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 have been given conditional sentences after being convicted of mischief for their roles in the Freedom Convoy protest that blocked downtown Ottawa.
- Justice Heather Perkins-McVey sentenced Barber to 12 months of house arrest and six months of a strict curfew.
- Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher sought stiff sentences due to the harm inflicted on Ottawa residents during the protest.
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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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