During the Freedom Convoy protests back in February in Ottawa CBC issued a couple of articles saying that the convoy was mostly foreign funded, which the Liberals have repeatedly indicated they relied on to justify the use of the Emergencies Act.
This week, during the committee on the Emergencies Act, Conservative MP Larry Brock grilled Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for relying on CBC’s fake news about foreign funding, but Freeland repeatedly refused to answer questions.
Here is FINTRAC's testimony responding to a LIBERAL's question.
Barry Mackillop FINTRAC: “I believe that they just wanted to support the cause, it was their money, their own money. So it wasn’t money that funded terrorism, or that was in any way money laundering.” pic.twitter.com/tpqzjSXvCX
— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 20, 2022
Instead of CBC issuing a clarification, CBC issued a story on Jun 15, 2022 confirming that they are standing by their fake news about Freedom Convoy funding.
During committee testimony both GoGundMe and GiveSendGo confirmed that the Freedom Convoy was mostly funded by Canadians, and that the amounts were mostly small donations from individuals that just wanted to support the cause.
CBC claims in their article:
The claim is that CBC News retracted its stories about foreign donations to the convoy protest movement made via GoFundMe and GiveSendGo.
This is false. We have never retracted these stories, and we stand by our reporting on foreign donations to both GoFundMe and GiveSendGo.
Following is a break down of the fake news:
In CBC’s story about GoFundMe they indicate that they convoy was:
In the sample of comments collected by CBC News, more than half of the 573 donations made by people reporting they were outside Canada — 322 — came from individuals who said they were located in the United States. Collectively, American donors contributed $21,101, or 63.2 per cent, of the money donated by people who said they were located outside of Canada.
GoFundMe’s testimony confirmed that is not true and that the Freedom Convoy funds were as following:
CBC Said: 63.2% were located outside of Canada, more than half were outside Canada.
GoFundMe: 88% originated in Canada and 86% were from Canada.
Watch video of GoFundMe’s testimony:
CBC Fake News About GoFundMe's Foreign Funding Donations:
CBC Said: 63.2% were located outside of Canada, more than half were outside Canada.
GoFundMe: 88% originated in Canada and 86% were from Canada. Watch video of GoFundMe's testimony.#CBCFakeNews pic.twitter.com/DEHFSNrdhq
— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 17, 2022
In CBC’s story about GiveSendGo using Hacked Data! they indicate that they convoy was:
The data, which includes the home countries of donors, reveals that 55.7 per cent of the 92,844 donations made public came from donors in the United States, while just 39 per cent came from donors located in Canada.
GiveSendGo’s testimony confirmed that the convoy was not primarily foreign funded, and that the Freedom Convoy funds were as following:
CBC Said: Just 39% came from donors located in Canada, and 55.7% from the United States.
GiveSendGo: 60% originated in Canada and 37% were from USA.
Watch video of GiveSendGo’s testimony:
CBC Fake News About GiveSendGo's Foreign Funding Donations:
CBC Said: Just 39% came from donors located in Canada, and 55.7% from the United States.
GiveSendGo: 60% originated in Canada and 37% were from USA. Watch video of GiveSendGo's testimony.#CBCFakeNews pic.twitter.com/zE3IAox81J
— Canadian Riley (@TiaRileyCanada) June 17, 2022