Martin Joseph Anglehart thought he was doing the right thing by contributing $13,000 to the trucker “Freedom Convoy” that was held recently in Canada.
But it turns out he made an enormous mistake and is now homeless, penniless, and living in his SUV as a result of being so gullible, according to CBC:
“I regret going,” said Martin Joseph Anglehart, who spoke to CBC via Zoom from Hope, B.C.
Anglehart said he has “nothing left” after spending his life savings on gas and food for the occupiers, who disrupted Ottawa’s downtown core for more than three weeks.
“I started delivering fuel and picking up laundry. Everything for the truckers.”
From Jan. 28 to Feb. 14, bank statements provided to CBC show Anglehart transferred thousands of dollars and spent thousands more at a gas station near Coventry Road — where he was stationed for the majority of the protest.
Even his bank account has been frozen under provisions of the Emergencies Act.
Oddly enough, Anglehart admits that he never even had a point of view on the issue of mask and vaccine mandates, which were the impetus for the trucker convoy that blocked a major bridge between the U.S. and Canada for several days in March.
He also says he now realizes that what he and the truckers did was detrimental to others and he wants to apologize:
“I would like to apologize to [the] people in Ottawa. I’m sorry … All I wanted was to help people.”
University of Ottawa law professor Joao Velloso said Anglehart’s story is similar to those of many who took part in the protests and are now paying a heavy price for their participation:
“We are not talking about people with a lot of resources. They have their trucks, they have some funds … [but] the vast majority of the protesters …[were] middle class, sometimes low middle class.”
There’s also the matter of a $300 million class-action lawsuit filed by downtown Ottawa residents and businesses. That could completely bankrupt people like Marin Anglehart.
Karma can be one mean son of a bitch, as many who took part in the Freedom Convoy are finding out the hard way.
