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Conservative MPs Publicly Support ‘Freedom Convoy’ Organizers Ahead of Sentencing

OTTAWA, CANADA, JUL 20 – Conservative MPs, led by Pierre Poilievre, criticize Crown's proposed seven- and eight-year sentences for Freedom Convoy leaders, calling them disproportionate compared to lenient punishments for violent offenders.

  • Several Conservative MPs criticized the Crown for seeking a seven-year sentence for the 'Freedom Convoy' organizers, with Andrew Lawton calling it 'excessive and vindictive.'
  • Deputy Conservative Leader Melissa Lantsman stated that the Crown's actions represent 'political vengeance not actual justice.'
  • Chris Barber faces an eight-year sentence as part of the proposed Crown action against the organizers.
  • Michael Spratt described the Conservative MPs' comments on sentencing as 'craven politics.
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When "truckers" paralyzed downtown Ottawa for weeks in 2022, fuelling various conspiracy theories, several Conservative MPs were not asked to support them.

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iPolitics broke the news in Canada on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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