Convoy organizers try to quash $300 million lawsuit
Posted: Jul 29, 2023 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoThe people facing a $300 million class-action lawsuit for organizing the 2022 convoy protests in Ottawa are attempting to have the case quashed altogether, or moved out of Canada's capital.
"What happened in Ottawa was a matter of expression, we had a lot of people who were obviously very upset with what was going on in 2022 and they were taking to the streets expressing themselves," said James Manson, the lawyer representing Lich, Barber and the others. The U.S.-based GiveSendGo, an online platform used to collect more than $12 million during the protests, its founder Jacob Wells and others who managed donations argue a fair trial can't be had in Ottawa.
"The defendants, for whatever reasons, still don't seem to be taking it seriously," he said. "They're trying to do everything they can to slow it down.""There is a huge backlog in our court system and I would never do anything to increase that backlog — I am not interested in creating delay for the sake of creating delay," he said, adding his duty to his clients is to ensure justice is done and if his motion is successful, the case would likely be tossed.
Around 15,000 people are estimated to now be included in the action against the group facing the lawsuit.
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