Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich, left, and Chris Barber speak as they wait for the Public Order Emergency Commission to begin Nov. 1, 2022 in Ottawa.
Closing arguments start this morning in the trial of key Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — the beginning of the end for a slow-rolling legal drama that began two and a half years ago.Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich, left, and Chris Barber are jointly accused for their roles in the 2022 protests. Their trial began in September 2023.
Barber, 48, who has made several trips to the capital from his home in Swift Current, Sask. since 2023, said he's baffled by the slow "wheels of justice." He and Lich are charged with committing mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation.The defence team — backed by well-funded libertarian and right-wing organizations — has signaled that it would appeal a guilty verdict. The Crown also could appeal if Lich and Barber are found not guilty.
On different occasions, the two urged supporters to come to the city's designated "red zone" surrounding Parliament Hill after authorities had told people not to do so. He was arrested with his cell phone and text messages found on it were used as evidence against him. The police never got Lich's phone; on the advice of lawyers, she left it behind before her arrest.telling them the protest is "to cause grief" and that they "trainwrecked traffic" after the convoy's arrival in the city.
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