Police continue to investigate fellow officers for donating to the Freedom convoy and we have now started to see charges brought against active-duty members. As the months have progressed, we are hearing of more members being questioned on their involvement.

To summarize criminology professor Michael Kempa, who teaches at the University of Ottawa, “At what point does donating to this protest become unethical or illegal.”
This is a very valid point as the fact is, rules for donations are the same for civilians as they are for the officers. Police Officers can in fact donate to any political cause they so choose provided it is not illegal. So how then is it that Police Agencies are charging Officers who donated to a legal cause?

The freedom convoy as reported on before was deemed to be a legal and lawful protest by a Superior Court Justice in Ontario. No doubt the timing of the donations is what the Police Services are relying on for their investigations. Both the City of Ottawa and the Province of Ontario declared “States of Emergency”, February 6th and February 11th respectively to deal with the convoy. The ruling by Justice McLean was February 7th and was only an injunction to silence the horn honking.

Kempa was also quoted as calling the donations inappropriate. In who’s opinions are they inappropriate?
Obviously not the Court. Nor the Canadians who also donated or were supportive of the convoy.

So once again Canadians clearly see government overreach at all levels with no regard for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Not only Canadians but Policer Officers who are sworn to uphold the Charter. These officers who choose to donate to a legal registered non-profit organization (Freedom 2022 Human Rights and Freedoms) are now subject to internal investigations from their own agency.

Police on Guard will always defend the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Will you stand with those officers? We do.

To read the article written by David Fraser with the CBC, click here