Court extends rare order to freeze up to $20M in crypto, cash donations to convoy protests

An Ontario Superior Court judge has extended a rare injunction that has frozen millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies and other financial donations to the so-called Freedom Convoy.

The Mareva Injunction was issued on Feb. 17 by Justice Calum MacLeod. Law firm Lenczner Slaght brought this motion forward, acting for Champ & Associates, the law firm representing Ottawa residents in a proposed class-action lawsuit against convoy leaders and protesters.

On Monday, MacLeod extended the order until March 9 to give defendants more time to consult with their lawyer.

The injunction — restricting convoy leaders and its fundraisers from “selling, removing, dissipating, alienating, transferring, assigning” up to $20