Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich will remain in custody over the Canada Day weekend after she was arrested this week for allegedly breaching her bail conditions.
Lich was taken into custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., on Monday after Ottawa police issued a Canada-wide warrant for her arrest. She was brought back to the nation's capital and made a brief court appearance Thursday.
She appeared on video from an Ottawa police cell, wearing a grey sweatshirt with the words "Freedom Over Fear" printed on it.Eric Granger, Lich's defence lawyer, said July 5 was the earliest date available. The anti-COVID-19-mandate protest shut down some areas of Ottawa for three weeks as participants parked trucks and other vehicles on city streets, blocking access to neighbourhoods and main arteries around Parliament Hill.Lich was arrested on Feb. 17 and spent about 18 days at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre before she was released on bail in March on conditions which include staying off social media.
While it's not yet clear which bail conditions she is accused of breaching, there was speculation online that Lich might be in legal trouble over a Facebook photo that shows her beside Marazzo at an awards ceremony in Toronto on June 16 put on by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms , a legal organization and registered charity based in Calgary.
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