Tamara Lich, a prominent leader of the protests that occupied downtown Ottawa this winter, is back behind bars in the nation’s capital as demonstrators from the so-called “freedom movement” arrive in the city to mark Canada’s birthday.
Lich, 49, made a brief appearance by video in an Ottawa courtroom on Thursday, after she was arrested in Alberta and transferred to Ottawa police custody for allegedly breaking her bail conditions.
She is scheduled to return to court on July 5 for what Crown lawyer Moiz Karimjee said Thursday should be a full-day bail hearing. Lich appeared by video in front of a concrete wall on Thursday. She wore a grey hoodie with block letters printed in white that read: “Freedom Over Fear.” “It is unfortunate that what this means is that a woman who still has no criminal record, remains presumed innocent of all charges, where the only new charge she’s been arrested on is a single charge of breaching a single bail condition, will be on her ninth day in custody since her arrest before she even gets the opportunity to regain her liberty,” Granger said.
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