Bank accounts frozen, heroes fight back

Convoy participants suing those responsible

by Donna Laframboise

A group of Freedom Convoy participants who had their bank accounts frozen are suing the individuals and institutions responsible. They are demanding accountability – for their own sake, and for the sake of all Canadians.

If you watch this 1-minute video – posted on a GiveSendGo campaign launched this week – you will see some familiar names and faces:

• Rich Ocelak, the aircraft mechanic whose story is told in Chapter 30 of Thank You, Truckers!
• Harold and Tim Jonker, of Jonker Trucking, which had 12 trucks in Ottawa (Chapter 21)
• Retired trucker and blood donor extraordinaire Peter Terranova (Chapter 32)
• Jamaican immigrant O’Jay Laidley, who lost his cross border trucking job due to his Convoy participation (Chapter 12)
• Clayton Mcallister, whose pickup truck was gratuitously vandalized by the police (Chapter 16)

These are all private citizens. Their funds are limited. Already, they have had to dig deep into their own pockets to fuel this lawsuit. They need our help to keep moving forward.

Please visit the GiveSendGo page here.

From GiveSendGo:

“On January 23, 2024, the Federal Court of Canada released its findings that the invocation of the Emergencies Act was unreasonable and violated the rights of Canadians by freezing bank accounts without cause or judicial process.  

As a result, a group of 20 Canadians without hesitation have picked up the gauntlet on behalf of ALL Canadians to ensure that those responsible are held accountable.

On February 14, 2024 the group of 20 plaintiffs proceeded with a claim against a number of involved defendants including the Prime Minister of Canada, various cabinet ministers, police officers, banks and others deemed to be involved. All defendants have been served notice and the plaintiffs are risking everything for ALL Canadians in restoring Justice. In turn our national support will send the strongest message to hold those involved accountable. Your donation provides the added financial bandwidth required to proceed against all those responsible. 

If you feel that this is a message you can get behind, please consider donating to our historic legal battle so that we may send our national message without compromise.”