his duties
as a town councillor, rather than as a trucker and Canadian citizen
peacefully protesting federal and provincial mandates,” he said.

JCCF lawyers will bring this case to Hamilton Divisional Court on a
date to be announced, the statement said.

According to Pineda, the JCCF is a non-partisan charity that funds
public-interest charter litigation across Canada using a network of
JCCF-affiliated lawyers.

On its website, the JCCF describes itself as an organization and
charity that fights for the Constitutional freedoms of Canadians, by
funding legal representation and by educating Canadians about the free
society.

The township confirmed that it had received the lawsuit initiated on
behalf of the councillor requesting a judicial review of the
commissioner’s report and subsequent council decision, but declined to
provide a further comment as it is now a legal proceeding.


https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/west-lincoln-councillor-harold-jonker-breached-code-of-conduct-during-freedom-convoy-integrity-commissioner/article_11053dbf-ff31-54c0-a88c-7b75dd53d0fe.html?

 West Lincoln Councillor Harold Jonker breached code of conduct during
freedom convoy: integrity commissioner
Councillor was considered one of the leading figures in the convoy
that occupied Ottawa in winter
By Chris Pickles Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Grimsby Lincoln News
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

West Lincoln Councillor Harold Jonker

The Integrity Commissioner found that West Lincoln Councillor Harold
Jonker played a leading role in the 'Freedom Convoy' protests in
Ottawa - Moosa Imran/Metroland

An integrity commissioner investigation found that West Lincoln Coun.
Harold Jonker broke the code of conduct during his role in the
"freedom" convoy in Ottawa earlier this year.

The report, published on July 12, found that Jonker broke two sections
of the code of conduct: one requiring a duty of loyalty to residents,
and another regarding the acceptance of gifts or benefits.

On Monday, July 18, West Lincoln council received the report and voted
to penalize Jonker for his actions.

The investigation, carried out by Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP,
found the councillor was a vocal representative and leader of the
convoy, including after the point the protest was deemed unlawful,
meaning the councillor was no longer able to fulfil his duty of
loyalty to residents.

It found that Jonker was described as the head of the Niagara convoy
and claimed he was among the first group of trucks to reach Parliament
Hill on Jan. 28.

Jonker said he did not go to Ottawa as a councillor, but rather as a
truck driver and company owner to support what he believed to be a
peaceful, lawful demonstration.

“If you’re a member of council, you’re a representative, at all times,
of the council,” said John Mascarin, partner at Aird & Berlis LLP.

Responding to the investigation, Jonker wrote: “As a representative I
choose to represent the residents who are being negatively affected by
the lockdowns and mandates.” The investigation chose to accept that
meant he was a representative of the township.

Jonker was also deemed to have breached the section of the code that
prohibits the acceptance of gifts or benefits. In comments to media at
the time, the councillor confirmed he accepted gifts of fuel and food
during the demonstration.

The investigation invited Jonker to outline the gifts or benefits he
received, but he did not reply, allowing the investigation to find
that the councillor did accept the gifts or benefits.

Jonker said that he missed the email, sent to his township email
account, and criticized the investigators for not following up to
check he received it before accepting that the lack of response was
his fault.

However, Mascarin said that it was convenient that Jonker was only
raising the missed email in the council meeting and was attempting to
undermine their process and procedure, which was correctly followed.

“If he’s missing emails, it’s a big problem … I’ll be honest, I
thought he was ignoring us,” said Mascarin.

At the council meeting, Jonker claimed he did not receive any gifts or
benefits as part of his role as a councillor, but rather as a truck
driver. He did not personally receive any lodging or fuel, but
received coffee, hamburgers and bacon and eggs.

He said it would be impossible for him to quantify the amount of food
he received during the demonstration, which Mascarin countered by
saying that as a councillor, he should have kept track.

In closing, Jonker asked: “Do we want to live in a country where we
are not allowed to protest, or some of us are not allowed to protest,
against what we believe and understand to be wrong and harmful for our
country?”

“It’s still heart-wrenching and very tough for me when people come up
to me, still to this day, and thank me as a truck driver for saving
their life, for giving them hope,” he continued.

Council voted to reprimand the councillor, constituting a denouncement
of Jonker’s actions, and to suspend his remuneration for 30 days. In
addition, Jonker is required to account for the gifts and benefits
received, and to reimburse those. Since Jonker said it would be
impossible to reimburse the food gifts, Coun. William Reilly suggested
a donation to West Lincoln Community Care.

The two votes, accepting the report and determining the penalties,
carried 5-1, with Mayor Dave Bylsma opposed.

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Freedom Convoy crypto holdings to remain frozen and in escrow pending
lawsuit by Ottawa residents

Justice MacLeod adjourned the case to Mar. 9 for defendants to further
consult with their lawyers
Freedom Convoy crypto holdings to remain frozen and in escrow pending
lawsuit by Ottawa residents
Monique Jilesen is a partner at Lenczner Slaght
BY Annabel Oromoni 02 Mar 2022


On Monday, the Superior Court of Justice ordered that crypto holdings
donated for the freedom convoy protest remain frozen and placed into
an escrow account pending the court’s final decision on a proposed
lawsuit against the convoy by Ottawa residents.

Law Times reported that Superior Court Justice Calum MacLeod, on Feb.
17, issued a Mareva injunction freezing assets linked to bank
accounts, fundraisers and cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, Cardano,
Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero in over 120 wallets raised for the
freedom convoy protest.

The injunction restricted convoy leaders and their fundraisers from
selling, removing, dissipating, alienating, transferring, assigning or
encumbering any listed assets.

Ottawa residents filed a class action against the freedom convoy
protesters seeking $306 million in damages for the three-week
blockade, which disrupted people’s lives and forced businesses to
close. If the lawsuit is successful, the Mareva order secures assets
for the courts to reward residents with some of the protest money
raised by organizers.

Organizers turned to cryptocurrency after the courts froze donations
raised by online fundraising sites. In his initial ruling, Justice
MacLeod wrote that defendants promoted the use of cryptocurrency under
the mistaken belief that it is untraceable and cannot be seized by the
courts or legal authority.

“It’s a pretty big step today that the cryptocurrency assets are going
to be secured in an escrow agent,” says Lenczner Slaght partner
Monique Jilesen.

Lenczner Slaght acted for Champ & Associates, the law firm
representing Ottawa residents in the proposed lawsuit. The firms
brought a motion against Patrick King, Tamara Lich, Christopher
Garrah, Nicholas St. Louis, Benjamin Ditcher and the non-profit
Freedom 2022 Human Rights and Freedoms to demonstrate that they were
leaders of the freedom convoy protests.

Jilesen says defendants delivered responding materials on whether a
Mareva injunction was needed, but arguments were adjourned. The
opposing lawyer, Norman Groot, represented all the defendants except
for Patrick King, who was not present and did not have a lawyer
representing him.
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Groot informed the Globe and Mail that defendants Garrah, St. Louis
and Ditcher have agreed to move the donated monies within their
control to an escrow account. Still, the funds might not account for
all the contributed cryptocurrencies.

Superior Court Justice MacLeod extended the Mareva injunction until
Mar. 9 to give defendants more time to consult with their lawyers. He
noted that the order concerned civil damages and was not connected to
ongoing criminal proceedings. The respondents in the injunction are
parties in several ongoing criminal investigations related to the
protest.

“This court proceeding is concerned with potential civil liability for
the organizers, funders and participants in the Freedom Convoy to
residents, businesses and employees in central Ottawa who were
adversely affected. It is independent and separate from any of the
criminal processes that may be underway.”

Bobby Kofman, president of KSV Advisory, the proposed escrow agent,
advised that the injunction was satisfactory, and the firm is prepared
to act as an escrow.

Justice MacLeod adjourned the matter to Mar. 9 at 2:00 pm and reserved
further comments until the next hearing.



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> CITATION: Li et al. v. Barber et. al., 2022 ONSC 1176
> COURT FILE NO.: CV-22-88514-CP
> DATE: 2022/02/22
> SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE – ONTARIO
> Proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992
> RE: ZEXI LI, HAPPY GOAT COFFEE COMPANY INC,
> 7983794 CANADA INC. (c.o.b. as UNION: LOCAL 613)
> and GEOFFREY DEVANEY, Plaintiffs
> AND:
> CHRIS BARBER, BENJAMIN DICHTER, TAMARA LICH, PATRICK KING,
> JAMES BAUDER, BRIGITTE BELTON, DANIEL BULFORD, DALE ENNS,
> CHAD EROS, CHRIS GARRAH, MIRANDA GASIOR, JOE JANSEN,
> JASON LAFACE, TOM MARAZZO, RYAN MIHILEWICZ, SEAN TIESSEN,
> NICHOLAS ST. LOUIS (a.k.a. @NOBODYCARIBOU),
> FREEDOM 2022 HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS,
> JOHN DOE 1, JOHN DOE 2, JOHN DOE 3, JOHN DOE 4, JOHN DOE 5,
> JOHN DOE 6, JOHN DOE 7, JOHN DOE 8, JOHN DOE 9, JOHN DOE 10,
> JOHN DOE 11, JOHN DOE 12, JOHN DOE 13, JOHN DOE 14, JOHN DOE 15,
> JOHN DOE 16, JOHN DOE 17, JOHN DOE 18, JOHN DOE 19, JOHN DOE 20,
> JOHN DOE 21, JOHN DOE 22, JOHN DOE 23, JOHN DOE 24, JOHN DOE 25,
> JOHN DOE 26, JOHN DOE 27, JOHN DOE 28, JOHN DOE 29, JOHN DOE 30,
> JOHN DOE 31, JOHN DOE 32, JOHN DOE 33, JOHN DOE 34, JOHN DOE 35,
> JOHN DOE 36, JOHN DOE 37, JOHN DOE 38, JOHN DOE 39, JOHN DOE 40,
> JOHN DOE 41, JOHN DOE 42, JOHN DOE 43, JOHN DOE 44, JOHN DOE 45,
> JOHN DOE 46, JOHN DOE 47, JOHN DOE 48, JOHN DOE 49, JOHN DOE 50,
> JOHN DOE 51, JOHN DOE 52, JOHN DOE 53, JOHN DOE 54, JOHN DOE 55,
> JOHN DOE 56, JOHN DOE 57, JOHN DOE 58, JOHN DOE 59, JOHN DOE 60,
> JANE DOE 1 and JANE DOE 2, Defendants
> BEFORE: Regional Senior Justice Calum MacLeod
> COUNSEL: Monique J. Jilesen, Madison Robins, Sarah Bittman and Jessica
> Kras, as agents for Paul Champ, Counsel, for the Plaintiff
>
>
> https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/two-convoy-organizers-say-they-can-t-afford-to-defend-class-action-lawsuit-1.6152557
>
> Two convoy organizers say they can't afford to defend class-action lawsuit
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfSYaLzaIHk&ab_channel=CTVNews
>
>
> Tense exchange between lawyer, convoy organizer Benjamin Dichter
> CTV News
>  830K subscribers
> 127,382 views Nov 3, 2022
> Brendan Miller, lawyer representing convoy organizers, grills Benjamin
> Dichter about his timeline and tweets from Tamara Lich's account.
>
> 460 Comments
>
> David Amos
> David Amos
> Too Too Funny
>
>
>
> Glen McGregor
> CTV National News Senior Political Correspondent
> glen.mcgregor@bellmedia.ca
> Published Nov. 14, 2022 6:17 p.m. AST
>
> Two organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" say they don't have enough
> money to defend a potential class-action lawsuit against them and want
> a court to unfreeze donations made to the convoy so they can pay for
> lawyers.
>
> Benjamin Dichter and Chris Garrah want the Superior Court of Justice
> of Ontario to release $200,000 of the more than $5 million in funds
> given by convoy supporters that is currently held in escrow, pending
> the resolution of litigation launched on behalf of Ottawa residents
> and businesses.
>
> “The $200,000 amount sought as an initial retainer is reasonable in
> the context of a $300-million class proceeding,” Dichter and Garrah
> claim in a motion record before the court.
>
> The documents says $200,000 is the amount required as a retainer for
> their new law firm, Jim Karahalios Professional Corporation, but it
> notes that more money might be needed in future to defend the
> potentially complicated and lengthy case.
>
> The lawsuit was launched in February by Ottawa public servant Zexi Li
> on behalf of residents of Ottawa's downtown core, alleging damages
> caused by the sustained noise of truck horns and diesel fumes.
>
> Lawyer Paul Champ later expanded the potential class of plaintiffs to
> include Ottawa businesses affected by the three-week occupation of the
> city and employees who lost wages.
>
> The lawsuit names a list of convoy organizers as defendants but Champ
> wants to add two “defendant classes,” making any trucker who
> participated in the protest or anyone who gave donations potentially
> liable for damages.
>
> In the course of the lawsuit, Champ successfully obtained court orders
> to freeze money donated to the convoy through sites such as GoFundMe
> and GiveSendGo, as well as email transfers and cryptocurrency
> payments.
>
> Neither Dichter nor Garrah can personally afford their legal
> representation in the case, their motion record says, as both have
> limited income and minimal assets.
>
> Dichter, the record says, is a truck driver and a podcast producer who
> lives in a rental apartment, and owns no real estate and has no
> material savings.
>
> “Aside from the truck he uses to generate income, which is worth
> approximately $40,000 to $50,000 with $15,000 in corresponding
> financing charges, he drives a modest personal vehicle,” the motion
> record says.
>
> “His 2021 income was approximately $10,000 with a further $7,000 in
> corporate net income. He was unable to earn material income for six
> months in 2022 due to a broken foot.”
>
> Garrah also has limited income from his work as a general contractor,
> selling windows and doors, according to the court filing. He had net
> income of approximately $15,000 in 2021 and his wife owns their family
> home, valued at approximately $400,000. His only other assets are
> tools for work and two trucks, one of which isn't working, the motion
> record says.
>
> The plaintiffs in the Li case are resisting the motion to release the
> funds, arguing that Dichter and Garrah must prove they have no other
> assets available before applying to release funds from escrow.
>
> “In the present case, the Moving Parties are not wealthy but they are
> not impecunious,” the plaintiffs responded. “Both are gainfully
> employed and have assets.”
>
> The plaintiffs' response notes that both Dichter and Garrah own
> vehicles and have income. Dichter, it says, receives income from his
> podcast and just published a book about the convoy, which could
> generate more income.
>
> The court had previously agreed to unfreeze $100,000 of the donations
> to pay legal fees for another group of defendants to the lawsuit
> involved with Freedom Corp. 2022, the not-for-profit set up to receive
> the donations.
>
> Freedom Corp. is also opposing the motion, saying it received the
> money from the escrow only after agreeing not to challenge the court
> orders freezing the donations, called Mareva orders.
>
> “The funds that Garrah and Dichter seek access to are donations that
> were intended to vest with the Freedom Corp.,” the corporation's
> response says.
>
> “Freedom Corp. has a fiduciary duty as the intended trustee of donated
> funds to ensure they are used effectively and efficiently.”
>
> The Ontario Ministry of Attorney-General also filed a brief in the
> case, saying it intends to seize $3.4 million of the funds donated
> through GiveSendGo as “offence-related property,” should convoy
> organizers Tamara Lich or Christopher Barber be found guilty on the
> criminal charges they face.
>
> A hearing on the Dichter and Garrah motion is scheduled for Tuesday
> morning.
>
>
>
> https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/all-freedom-convoy-truckers-donors-could-be-drawn-into-class-action-lawsuit-over-protest-disruption-1.6136321
>
>
> All 'Freedom Convoy' truckers, donors could be drawn into class-action
> lawsuit over protest disruption
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBEqxwFzmpk&ab_channel=CTVNews
>
>
> Details of 'Freedom Convoy' $24M fundraising presented at Emergencies
> Act inquiry
> CTV New
>  830K subscribers
> 2.3K views 11 days ago
> Overview report of 'Freedom Convoy' fundraising at presented at
> Emergencies Act inquiry  …
> 8 Comments
>
> David Amos
> Methinks all the politicians were jealous that the Truckers raised so
> much money so quickly N'esy Pas?
>
>
> Glen McGregor
> CTV National News Senior Political Correspondent
> glen.mcgregor@bellmedia.ca
> Published Nov. 2, 2022 7:03 p.m. ADT
>
> The lawyer leading a potential class-action lawsuit against the
> Freedom Convoy wants to expand the list of defendants to include all
> truckers who occupied Ottawa earlier this year, as well as anyone who
> donated to the fund the protest.
>
> If successful, the legal manoeuvre could make the owners of
> approximately 400 trucks and tens of thousands of donors financially
> liable for a share of $300 million in damages the lawsuit claims.
>
> Lawyer Paul Champ first filed the litigation in February, naming
> public servant Zexi Li, who lives in downtown Ottawa, as a
> representative of a class of residents who claim they suffered from
> the noise and disruption caused by hundreds of trucks parked on city
> streets for three weeks.
>
> Champ later added representatives plaintiffs of two Ottawa businesses
> and employees of other downtown businesses as additional classes of
> plaintiffs — meaning they could share the damages should the court
> certify the classes, and if the litigation succeeded.
>
> The lawsuit initially named Tamara Lich, Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber and
> other convoy organizers as defendants, along with unnamed “John Doe”
> and “Jane Doe” truckers and donors.
>
> Now Champ has brought an unusual motion to add two defendant classes
> to the litigation, potentially making liable anyone who brought their
> truck to the Ottawa protest or contributed financially through
> crowdfunding sites like GiveSendGo or GoFundMe.
>
> In an application filed in Ontario Superior Court, Champ identifies
> the operator of an Ontario trucking company and a New Brunswick
> businessman as representatives of the two defendant classes.
>
> The motion identifies Brad Howland, of Kars, N.B., as a representative
> defendant of a potential donor class. He owns owns Easy Kleen Pressure
> Systems Ltd., which donated “$75,000 USD on or about February 9, 2022,
> to GiveSendGo to support, encourage and facilitate” the protest, the
> motion alleges.
>
> Howland confirmed to CTV News that his company had donated to the
> convoy but he says he isn’t sure where it ended up.
>
> “The money was to support and pay for expenses for the people that
> were giving up so much time to put their voice forward and their time
> forward to explain how we want freedom in the country,” he said.
>
> Howland said he had heard rumours he might be drawn into the
> litigation but wasn’t certain until contacted by CTV News.
>
> The motion also seeks to add Harold Jonker of Caistor Centre, Ont., as
> the representative defendant. It claims his company, Jonker Trucking,
> “owned at least 11 semi-tractor trucks that were driven to Ottawa and
> used to participate in the tortious activities of the Freedom Convoy
> protest.”
>
> Jonker could not immediately be reached for comment Wednesday.
>
> Many of the convoy defendants to the lawsuit are testifying before the
> Public Order Emergency Commission currently studying the federal
> government’s use of the Emergencies Act to end the protests.
>
> Champ is also appearing at the inquiry on behalf of a coalition of
> downtown Ottawa residents and businesses. Li testified during the
> first week of the inquiry hearings.
>
> None of the defendants named in the lawsuit have filed
> statements-of-defence yet, and none of the allegations have been
> proved in court.
>
> Champ and other lawyers working on the case have successfully frozen
> millions of dollars donated through crowdfunding sites. The money is
> held in escrow pending resolution of the case.
>
> Champ also used the Li lawsuit to successfully obtain an injunction to
> stop the truckers from blowing truck and train horns.
>
> The plaintiffs still face major legal hurdles, to certify about 24,000
> downtown residents as a class, and now, to certify the additional
> defendant classes.
>
> Even if the plaintiffs eventually win a judgment in court, to collect
> damages, they will have to prove individuals belong to the defendants
> classes.
>
> The plaintiffs are expected to rely on the enormous number of pictures
> and video posted to social media to identify individual truckers who
> participated in the protests. They could also use donor records from
> crowdsourcing platforms to identify members of the donor defendant
> class.
>
>
> Glen McGregor
>
> CTV National News Senior Political Correspondent
>
> Ottawa
> glen.mcgregor@bellmedia.ca
>
> Glen McGregor joined CTV National News as Senior Political
> Correspondent in January 2016. Based out of CTV News’ Ottawa Bureau,
> McGregor contributes political coverage to CTV News across all
> platforms.
>
> An award-winning journalist, McGregor was previously National Affairs
> Reporter for the Ottawa Citizen, where he covered the federal
> government and politics on Parliament Hill, with a focus on ethics,
> lobbying, contracting practices, and election campaign finance.
> Throughout his career, McGregor has broken stories that led to the
> Canadian Senate expense scandal, the “Robocalls” investigation, MP
> Dean Del Mastro’s conviction, among many other stories to make
> national headlines.
>
> Specializing in data journalism, McGregor combines his expertise as an
> investigative journalist with multi-faceted computer science,
> statistics, and data mining techniques, which led him to win the
> Canadian Association of Journalists Award (CAJ) in Computer-Assisted
> Reporting in 2009, for co-authoring a series of stories analyzing
> political bias in the federal government’s economic stimulus spending.
>
> An innovator in digital reporting, McGregor was the first journalist
> in Canada to live tweet from a courtroom, from one of Ottawa’s most
> closely followed criminal trials involving the city's Mayor Larry
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> Algonquin College, teaching data journalism and investigative
> reporting techniques.
>
> A regular commentator on federal politics on national radio and
> television, McGregor was named by the Hill Times as one of the 100
> most-influential people in Canadian politics in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
>
> He speaks English and a bit of Mandarin Chinese.
>
> Follow him on Twitter: @glen_mcgregor
>
>
>
> https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2022/02/nb-business-owner-says-he-donated-75000.html
>
> Tuesday, 15 February 2022
> N.B. business owner says he donated $75,000 to Freedom Convoy
>
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> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:05:58 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC
> did an early shut down of the comment section about my neighbours and
> their support of the truckers Nesy Pas?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 01:05:37 -0400
> Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an early shut
> down of the comment section about my neighbours and their support of
> the truckers Nesy Pas?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: keepcanada <keepcanada@protonmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:53:24 +0000
> Subject: Auto: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an
> early shut down of the comment section about my neighbours and their
> support of the truckers Nesy Pas?
> To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com
>
> Your amazing Canada, thank you so much. We have added this link to
> organize helpers! If you are wanting to help please fill out a form so
> we can delegate loglogistic and location!! Freedom together !
> http://register.adopt-a-trucker.ca/
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 01:53:17 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an early
> shut down of the comment section about my neighbours and their support
> of the truckers Nesy Pas?
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: dana Metcalfe <danajmetcalfe@icloud.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:27:16 -0500
> Subject: Re: Hey Dana I watched you and your buddies yapping in Ottwwa
> for weeks and just shook my head but last night you took the cake
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
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> Just trying to do my part ❤️
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:32:41 -0400
> Subject: Hey Higgy Methinks Mr Jones knows why CBC did an early shut
> down of the comment section about my neighbours and their support of
> the truckers Nesy Pas?
> To: ted@daretoquestionvaccination.com, "hugh.flemming"
> <hugh.flemming@gnb.ca>, danajmetcalfe@icloud.com, premier
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> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-sussex-corner-business-convoy-donation-1.6351430
>
>
> N.B. business owner says he donated $75,000 to Freedom Convoy
> A database released publicly lists Brad Howland's donation as the
> second-highest amount
> Jacques Poitras, Karissa Donkin · CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2022 6:55 PM
> AT
>
>  Brad Howland says he donated $75,000 to the Freedom Convoy that has
> gridlocked the streets of Ottawa around Parliament Hill. (Carl Bradley
> Howland/Facebook)
>
> A business owner from the southern New Brunswick village of Sussex
> Corner has confirmed he made what appears to be one of the largest
> donations to the Freedom Convoy that has gridlocked the streets of
> Ottawa around Parliament Hill.
>
> In a written statement Monday afternoon, Brad Howland called the
> protest "a beautiful, legal, peaceful protest" that he visited on the
> weekend.
>
> "To see the love, peace, and unity that many of us have longed for,
> for a long time — It was an experience of a lifetime," he wrote.
>
> "This will go down in the history books of our nation."
>
> In fact, the protest has forced many downtown businesses to close and
> violates several laws.
>
>     What injunction? Questions arise around disregard for court order
>
> It's now the subject of the federal Emergencies Act, which Prime
> Minister Justin Trudeau invoked on Monday.
>
> CBC News has reviewed information that appears to identify tens of
> thousands of Freedom Convoy donors to the website GiveSendGo.
>
> The data, hacked and released briefly on its front page, includes
> names, locations, dollar amounts, personal email addresses, even the
> credit card companies used for each transaction.
>
> CBC has not been able to independently confirm if the people on the
> list did in fact donate to the Freedom Convoy.
>
>     CBC INVESTIGATES: Hacked convoy data shows more than half of
> donations came from U.S.
>
> Howland confirmed to CBC News that his donation was $75,000.
>
> A database from GiveSendGo released publicly lists that as the
> second-highest amount of all donations.
>
> A sign supporting truckers was visible at Easy Kleen's property near a
> Highway 1 off-ramp earlier this month.
>
> Howland said in his statement that Easy Kleen has been in business for
> more than 40 years and has relied on truckers for deliveries to and
> from the factory.
>
> Brad Howland says in his statement that Easy Kleen has been in
> business in the Sussex area of southern New Brunswick for more than 40
> years and has relied on truckers for deliveries to and from the
> factory. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
>
> He called truckers "salt of the earth people with the biggest hearts"
> and said the convoy is a rare opportunity to thank them.
>
> "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.
>
> Records from the federal government show that Easy Kleen has received
> funding from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, set up to help
> employers who have "seen a drop in revenue during the COVID-19
> pandemic."
>
> It's not clear how much the company received, but when asked about the
> subsidy, Howland said it was spent on wages at the beginning of the
> pandemic in 2020.
>
> Howland has also donated thousands of dollars to the provincial
> Progressive Conservatives and the federal Conservative Party since
> 2018, according to public records.
> Distrust of vaccines
>
> On Facebook, Howland has posted support for former U.S. president
> Donald Trump and about his distrust of vaccines.
>
> "They say the Democrats are worried about outside interference in USA
> elections," he wrote in August 2020, in a post that was no longer
> public as of Monday afternoon. "They should be, from the country of
> Lowest of Kars we are doing just that."
>
> On Feb. 11, Howland posted that "a truck load of us" from Kars, a
> community about 50 kilometres from Sussex, would be heading to Ottawa.
>
> "It is about time we act like we own it and show them who calls the
> shoots [sic] and determines mandates," Howland wrote on Jan. 25, in a
> post that is also no longer public. "That is the people. Governments
> got people in fear."
>
> In 2009, Howland received a conditional discharge after he threatened
> the principal of a New Brunswick elementary school when they stopped
> daily singing of O Canada.
>
> CBC reported at the time that Howland threatened to beat the principal
> senseless, but Howland said he meant it as a figure of speech rather
> than a threat.
>
> "Other provinces adopted playing the anthem because of this situation
> in my life arose, which worked out very well in the end for thousands
> for children playing the anthem in their schools," Howland wrote to
> CBC when asked about the court case this week.
>
> In total, the database shows donations from more than 500 people who
> used New Brunswick postal codes, but CBC cannot verify whether those
> individuals actually live in the province.
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/o-canada-threat-case-results-in-discharge-1.809872
>
>
> O Canada threat case results in discharge
>
> CBC News · Posted: Aug 28, 2009 11:07 AM AT
>
> A New Brunswick man has received a conditional discharge for
> threatening a school principal who scaled back the daily singing of O
> Canada at his daughter's school.
>
> Bradley Howland, 43, of Hatfield Point was also ordered Friday to stay
> away from Erik Millett and Millett's partner, and not to go near the
> school for eight months unless accompanied by his wife.
>
> "Educators have a tough enough job without being subjected to this
> type of harangue," provincial court Judge Henrik Tonning said during
> sentencing in Sussex.
>
> Howland, who had about a dozen supporters with him in the courtroom,
> showed little reaction to the sentence. But he did apologize to
> Millett and asked for his forgiveness.
>
> Millett told reporters outside the courthouse that he was satisfied
> with the sentence.
>
> He also announced plans to file a lawsuit against two people for
> public comments they made about him during the storm of controversy.
> One of them is Minister of Veterans Affairs Greg Thompson, who is also
> MP for New Brunswick Southwest.
>
> "If he fails to hold a press conference and apologize for his
> statements, which were defamatory towards me, if he fails to do that,
> I call upon the Prime Minister to fire him from cabinet," said
> Millett.
>
> He also wants a letter of apology from Susan Boyd, the Belleisle
> parent who initially raised concerns about the anthem, he said.
>
> Neither Thompson nor Boyd were available for comment Friday.
> Guilty of uttering threats
>
> Howland was found guilty last month of uttering threats to cause
> serious bodily harm to Millet, who was at the time the principal of
> Belleisle Elementary School, and causing Millett to fear personal
> injury.
>
> Millett, who has since left his post, told the court Howland
> threatened to "beat [him] senseless."
>
> Millett stepped down as principal after a countrywide controversy
> erupted in January over his decision to reserve the singing of the
> national anthem for monthly assemblies. Two families had complained
> for religious reasons about O Canada being sung daily over the
> school's PA system.
>
> Tonning said it was "regrettable" the case had to come this far. The
> judge described the case as "serious," but said he didn't think
> Howland’s comments were "malicious." The judge noted that Howland’s
> friends, in letters of support to the court, said he "often becomes
> disengaged with his mouth" and that his passion for this issue
> "misguided his words."
>
> Tonning said he believes Howland, who owns several businesses, is an
> upstanding citizen who "now understands the principle of keeping one's
> mouth shut."
>
> But he had to consider the principle of deterrence in sentencing, he
> said. People need to know it’s not acceptable to threaten educators.
> Howland was also ordered to pay Millett $500 toward the cost of
> counselling that he and his partner have received since the threat.
>
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
>
> https://tj.news/telegraph-journal/101817867?ref=newsletter
>
> NBer who gave $75K to 'freedom convoy' speaks out
>
> EXCLUSIVE: NBer who gave $75K to 'freedom convoy' speaks out | TJ.news
> The New Brunswick businessman who donated $75,000 to the "freedom
> convoy" in Ottawa says he doesn't think there will be ramifications
> from what he did, and that business has never been better.
>
> On Thursday, Brad Howland, president of Sussex Corner-based Easy-Kleen
> Pressure Systems Ltd., told Brunswick News that his bank accounts were
> never frozen by the federal government, and that he
> doesn't expect to be among the people left with a permanent "mark" on
> their bank accounts for donating to the convoy.
>
> He says that's because he donated before the feds invoked the
> Emergencies Act, which gave Ottawa sweeping powers to end the convoy.
>
> Howland said as far as he knows, the money he donated is still in the
> GiveSendGo account frozen by the federal government.
> Earlier this week, according to Blacklock's Reporter, the Canadian
> Bankers Association said that convoy supporters who had their accounts
> frozen will permanently have their files marked. “We primarily relied
> upon the names provided by the RCMP, but there were obligations under
> the order separate that required banks to make their own
> determinations. We did not rely on external information,” Angelina
> Mason, general counsel for the Bankers Association, said at the
> Commons finance committee, according to Blacklock's.
>
> Mason also confirmed that the names of frozen accounts were given by
> the banks to the RCMP.
>
> Asked whether he's worried, Howland shrugged it off, accusing the
> ruling federal Liberals of being "small" people "casting big shadows."
> "I'm quite shocked, as a Canadian citizen, that they would talk like
> this, or even consider it," he said. "You hear the words 'cancel
> culture,' or 'disinformation,' or 'misinformation' ... [the threat of
> permanent marks on bank accounts] is according to who?
>
> "It's a serious thing that these fellas are infringing upon."
>
> According to the federal online registry, Easy-Kleen received pandemic
> relief funds through Ottawa’s Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.
>
> Howland, a self-professed champion of "freedom" and a fan of former
> U.S. president Donald Trump, then compared the idea of permanent marks
> being put on convoy supporters' bank accounts to policies used by the
> Chinese government.
>
> He added that he's been tracking what "the government" has said during
> the pandemic, and believes the promises that were made to
> Canadians if they followed the rules were never fulfilled. "Not much
> of [what was said] was true ... the government is not always right,"
> Howland said. "Just because the government says something doesn't mean
> it's true, or correct."
>
> Howland said since he made the donation and visited the convoy – which
> he said was misrepresented after "one person" carried a flag with a
> swastika, and a few flew confederate flags – he's received calls and
> letters of support from across Canada and the U.S. – and donations.
> And some companies want to do business with Easy-Kleen because of his
> participation in the convoy, Howland added.
>
> "Our business has never been better," he said.
>
> "People that buy our kind of equipment, they're all industry people
> and we're [all] of like minds.
>
> "Some people said, 'Oh my goodness, Easy-Kleen is gonna go down the
> tubes because of this,' but listen, we're on the right side. When
> you're for freedom, you're on the right side of it. And if you're on
> the right side, it's gonna come around to you."
> Howland said Easy-Kleen's business is "way up."
>
> "We have people buying machines just to buy machines. We have oil
> companies out West calling us and saying, 'We're buying from you guys,
> because you guys are supporting freedom.'"
>
> He also said he's received what he jokingly calls "love mail":
> donations, and gift cards.
>
> So no worries about what he did?
>
>  "I'll never regret it," Howland said.
>