{"id":1308590,"date":"2022-02-18T00:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T05:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1308590"},"modified":"2022-02-18T00:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T05:08:00","slug":"doxed-ontario-staffer-loses-job-over-100-donation-to-freedom-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doxed-ontario-staffer-loses-job-over-100-donation-to-freedom-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Doxed Ontario Staffer Loses Job over $100 Donation to Freedom Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoxed-ontario-staffer-loses-job-over-100-donation-to-freedom-convoy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1308590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1370996132-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Marion Isabeau-Ringuette, who until last weekend was director of communications for the office of Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones in Canada\u2019s Ontario province, is one of several government staffers to lose their jobs after hackers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/report-alleged-givesendgo-leak-shows-canadians-donated-most-to-freedom-convoy\/\"><span>exposed<\/span><\/a><span> the list of Freedom Convoy donors from U.S. crowdfunding website GiveSendGo. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The details of Isabeau-Ringuette\u2019s departure were murky in <\/span><span>CTV\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/ontario-government-staffer-out-of-a-job-after-100-donation-to-ottawa-blockade-others-under-scrutiny-1.5784390\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;Wednesday:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cFor the communications director to be financially supporting an unlawful, illegal occupation is definitely concerning,\u201d said NDP MPP Catherine Fife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWho was donating, why were they donating, and did this contribute to the non-action that happened on the ground in Ottawa?\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ontario Premier Doug Ford\u2019s spokesperson Ivana Yelich did not elaborate in a brief statement to reporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMs. Isabeau-Ringuette no longer works for the Ontario government,\u201d Yelich said. \u201cWe are not commenting any further as this is a staffing matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Isabeau-Ringuette\u2019s LinkedIn page <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2022\/02\/15\/ontario-solicitor-general-staffer-donates-to-freedom-convoy\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> she worked as press secretary for the Solicitor-General in 2019 before becoming communications director in February 2020. Her last official communication was on Sunday, when she helped issue a press release advising Ontario residents to keep their pets warm during extreme cold weather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Toronto Star<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2022\/02\/15\/tory-staffer-suddenly-departs-queens-park-after-donating-100-to-convoy-protests.html\">described<\/a> her as \u201caffable and well-liked at Queen\u2019s Park.\u201d It said her exposure as a Freedom Convoy supporter was \u201cespecially embarrassing to the Ford government, since Jones\u2019s ministry has been deeply involved in the protest that has left Ottawa blockaded for almost three weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><span>Global News<\/span> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8625465\/ford-government-staffer-fired-over-protest-donation\/\">quoted<\/a> opposition leaders demanding more firings over donations to the Freedom Convoy, reporting some queasiness about the possibility of the witch hunt getting out of hand:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Duff Conacher with Democracy Watch said the firing within the solicitor-general\u2019s office was justified. \u201cCabinet staff serve at the pleasure of the minister and can be fired for any reason, including optics like this,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Conacher warns employers, including the government officials, need to be careful when it comes to doling out punishments for online fundraisers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen you\u2019re donating to a group that protests, it may not be the organizing group that you donated to that actually did the illegal activity,\u201d said Conacher. \u201cIt could be people showing up to sabotage the protest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>In Isabeau-Ringuette\u2019s case, her donation was logged by GiveSendGo using only her initials \u201cM.R.\u201d, but the hacked data file included an email address that revealed her full name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CTV reported the database also included \u201can employee of the federal correctional service and the name of another Ontario government employee.\u201d CTV did not reveal the name of the government employee, but it did contact the individual to request an interview. The request was briskly denied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><span>UK <\/span><i><span>Daily Mail<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10519215\/Canadian-police-charge-four-plotting-murder-cops-trove-guns.html\">noted<\/a> local and national Canadian media are eagerly scouring the hacked database for more Freedom Convoy donors to destroy. A news site called QP Briefing took credit for sussing out Isabeau-Ringuette\u2019s identity and wrecking her career:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>The local news outlet QP Briefing said that it had \u2018brought the information to the attention of Isabeau-Ringuette and Premier Doug Ford\u2019s office late Tuesday afternoon\u2019 as Canadian journalists scour the hacked list for donor names and out them to employers. Specifically, the country\u2019s national broadcaster, Canadian Broadcasting Company, has gone through the list to contact and publicly out donors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It revealed that the former leader of the country\u2019s Progressive Conservative Party, Ches Crosbie, made an $800 donation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He was unapologetic when confronted by CBC journalists, saying: \u2018Indefinite states of emergency, such as we are under in most of Canada, are a dangerous thing, a very dangerous thing. I support the right of peaceful protest and I see the Freedom Convoy as a peaceful protest.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cThe overreach on the last two years has been astounding, but in the last two weeks in Canada it has been absolutely alarming for anyone believes in a peaceful and free society,\u201d Ontario businessman Holden Rhodes told the media after CBC \u201couted\u201d his $25,000 donation as the largest single donation listed in the GiveSendGo database.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGovernment at all levels has to realize they are elected to represent the people of Canada rather than lock up and threaten to arrest people for exercising their legal rights of peaceful protest,\u201d Rhodes said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A GiveSendGo donor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/exclusive-cbc-harassing-canadians-doxed-givesendgo-hack\/\">told<\/a> Breitbart News the CBC is aggressively contacting donors from the hacked list in search of interviews, a practice she denounced as an \u201cinvasion of privacy.\u201d She accused the CBC of \u201cparticipating in a smear campaign against the truckers, their supporters, and the demonstration as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marion Isabeau-Ringuette, who until last weekend was director of communications for the office of Solicitor-General Sylvia Jones in Canada\u2019s Ontario province, is one of several government staffers to lose their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1308590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1308590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1308590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1308590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}