This story is a twofer, it's another example of how digital commerce is now being weaponized along ideological lines as well as the failure of our justice system. Square, the payment processing company also known as Block, Inc., has deactivated the account of former Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber for get this, “security reasons,” reported news outlet True North.

“We recently reviewed your account and found activity that our platform is unable to support. Because of this, we are sorry to inform you that your Square account is now deactivated,” the company told Barber in a notice, according to True North journalist Andrew Lawton in his story.

“Unfortunately, we cannot disclose the reason for your account deactivation due to security reasons,” it added.

Sounds a lot like, Square is “judge, jury & executioner?” huh? Now I get the fact that they are a private company, however, I would think that even a private company, such as Square, has a term of service for their customers should have some provision within those terms of service, that would preclude the livelihood of their clients to be demolished at the discretion of Square, no? I’m guessing had he been promoting “woke socially accepted” causes, far from being removed, he would have been used in marketing campaigns!

The cancellation of Chris’s payment processing platform reportedly came in late December 2022, which caused his hoodie and T-shirt brand Big Red Merch to put orders on hold.

“The store will be down as we deal with some unpredicted issues,” reads a notice on its website. “The store will be operational again by the end of next week.”

Square also told Chris that it did not take the decision to close his account lightly.

“We understand that this decision may cause changes in how you run your business and do not make it lightly,” the notice said, adding, “Although we can no longer process your payments, we encourage you to reach out to alternative payment processors.”

Well, isn’t that might big of them, shame on you for thinking Square acted callously and or Chris’s politics had anything to do with this, Square really struggled with this gut wrenching decision, not only that but gave him a game plan going forward, what humanitarians!

Andrew Lawton reported that Square gave no explanation for the account deactivation other than alleging that Barber’s account violated the platform’s service terms.

“When sellers sign up with Square they agree to our Terms of Service. If a seller violates those Terms, we notify them that we will have to close their account,” said a spokesperson.

Of course we can’t tell you what terms Chris’s violated because, really our terms are complex and dependant on a lot of factors, for example, the weather, the day of the week, whether you like to honk your horn, for or against mandate, so as you can see very complex!

Chris and other prominent Convoy organizers like Tamara Lich and Benjamin Dichter are among defendants named in a lawsuit filed by Ottawa lawyer Paul Champ on behalf of public servant Zexi Li and other Ottawa residents and business owners, who are seeking $306 million in damages.

Yes, Ottawa the epicenter of uselessness, where good ideas go to die a slow death! Maybe they should be suing the implementers of said policies, you know Turdeau and his motley crew who were the masterminds of all the insane policies. Remember folks it’s not Covid that caused all the insanity, it was the response to Covid by the Ottawatards from all parties that did!

Two of the defendants, Chris Garrah and Dichter, recently had their request rejected to have $200,000 in frozen funds released by the court. Garrah and Dichter were requesting access to the funds—part of the roughly $5 million raised for truckers now held in escrow—to pay for legal fees related to the lawsuit.

Justice Calum MacLeod, who issued the decision, said neither of the men disclosed enough financial information to prove that they couldn’t afford the legal fees with their own personal funds.

“Access to the frozen funds should not be granted lightly because it would effectively subject the frozen funds to the ‘death of a thousand cuts’ and would risk undoing the effect of the agreement reached between the parties,” MacLeod said.

Oh, I get it judge, they should be fighting and defending themselves with both hands tied behind their backs while also on their knees, this way they can mount a vigorous defence! Wouldn’t it simply be easier if they just bent over, and felt the full force of the law Justice Calum, this would truly confirm that “the law” was behind these men, no?

According to Garrah, he told the court he earned $15,000 of income in 2021 from selling windows and doors as a general contractor.

Dichter claimed about $10,000 of income in 2021 plus $7,000 in corporate net income, and said a foot injury prevented him from working for six months earlier in the year.

You’re right Justice Calum these boys are definitely “high rollers!”

Just to add some perspective, $32,000 combined, our Justin’s got them beat he spends this in just a few days on hotel rooms during official visits! Maybe we should consider freezing his “taxpayer funded” bank account!