The lawyer representing the so-called Freedom Convoy has confirmed that Tamara Lich, one of the main organizers of the protest in Ottawa, has been arrested.
Keith Wilson, a lawyer for the so-called Freedom Convoy, confirmed to The Canadian Press that Tamara Lich was arrested after Chris Barber had been earlier. As of around 9:15 p.m., Wilson said the pair remained in custody but was not aware if they had been charged.
As he was placed inside the police vehicle the song “The Final Countdown” blared from the convoy's makeshift sound stage. When the vehicle began to drive away, with a circle of police surrounding it, several people began shouting “Freedom!” “What I can tell you is this weekend will look very different than the past three weekends,” Bell said.
Some still partied in a hot tub on one street. Others pushed gas cans full of fuel toward the dozens of heavy trucks and RVs that have blocked off streets in the parliamentary district for three weeks now. The new temporary powers under the act include the ability to freeze bank accounts of people involved in illegal blockades, as well as ban any public assembly that blocks trade routes or critical infrastructure or threatens public safety. It also empowers insurance companies to cancel policies for commercial or personal vehicles involved in the blockades.
The driver refused to be interviewed as he readied his truck to depart Thursday. He pulled out to applause from a nearby crowd. Glen Harris, a mechanic from Melbourne, Ont., said there was an agreement to kneel and allow police officers to do their jobs if they began moving to clear the area.
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