William Komer (born 1988 or 1989) is a Canadian businessman and is a director and the chair of The United People of Canada organization.
Komer studied computer science at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned the honour of three-time Academic All-Canadian while competing as a varsity athlete on the Western Mustangs Men’s Cross Country Team. [1] Academic All-Canadian distinction is considered to be one of the highest recognitions for a university varsity athlete. [2]
Komer owns five businesses located around London, Ontario including Campus Creative website company and Under the Umbrella wedding photography company. [3] [4] In 2016, at the age of 27, he proposed that Campus Creative purchase the empty Lorne Avenue public school in London, to convert it into a "Intergenerational Community Centre", a project endorsed by Creative Age London and backed by an accredited investor. [5] [6] [7]
He is also a director and the chair of The United People of Canada (TUPOC) not for profit organization, [8] that occupied Saint Brigid’s church and which has links to the Canada convoy protest. [3] [4] Komer signed an agreement on behalf of TUPOC to buy the church for $5.95 million but the group failed to pay the deposit prior to being evicted. [9]
Komer attended the Canada convoy protest, and told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper that he did so "as a documentary filmmaker". [10]
Komer was aged 27 in 2016. [6]
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