Verdicts expected March 12 in criminal trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers
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This article was published 06/01/2025 (444 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
OTTAWA – An Ontario judge is slated to deliver verdicts March 12 in the criminal trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.
Barber and Lich are co-accused of mischief, intimidation and counselling people to break the law for their roles in a 2022 demonstration that blocked Ottawa streets and infuriated residents.
The complex trial featured a huge body of evidence related to the three-week protest.
The Crown aimed to prove the two conspired to essentially hold residents hostage to the noise and blockades to pressure the government to change its COVID-19 public health policies.
The defence argued the two accused simply exercised their fundamental rights to assembly and expression as part of a legal protest.
The trial, which stretched out over the course of a year, wrapped up in September.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 6, 2025.