Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber “peacefully” protested restrictions brought in by the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, and that the presiding judge was right to reject the Crown’s request for their imprisonment.
Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey ruled on Oct. 7 that Barber and Lich would receive 18-month conditional sentences to be served at home over their roles in the 2022 trucker protest.
Barber and Lich had been found guilty of mischief for their roles in the protest, and Barber was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order. The Crown had sought an eight-year prison term for Barber and seven years for Lich. …