Off-the-Scale Generosity
New book confirms community support for the convoy was a bottomless well.
The Freedom Convoy attracted immense public support. This blog has documented the exceptional generosity of often anonymous members of the public. The farm boys who smuggled 600 litres of diesel fuel to the truckers under cover of darkness. The person who gave $10k to a downtown Ottawa Tim Horton’s, so that truckers could eat for free. The two brothers who sent a refrigerated trailer stocked with $15k of food.
In Honking for Freedom, the soon-to-be-released book, convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter reports another huge contribution:
From the [British Columbia] interior, one man phoned to ask where he could send $50,000, and sent it to a business person who had fronted money for hotels pending the release of the crowdfunded donations. [bold added here and below]
Moreover, a long list of Ottawa residents registered their support in a formal, legal manner. Here’s a quote from Chapter 22:
110 local residents had already come forward on their own to swear affidavits expressing approval of the protest.
“They have come forward wanting to swear how well behaved the truckers have been,” [convoy lawyer Keith] Wilson told the news conference, “how they have been shovelling sidewalks, how it’s a festive environment, and how important it is to them that the truckers are here to show their concern about the loss of freedoms and the efforts to get them back. It’s been remarkable. People are usually reluctant to come forward and swear on their own initiative.”
