OTTAWA—The lawyer for Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber is continuing to argue in court for a stay of proceedings on the basis of an “officially induced error of law,” claiming that he was given erroneous legal advice on the legality of the trucker protest.
Barber and Tamara Lich were already found guilty of mischief, while Barber was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order, for their role in the 2022 trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions.
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey ruled on April 3 that the pair were not guilty of the other charges of intimidation, obstructing police, and counselling others to do the same. Both were also found guilty of counselling others to commit mischief, but that finding was stayed at the request of Crown lawyers….