Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is speaking out against the Crown prosecutors’ attempt to seize the truck belonging to one of the Freedom Convoy’s organizers, Chris Barber, who is awaiting sentencing.
Barber, who was one of the organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures, was found guilty of mischief along with fellow organizer Tamara Lich in April. Barber was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order.
Crown prosecutors are seeking a seven-year prison sentence for Lich and an eight-year sentence for Barber, and are also looking to seize and auction off Barber’s truck, which he used to travel from his home in Saskatchewan to Ottawa for the protest….