NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s brother-in-law has asked for his $13,000 GoFundMe donation to the trucker convoy to be returned, according to an NDP source.
The development comes as the convoy rolls toward Ottawa, hoping to convince the government to quash all vaccine mandates upon their arrival. Read more: ‘Fringe minority’ in truck convoy with ‘unacceptable views’ don’t represent Canadians, Trudeau says As first reported by CBC News, the source said there was a “misunderstanding” in what the donation would be for, and once Singh’s brother-in-law, Jodhveer Singh Dhaliwal, understood the “true nature of this organization,” he requested his funds to be returned.
Singh, meanwhile, has spoken out against the convoy — and his brother-in-law’s donation. “I unequivocally disagree with him about this donation and told him so.
I am against this convoy and against the dangerous and divisive rhetoric we’re seeing coming from it,” he said. “I understand people are frustrated that we’re still in this pandemic two years later.