Canada’s national security committee grills crowdfunders and payment processors over Freedom Convoy fundraisers

Author Brennan Doherty
GoFundMe, Stripe, PayPal Canada, and the U.S. based GiveSendGo testified before Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on March 3rd.

Why It Matters

Canada has promised to tighten crowdfunding regulations amid worries white nationalists used them during the Freedom Convoy to raise money. Whatever the Standing Committee recommends could have implications for social movements and fundraisers.

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