US EditionFreedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber given conditional sentences
Leaders received 18-month conditional sentences including house arrest and community service for organizing the 2022 Ottawa convoy that protested COVID-19 mandates.
- Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were sentenced to 18 months of house arrest and 100 hours of community service for their roles in the Freedom Convoy, reflecting a mischief verdict according to Justice Heather Perkins-McVey.
- Lawrence Greenspon, Lich's lawyer, said they are considering an appeal based on issues of freedom of speech.
- Barber was found guilty of counseling others to disobey a court order, while both were convicted of mischief for obstructing roads.
- Both Lich and Barber plan to appeal their convictions, with supporters believing the trial was driven by political motives from the Ontario government.
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The Freedom Convoy trial has disgraced Canada’s justice system
In a disgraceful conclusion to a disgraceful trial, Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been sentenced to 18 months of house arrest – plus 100 hours of community service. An ironic addendum. For in the packed courtroom on October 7, there was likely not one person who has served the community with greater generosity than the two defendants. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, organizers of the most successful protest in Canadia…
They were found guilty of wrongdoing for their role in the protest movement.
Chris Barber will not see prison time for his role in peaceful Freedom Convoy
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that the Ontario Court of Justice has handed Saskatchewan trucker and peaceful Freedom Convoy protester Chris Barber an 18-month conditional sentence and 100 hours of community service. The sentence will be served in his community. The Crown sought an extraordinarily harsh eight-year prison sentence for Mr. Barber, despite his entirely peaceful participation in the 2022 Freedom Convoy pro…
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