Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis says government and industry should be independent of each other, after GoFundMe cancelled a fundraiser for the trucker protest in Ottawa that had garnered almost $10 million in donations. “I certainly hope that GoFundMe’s decision to defund the Trucker Convoy was not politically influenced. Governments must be independent of industry, and vice versa,” Lewis said in a Twitter post on Feb. 5. On Feb. 4, the crowdfunding platform said it would block the release of the money raised for the “Freedom Convoy” protest and would instead give the money to “established charities verified by GoFundMe.” The following day it said would automatically refund all the donations. GoFundMe said its reason for cancelling the fundraiser was that it had evidence from law enforcement of “violence and other unlawful activity,” without giving details of the allegations. John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms which represents …