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Counter-protests were held in several cities on February 5. Counter-protestors forced a convoy of vehicles to split up in Vancouver. Some 200 people gathered in front of Ottawa City Hall to demand the end of disruptions caused by trucks downtown. People held pro-vaccination signs in Whitehorse while anti-mandate protestors passed them in vehicles.[255][256][257][258][259][260]

A counter-protest organized by health care workers was planned in Toronto for February 12, but was called off when the provincial government instituted a state of emergency.[261]

In counter-protests on February 12, thousands of people joined the "Community Solidarity March" through Ottawa to demand the end of the protests.[136][262] On February 13, a group of Ottawa residents blocked the intersection of Riverside Drive and Bank Street to prevent a newly-arrived contingent of vehicles from joining the main protest. The original group of 20 grew to more than 1,000 people and successfully kettled the eastern artery of the "Blue Collar Convoy" for eight hours and were joined by groups in other neighbourhoods.[136] The convoy vehicles left one at a time under a heavy police escort after the vehicle owners took down their signs and flags.[263][264][265]

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On February 13, 2022, GiveSendGo was hacked and its data on donations to the site released to journalists and researchers.[288] Of the 92,845 donations, 55.7% of donors were from the United States, and 39% from Canada. Many of the American donor's names correspond to the names of Donald Trump donors.[289][290] The hack also revealed that one $90,000 donation came from American software billionaire Thomas Siebel.[290]

Politico reported that American right-wing commentators Dan Bongino and Ben Shapiro were among those directing support to the Canadian movement's crowdfunding websites.[291] Based on research by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, from January 28 to February 5, a link to the original Freedom Convoy GoFundMe campaign was posted at least two dozen times on 4chan. According to Politico, white supremacist channels on Telegram also repeatedly shared the link.[291]

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