Mr. Chair, FINTRAC does not monitor transactions, nor do we have any ability to see transactions, going to any institution or any type of GoFundMe page or GiveSendGo page or any other crowdfunding platform. That is not within our mandate.
We do have very good partnerships with not only our Five Eyes but also a number of international financial intelligence units. FinCEN is one of our biggest partners in the U.S. Certainly, they were alive to this issue that was going on with regard to the blockades. We had discussions with them. They were certainly knowledgeable and alive to the fact that any suspicious activity reports they might receive, they would forward to us if these were applicable and would assist us in our intelligence job.
With regard to any activity coming from foreign donors or people living outside of Canada, these crowdfunding platforms are in fact available internationally. They are on the Internet. Anyone from around the world could have donated to what was initially a cause they felt they wanted to support. We would not see those donations, unless, of course, they were $10,000 or more and coming from outside Canada. For smaller donations made by individuals to support a cause they believe in, we would not see that unless it came into that particular cause and were deemed suspicious by the bank that was holding the bank account for that particular cause.