"These weren’t truckers organizing a GoFundMe that at the time of that writing had yet to surpass $1 million, on the way to $8.5 million just a week later.
The principal fundraiser was Tamara Lich, the secretary of the federal separatist Maverick Party in Alberta. Prior to that role, she was active with other far-right movements such as Wexit Alberta – a party whose founder advocated for Alberta to separate from Canada and join the Trump-led U.S."
"GoFundMe froze the funds for a time until it was satisfied the money would be disbursed appropriately."
https://www.trucknews.com/blogs/the-so-called-freedom-convoy-was-never-about-truckers-or-border-mandates/
"Among the listed organizers, are Tamara Lich, Benjamin J. Dichter, and James Bauder, whom have all have some level of involvement with white nationalism, racism, Islamophobia, the QAnon conspiracy theory, far-right movements and most importantly- are not long-haul truckers.
Such an influence-and the inspiration as well as the financial contribution from several American far-right groups has been very apparent at the protests. Figures of Canadian far-right extremism such as Romana Didulo, who has called for the death of healthcare workers, took part in the Ottawa rally, and even Donald Trump expressed his support for the movement."
(Emphasis mine)
www.ispionline.it/en/publication/canadas-freedom-convoy-far-right-protest-explained-33192
That's who they were after- the people behind the GoFundMe, who were proxies for the pro-Trump, anti-government lunatic fringe. They were not after the unknowing people who were duped into donating. They may have made mistakes when doing so. But of course they wouldn't give a damn about somebody who donated twenty bucks. You'd have to have a double digit IQ to believe that was deliberate, if in fact the story has merit, which I can't speak on.
More on the organizers;
"Organizers of the convoy include individuals who openly espouse racial conspiracy theories like white replacement, and those who have ties to organised hate groups active in Canada. Nor was this all just talk: when police seized a weapons cache and arrested four men at a satellite blockade in Alberta, found among the guns and tactical gear was the insignia of the Diagolon network, a little-known far-right accelerationist group bent on government overthrow. In Ottawa, the convoy included visible displays of white supremacist symbols, including Confederate flags and swastikas. Far from a case of a few bad apples, the convoy was interwoven with white nationalist right-wing extremism from the outset."
(Emphasis mine)
www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/whats-really-behind-canadas-trucker-protests-5728/
Anyone can read an article and get a surface impression without understanding what the issue is really about. I urge you to go more in depth in future and to guard yourself against propaganda. Truckers were duped, contributors were duped, and you, apparently, were also duped, in addition to a great many others. It happens. We all need to sharpen our spidey senses, especially now in the Q Anon/ Trumper cult era where dangerous misinformation is being spread in the blink of an eye.