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Convoy organizers try to quash $300 million lawsuit
Defendants also file for change of venue
The people facing a $300 million class-action lawsuit for organizing the 2022 convoy protests in Ottawa are attempting to have the case quashed altogether, or moved out of Canada's capital.
Lawyers representing convoy organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and 10 other parties are preparing to argue the lawsuit should be dismissed because the legal action against them unduly limits their freedom of expression in a matter of public interest.
The lawyer representing Pat King, another convoy organizer, in the proceedings is intending on supporting the motion to have the case tossed.
Known as an anti-Slapp motion, the matter is expected to be debated during a court hearing in October.
"What happened in Ottawa was a matter of expression, we had a lot of people who were obviously very upset with what was going on in 2022 and they were taking to the streets expressing themselves," said James Manson, the lawyer representing Lich, Barber and the others.
"The lawsuit that was launched against my clients and everybody else does relate to expression, and it does relate to a matter of public interest of course, it was the COVID vaccine mandates and all of the government response to COVID," he said.
Another motion will be argued after that: Lawyers representing other defendants, most of whom were heavily involved in managing and collecting donations during the convoy, say the court case should be moved out of Ottawa.
It's not yet clear if they will support the other defendants' effort to have the matter thrown out altogether.
The U.S.-based GiveSendGo, an online platform used to collect more than $12 million during the protests, its founder Jacob Wells and others who managed donations argue a fair trial can't be had in Ottawa.
Their argument focuses on whether the number of Ottawa residents who may be included in the lawsuit or be potential witnesses in it is too many to hold a fair trial in the capital city.
They intend on proposing the matter should be moved to Toronto and heard by a Superior Court of Justice there.
Paul Champ, the lawyer behind the proposed class-action suit, said he doubted either of the motions would be successful.
"The defendants, for whatever reasons, still don't seem to be taking it seriously," he said. "They're trying to do everything they can to slow it down."
Manson denies this being the case.
"There is a huge backlog in our court system and I would never do anything to increase that backlog — I am not interested in creating delay for the sake of creating delay," he said, adding his duty to his clients is to ensure justice is done and if his motion is successful, the case would likely be tossed.
The manoeuvres by the defendants delayed the process of the court deciding whether the class-action lawsuit will be certified and move forward.
Champ successfully defeated a proposed motion from the defendants earlier this year to have the matter dismissed altogether.
He said the named plaintiffs on the lawsuit, including downtown Ottawa resident Zexi Li and Happy Goat Coffee Co., continue to push the case forward.
In March, Champ added new defendants and expanded the geographic border to include more plaintiffs.
Around 15,000 people are estimated to now be included in the action against the group facing the lawsuit.
"We continue to be very committed to getting proper accountability for what happened here in Ottawa and as much as possible getting compensation for the people of Ottawa for all they suffered during the three weeks," he said.
Most of the $25 million raised during the convoy protests was either returned to donors or put into an escrow account that is being managed until the civil proceedings determine where the money should go.
Approximately $18 million was refunded to donors. Most of the $6.3 million sitting in escrow came from online fundraising led by Lich or cryptocurrency donations.
The Public Order Emergency Commission, the public inquiry tasked with looking into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act during the protests, found only about $1 million was spent by convoy organizers.
Criminal trials to come
Lich and Barber are scheduled for trial in September on criminal charges related to the protests that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for several weeks during the winter of 2022.
The pair are co-accused of mischief, obstructing police, and counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation.
King's trial is scheduled for November and he is charged with mischief, counselling to commit mischief, counselling to disobey a court order and counselling to obstruct police.
During his bail hearing he was charged with perjury and obstruction of justice and held in jail for five months before being released on bail. He's also requesting his criminal trial be moved out of Ottawa, saying he feels an Ottawa judge and jury would be too biased to offer a fair hearing.
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 21:01:19 -0300
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I can chat but not til end of day. Very busy today.
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Pick up the phone
On 7/27/23, Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
> Hi David,
>
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Subject: Re: Tamara Lich
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
I can chat but not til end of day. Very busy today.
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Sent: July 27, 2023 11:47 AM
To: Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
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Pick up the phone
On 7/27/23, Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
> Hi David,
>
> I received your call regarding Tamara Lich. I am the one who interviewed her
> a few months ago.
>
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Alberta Politics and Importance of MLAs Representing their Constituents | Drew Barnes | Guest |
Aired on: Tuesday July 25, 2023
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Lametti, David - M.P."<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 22:17:17 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Drew Barnes should never deny that I called,
tweeted emailed and blogged about him and Madame Lich on the day the
evil Yankee Tommy Boy Flangan is celebrating a rebellion from the Crown
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Le bureau est fermé le vendredi 1er juillet 2022. Pour toute urgence,
veuillez nous laisser un message au (514) 363-0954 ou
david.lametti@parl.gc.ca<
Merci!
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Thank you!
(English version follows)
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veuillez noter que notre bureau ne peut pas prendre de rendez-vous ou
accélérer les délais de traitement.
• Pour toute demande de passeport urgente ou dernière minute, nous
vous recommandons de vous présenter en personne, le plus tôt possible,
aux bureaux des passeports de Service Canada au Complexe Guy Favreau,
avec votre billet d’avion et vos papiers 48 heures avant votre départ.
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Encore une fois, merci d'avoir contacté notre bureau.
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From: "Lametti, David - M.P."<David.Lametti@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 22:17:17 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Drew Barnes should never deny that I called,
tweeted emailed and blogged about him and Madame Lich on the day the
evil Yankee Tommy Boy Flangan is celebrating a rebellion from the Crown
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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Thank you!
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N.B. : Nous sommes au courant des délais dans le traitement des
demandes de passeport auprès de Service Canada. Nous vous avisons
qu’actuellement, le temps d’attente est au minimum 3-4 mois.
Nous comprenons, étant donné le volume élevé de demandes de passeport,
que les retards sont beaucoup plus longs que la normale. Néanmoins,
veuillez noter que notre bureau ne peut pas prendre de rendez-vous ou
accélérer les délais de traitement.
• Pour toute demande de passeport urgente ou dernière minute, nous
vous recommandons de vous présenter en personne, le plus tôt possible,
aux bureaux des passeports de Service Canada au Complexe Guy Favreau,
avec votre billet d’avion et vos papiers 48 heures avant votre départ.
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Encore une fois, merci d'avoir contacté notre bureau.
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-------
N.B. : We are aware of delays in processing passport applications with
Service Canada. We advise you that currently, the waiting time is at
least 3-4 months.
We understand that given the high volume of passport requests delays
are much longer than normal, however, please note that our office
cannot book appointments or accelerate processing times.
• For any urgent or last-minute passport request, its is
recommended that you present yourself in person, at the earliest hour,
to the Service Canada passport offices at Complexe Guy Favreau, 48
hours before departure with your plane ticket and your papers.
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P."<candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 22:17:17 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Drew Barnes should never deny that I called,
tweeted emailed and blogged about him and Madame Lich on the day the
evil Yankee Tommy Boy Flangan is celebrating a rebellion from the
Crown
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P."<candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 22:17:17 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Drew Barnes should never deny that I called,
tweeted emailed and blogged about him and Madame Lich on the day the
evil Yankee Tommy Boy Flangan is celebrating a rebellion from the
Crown
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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------------------------------
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avec le Bureau de la cheffe de l’Opposition officielle.
Mme Bergen accorde une grande importance aux commentaires des
Canadiens. Nous lisons et étudions tous les courriels entrants.
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Drew Barnes should never deny that I called, tweeted emailed and blogged about him and Madame Lich on the day the evil Yankee Tommy Boy Flangan is celebrating a rebellion from the Crown
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Tom Flangan Tuesday, 28 June 2022 Freedom convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of breaching bail conditions https://www.facebook.com/ 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦🇨🇦 Dear Canadian friends and fellow campaigners! Today is the 1st of July - Canada Day - the national holiday of your beautiful country. I was very honored when I received an invitation from representatives of your courageous and steadfast freedom movement - the Canadian Freedom Truckers - to this year's Canada Day to join you all in the celebrations today in Ottawa. But unfortunately, I was not allowed to enter Canada because my status as a consistent unvaccinated person prevents this. Very much I would have liked to celebrate the holiday of the birth of your proud and freedom-loving nation with all of you in Ottawa today - but this way I send you at least my best wishes and congratulations by video. And I know: One day I will nevertheless be your guest in person and we will - after the battle has been fought - celebrate the glorious victory of freedom and self-determination over the technocratic regime of the global elites with an unprecedented party. Let’s hold out until then, our goal always firmly in sight! Kind regards, Yours, Christine Anderson, MEP (AfD) #FreeTamara #TheWorldIsWatching #CanadaUnderAttack https://twitter.com/ Drew Barnes @Drew__Barnes · Jul 3 I have heard from many Cypress MedHat constituents over the past several days regarding Tamara and what is going on. Spoke with @RebelNewsOnline about what I am hearing. #ableg #medhat https://rfr.bz/t4gjjli rebelnews.com Tamara Lich’s MLA speaks out against arrest - Rebel News Medicine Hat resident Tamara Lich was recently arrested, and her local MLA Drew Barnes is speaking out. David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to @Drew__Barnes and @RebelNewsOnline Remember Me? https://davidraymondamos3. 5:40 PM · Jul 4, 2022·Twitter Web App https://www.youtube.com/watch? Tamara Lich’s MLA speaks out against arrest 15,506 views Jul 2, 2022 Rebel News 1.57M subscribers Medicine Hat resident Tamara Lich was recently arrested, and her local MLA Drew Barnes is speaking out. Visit Rebel News for more on this story ► https://rebelne.ws/3yjgtpo 320 Comments David Amos David Amos Hmmm ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Gallant, Premier Brian (PO/CPM)"<Brian.Gallant@gnb.ca> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:23:19 +0000 Subject: RE: Drew Barnes, MLA Coming to a Town Near YOU! YO DREW Perhaps you should explain my lawsuit to the folks your boss and the Premier won't To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Thank you for writing to the Premier of New Brunswick. Please be assured that your email will be reviewed and if a response is requested, it will be forthcoming. Nous vous remercions d’avoir communiqué avec le premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick. Soyez assuré(e) que votre courriel sera examiné et qu’une réponse vous parviendra à sa demande. ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 06:23:02 -0400 Subject: Re: Drew Barnes, MLA Coming to a Town Near YOU! YO DREW Perhaps you should explain my lawsuit to the folks your boss and the Premier won't To: Cypress MedicineHat <Cypress.MedicineHat@assembly. "Ric.McIver"<Ric.McIver@assembly.ab.ca>, "brian.jean" <brian.jean@assembly.ab.ca>, "derek.fildebrandt" <derek.fildebrandt@assembly. ministryofjustice <ministryofjustice@gov.ab.ca>, "Kathleen.Ganley" <Kathleen.Ganley@assembly.ab. <Marianne.Ryan@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> <Drew.Barnes@assembly.ab.ca>, "brian.hodgson" <brian.hodgson@assembly.ab.ca> "Paul.Lynch"<Paul.Lynch@edmontonpolice.ca> <Ezra@therebel.media>, themayor <themayor@calgary.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, "don.iveson"<don.iveson@edmonton.ca>, "Ken.Zielke" <Ken.Zielke@gov.ab.ca> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> <Charles.Rusnell@cbc.ca>, lgunter <lgunter@shaw.ca>, "Staples, David (Edm Journal)"<dstaples@edmontonjournal.com> ---------- Original message ---------- From: Cypress MedicineHat <Cypress.MedicineHat@assembly. Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:19:57 +0000 Subject: Drew Barnes, MLA Coming to a Town Near YOU! To: Cypress MedicineHat <Cypress.MedicineHat@assembly. Hello, You would be hard-pressed right now to find a person who doesn't have an opinion on all that is happening in Alberta Politics right now. In this period of uncertainty, faced with an ideological NDP government pushing forward big government policy and record deficit, I want to hear from you. As your representative I have taken an oath to represent you and fight for the values of equity, fairness, transparency, local decision making and choice in healthcare and education - values that I know many of you share. It is imperative that I engage all of my constituents to find out what you think the future of Alberta should look like. I have had many constituents approach me with great ideas and insights. I am taking the necessary action to hear from as many of you as possible by hosting 6 "Coffee Talk" events across my constituency - what could be better than hearing your ideas and drinking some good coffee? Please see the attached poster to find out when I will be near your community in Cypress-Medicine Hat. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call my office at 403 528 2191. Hope to see you there. *If you wish to not receive these e-mails in the future, please send us an e-mail and we will take you off of our list. Drew Barnes, MLA Cypress-Medicine Hat | Shadow Minister of Energy #5, 1299 Trans Canada Way SE | Medicine Hat, AB Canada | T1B 1H9 Office: 403-528-2191 | Toll Free: 1-866-339-2191 | Fax: 403-528-2278 E-mail: cypress.medicinehat@assembly. ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:57:43 -0300 Subject: Re: Canada is Broken Pehaps you should study my emails To: Drew Barnes <drew@cypressmedicinehat.com>, "Jacques.Poitras" < Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>, COCMoncton < COCMoncton@gmail.com>, "Paul.Collister" < Paul.Collister@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> "Ginette.PetitpasTaylor"<Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl. 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On 9/21/21, Drew Barnes <drew@cypressmedicinehat.com> wrote: > > Greetings, > > The election results are in, and it is a another minority government > for Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party. > > Canada re-elected a Prime Minister with multiple ethics violations > under his belt, who is committed to phasing out our oil and gas > industry, and who will continue to impose an unbalanced equalization > program that requires Alberta to pay billions towards government > programs in other provinces. > > Election after election, time and time again, the Canadian electoral > system panders to Eastern Canadians while Albertans foot the bill. > > Under the equalization program, Alberta's total net fiscal transfers > to the rest of Canada have exceeded more than $650 billion. On the > other hand, Alberta has not received a dime under the Equalization > Program since 1965, not even last year, as our province ran a record > $17 billion deficit. Albertans are not being treated fairly by Ottawa. > > Even though Alberta is expected to pay the bills of Canada's other > provinces, our newly re-elected Liberal government is committed to a > “Just Transition” plan designed to unilaterally phase out > Alberta’s oil industry, throwing thousands of families into the > unemployment line. > > If you believe that it's time for Albertans to get their say in an > Independence referendum, sign this petition demanding that an > independence referendum be held in Alberta: > > If you believe that it's time for Albertans to get their say in an > Independence referendum, sign this petition demanding that an > independence referendum be held in Alberta: > > If you signed the petition, please also share it with your friends and > family, and ask them to sign too. Together, we can build the movement > needed to give Albertans a choice in an independence referendum." > > Link to petition- sign the petition here > [https://www.ipetitions.com/ > > Drew Barnes > > [A picture containing porcelainDescription automatically generated] > > MLA Cypress Medicine Hat > > Click here > [/http://email.mg. > if you don't want to hear from me > again ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 17:22:00 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Vote Yes to End Equalization-- Guest Speaker, MLA Drew Barnes To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Cc: "Ross.Wetmore"<Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "John.Williamson" < John.Williamson@parl.gc.ca> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Drew Barnes <drew@cypressmedicinehat.com> Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:33:04 +0000 Subject: Vote Yes to End Equalization-- Guest Speaker, MLA Drew Barnes To: motomaniac333@gmail.com Greetings , You are invited to a Zoom webinar. Tom Flangan and myself will be guests at a live Zoom Event hosted by the Vote Yes To End Equalization committee tomorrow at 5PM to discuss the upcoming referendun vote- Oct 18, and why it is important for Albertans. When: Sep 29, 2021 05:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Topic: VOTE YES TO END EQUALIZATION Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ Passcode: 284618 Or One tap mobile : US: +13462487799,,88624235746#,,,, +14086380968,,88624235746#,,,, Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 408 638 0968 or +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 Webinar ID: 886 2423 5746 Passcode: 284618 International numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ https://www.westernstandard. EDITORIAL: On Monday, vote ‘Yes’ to end equalization By Western Standard Editorial Board Oct 16, 2021 Updated May 20, 2022 Equalization Referendum By Derek Fildebrandt Jointly written by the Editorial Board of the Western Standard Albertans are a generous and patriotic people, but the exploitive nature of Canada’s fiscal federalism is turning many away from an unquestioning salute of the maple leaf. Since Canada’s centennial year in 1967, Alberta has contributed a net $600 billion more to the rest of Canada than it has received back in transfers and spending, despite our relatively small size. Albertans make a net contribution of $15-27 billion in an average year, over $3 billion of which goes toward the $20 billion equalization program. Albertans pay another$3 billion (net) in the Canada Health Transfer and Canada Social Transfer more than is returned back to the province. All in, the average family of four in Alberta pays $20,000 a year in extra taxes that are sent directly to Quebec and other recipient provinces, after being laundered in Ottawa. Many Albertans may not have minded this kind of charity in good times, but in tough times, Canada has not been there for Alberta beyond token trinkets. When Alberta needs to build pipelines to tidewater in order to keep producing the wealth that gets sent to others, many of those others stand in the way. Quebec – which receives more than $12 billion a year – has rejected the construction of pipelines that would transport what its premier calls “dirty oil” across her territory. The federal government – which is supposed to be the guarantor of the free movement of goods, services, and capital across all of Canada – has barely lifted a finger. In fact, the Liberal, Conservative, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois leaders have all promised voters in Quebec that no pipeline would be constructed there without their support. And what constitutes support? In British Columbia, the clear majority of people support pipeline construction, but governments have kowtowed to a vocal, radical minority. This is because Alberta simply doesn’t matter politically. Our economy is big enough to pay the bills, but our population is too small to decide elections. Alberta is underrepresented in the House of Commons and wildly discriminated against in the Senate, where we hold almost half the seats of tiny New Brunswick, but have twice the population of all four Atlantic provinces combined. When we try to elect our own senators, the federal government more often-than-not ignores the democratic will of Albertans. It’s time to fight back. The first big step in this is voting ‘yes’ to remove equalization from the Canadian constitution on October 18. To be clear, this will not actually result in the removal of equalization from the constitution on October 19. What it will do, however, is trigger a constitutional obligation on the part of the federal and other provincial governments to negotiate the issue, as the Supreme Court ruled in the Quebec Secession Reference case of 1998. In that case, the court ruled that if a clear majority of Quebecers voted ‘yes’ on a clear question of independence, then the rest of Canada would be constitutionally obliged to negotiate in good faith. Unspoken however, was the threat that in the event that the rest of Canada did not negotiate in good faith, that Quebec could make a unilateral declaration of independence; something that could only be circumvented by a military invasion of the province and the forceful deposition of its government; a prospect laughable in its improbability. Alberta is not voting on independence however. It is voting on removing a confiscatory policy principle from the constitution. But what unspoken threat does Alberta have if the rest of Canada fails to negotiate in good faith? As yet, there is none. The Alberta government has pre-emptively taken more dramatic options off the table. This is a mistake. There are several organizations across Alberta that have done excellent work making the case for abolition, reform, and alternatives, including Fairness Alberta, the Alberta Institute, Project Confederation, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, FightEqualization.ca, and others. Missing in the campaign was Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. He has wisely decided to keep a low profile, knowing that his unpopularity could jeopardize a successful ‘yes’ vote. While some Albertans may wish to send the premier a message by voting ‘no’ to what they perceive as his pet project, this would be a grievous error. It would be cutting off our nose to spite our face. The project of an equalization referendum goes back well before Kenney even considered going into provincial politics, to a report from the old Wildrose Party’s Equalization Fairness Panel in 2016. There are positive signs that Albertans are putting the fight for a fair deal above partisan politics. A Mainstreet Research poll conducted for the Western Standard found that a 66% majority of Albertans intend to vote ‘yes’ on October 18. That poll saw that a majority in every region of Alberta – Edmonton, Calgary, rural north, and rural south – all intend to cast a ballot for change to the status quo. And while a majority of NDP voters intend to vote for the status quo, a sizeable minority of them intend to break ranks and vote with the rest of Alberta. A big ‘yes’ vote to kill equalization will not end those payments overnight, and frankly, they are unlikely to yield any reform whatsoever without a clear “or else” option for Ottawa and Quebec to ponder; but without it, we are endorsing the status quo of an exploitative federal system that is unworthy of Canada’s history. On October 18, we encourage Albertans to send Ottawa a message. On October 19, we encourage Albertans to make sure that our provincial government doesn’t let Ottawa forget it. Jointly written by the Editorial Board of the Western Standard https://www.westernstandard. Changes to your Western Standard membership — and the return of the Alberta Report by Derek Fildebrandt May 13, 2022 The Western Standard is going through the biggest change since we returned to publication in 2019. Alberta Report Graphic Last week we launched our new website, westernstandard.news. It's not just a pretty face. Membership In addition to the new, sleeker layout, it includes a significantly more advanced and secure membership/subscriptions system. Of course, this requires us to transition your membership, and that transition can have some hiccups. But to ensure we make this as painless as possible, we've hired extra staff in our Membership Services Department to help you. In order to keep your information safe and secure, we do not store your password, so in order to activate your membership on the new website, you need to reset your password. Renewing your membership on the new website has no extra cost, and will automatically cancel your old one. If you are still having any membership or login issues, please email us at membership@westernstandard. (9378). Our team will be very happy to help you with any issues you may have. Return of the Alberta Report & other new WS publications Now to the fun stuff. The new Western Standard website has several sub-sections for our new publications. These new publications are all hosted at the new Western Standard website, but each one will focus on your own province. And don't worry, your Western Standard membership gives you unlimited access to all of them. The most anticipated of these is the return of the legendary Alberta Report. The Alberta Report was far and away the most influential news and opinion magazine in Alberta from its beginnings in the 1970s until it finally closed in 2003, after which it was replaced by the original Western Standard's print magazine. And just as we brought the old Western Standard magazine back to life as a digital publication, we are proud to return the Alberta Report to you online. But we are the "Western" Standard, not just the Alberta Standard. That's why we've also launched the West Coast Standard for British Columbians, the Saskatchewan Standard, the Manitoba Standard, and even (dare I say) the Ontario Standard. This will provide a homegrown source of independent media with a focus on your province that won't clutter your news feed with local city hall news from places you may not care much about. More reporters, more news We have radically expanded the size of our staff, bringing full-time reporters to new bureaus across Canada. In Edmonton, we have hired Rachel Emmanuel as our new Alberta Legislative Bureau Chief. In Ottawa, we hired Matthew Horwood as our new Parliamentary Bureau Chief. In Regina, we brought on Christopher Oldcorn as our Saskatchewan Reporter. Also joining the team are freelance reporters Arthur Green and Jonathan Bradley. More opinion, and more shows In our Opinion and Broadcast Division we have also upped our game. We have brought on David Krayden as our new senior parliamentary columnist. And in addition to our daily Triggered: With Cory Morgan Show, we have added the Danielle Smith Show four times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays). Forward The Western Standard has grown at a breakneck speed over the last year and a half, fuelled by a massive increase in the number of paid members. As more people sign up, we reinvest those membership dues straight back into increasing the volume of our content, and improving its quality. We have in a short period of time built the Western Standard into one of the most-read news and opinion publications in Canada. And we've done it all without a penny of the federal governments corrupt media bailout. https://www.cbc.ca/news/ David Krayden David Krayden has worked in print, radio and television journalism. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces as a public affairs officer and was employed for almost a decade as a communications specialist on Parliament Hill. He is currently the Ottawa Bureau Chief for The Daily Caller, a Washington-based news service. https://www.youtube.com/watch? Tamara Lich - Exclusive First Interview 33,228 views Jun 21, 2022 Live From The Shed 37.8K subscribers Bright Light News recorded this exclusive interview with Freedom Convoy hero Tamara Lich. The interview took place after winning the JCCF's George Jonas Freedom Award and delivering her powerful speech (https://youtu.be/neU5oR3nAfA) and is her first since being released from federal prison. Due to state-imposed legal constraints and considerations in her own legal case, certain subject matter could not be discussed. Follow Bright Light News: https://brightlightnews.com/ Freedom-Award-Winner Tamara Lich Arrested, Lawyers Clueless as to Why Truckers, Vaccine Mandates & Passports / By Gord Parks / June 28, 2022 We will share more as details come… I doubt that Patty Baby King and Tamara Lich who are cooling their jets in the Ottawa jail could watch their old buddies prance into Ottawa with their political pals in YouTube or FaceBook but perhaps the guards will permit them to watch the CBC NEWS about Canada Day EH? https://www.youtube.com/watch? Man ARRESTED on Parliament Hill — was it because he is a freedom convoy supporter? 31,551 views Jun 30, 2022 Rebel News 1.57M subscribers FULL REPORT by David Menzies: https://rebelne.ws/3Rbb0JQ A Parliamentary Protective Service officer barked: “You’re under arrest!”, and suddenly a man on Parliament Hill was swarmed by about 10 PPS officers. He was tackled to the ground, handcuffed, and eventually hauled away in a PPS SUV. On 6/30/22, David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: ethics-ethique <ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:51:45 +0000 > Subject: Automatic reply: N.S. mass shooting failures Deja Vu Anyone??? > To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> > > This will confirm the Professional Ethics Office has received your > enquiry and it has been placed in a priority sequence. > > Due to our volume and the complexity of some enquiries, there may be a > delay in responding. > > Thank you for your patience. > ______________________________ > > Le Bureau de l'éthique professionnelle confirme avoir reçu votre > demande qui a été placée dans un ordre de priorité. > > En raison du volume et de la complexité de certaines demandes, il peut > y avoir un délai dans la réponse. > > Merci pour votre patience. > > Professional Ethics Office / Bureau de l'éthique professionelle > Royal Canadian Mounted Police / Gendarmerie royale du Canada > 73 Leikin Dr., M5-3-101 > RCMP Mailstop #58/ > GRC Arrêt Postal #58 > Ottawa, Ontario > K1A 0R2 > > 1-866-206-0195 (off/bur) > > ethics-ethique@rcmp-grc.gc.ca< > > "Strong Ethics, Strong Organization" > « Une éthique solide pour une organisation solide» > > This document is the property of the Government of Canada. 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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:34:22 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: info@bridgecitynews.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:34:22 -0300
Subject: Fwd: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: info@bridgecitynews.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as
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I see Patty Baby King is still having fun too
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Lawyer for Tamara Lich secures procedural victory in Ontario Court of Justice
TDF’s Legal Team
Written by TDF’s Legal Team
July 21, 2023
Tamara Ontario win
The prosecution agrees to provide evidence and a witness list after
Lich brings a motion for particulars.
TORONTO: Tamara Lich's lawyer appeared before the Ontario Court of
Justice Tuesday seeking particulars of the alleged crimes committed by
his client during the Freedom Convoy protests. The motion concluded
with the prosecution agreeing to provide a full list of witnesses and
evidence by August 1, 2023.
The concept of particulars is similar to but distinct from disclosure.
TDF's litigation director, Alan Honner, explains: "The prosecution has
a duty to fully disclose all relevant evidence to the accused, but
particulars need only be disclosed if a judge is satisfied that it is
necessary for a fair trial." According to Honner, particulars might be
ordered where a crime can be committed in different ways, where
disclosure is broad, or where there are multiple co-accused.
Tamara's defence is being crowd-funded by The Democracy Fund. She has
retained Lawrence Greenspon, who is one of the best-respected lawyers
in Ottawa. Her trial is expected to last three weeks and is scheduled
to begin in Ottawa on September 5, 2023.
To assist with Tamara's case, please make a donation on this page.
Donations are eligible to receive a charitable tax receipt.
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public education. TDF supports an access to justice initiative for
Canadians whose civil liberties have been infringed by government
lockdowns and other public policy responses to the pandemic.
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
I am away on a secondment until Spring 2023, and do not have access to
emails. If you require assistance, please call 416.326.4600 and ask
for the Duty Crown. Thank you.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
As Emergencies Act report tabled, key witnesses have moved on
Public Order Emergency Commission to release findings later today
Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2023 5:00 AM AST |
Commissioner Paul Rouleau listens to counsel question a witness during
hearings in Ottawa on Nov. 4, 2022. The commission will table its
final report in Parliament later today. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
As the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) prepares to release
its highly anticipated report into last winter's convoy protests, many
of the witnesses from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service
who testified last fall have either left or moved to new roles.
On Thursday, the commission announced it would make its final report
public later today after tabling it in Parliament.
The Canadian Press reported the commission had requested, and been
granted, an extension to the original Feb. 6 deadline for submitting
its final report to the government.
The deadline for tabling the report in Parliament — Feb. 20 — remained
intact, however. That meant the commission's findings and
recommendations had to be made public no later than Monday, the Family
Day statutory holiday in Ontario.
(The timeline set out by the Emergencies Act requires that the report
be submitted to Parliament and released to the public within 360 days
of the emergency declaration being revoked, which occurred on Feb. 23,
2022.)
A politician at a desk, as seen from the middle of the audience.
Former Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson testifies before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 18, 2022. Watson did not run for
re-election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Mayor, councillors gone
The commission heard from 76 witnesses over six weeks of public
testimony, from Oct. 14 until the prime minister's appearance on Nov.
25. Of those, seven were either elected officials or senior
bureaucrats with the City of Ottawa, and five more were senior members
of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS).
None of the elected officials from the city who testified — former
mayor Jim Watson, former councillor and police services board chair
Diane Deans, and former councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine
McKenney — remains in office. Of those, only McKenney ran for
re-election last fall, but failed in their bid to become mayor.
Of the other city officials who testified, only Kim Ayotte, Ottawa's
general manager of emergency and protective services, remains in the
same job.
Former city manager Steve Kanellakos, who testified about his efforts
to broker a deal between police and the protesters, resigned amid
controversy on Nov. 28, just two days before the release of a damning
report on Ottawa's troubled LRT project.
Watson's former chief of staff Serge Arpin left with his boss,
customary practice among political staffers.
A police officer sits on a row of chairs.
Deputy Chief Steve Bell, now chief administrative officer of the
Ottawa Police Service, waits to appear before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 24, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
All 5 OPS witnesses remain
All five senior members of the Ottawa Police Service who testified
before the commission last fall remain, though most have changed jobs.
(This doesn't include former chief Peter Sloly, who resigned during
the occupation of Ottawa by convoy protesters, and who had been out of
policing for more than eight months by the time he testified before
the commission in late October.)
Steve Bell, who was named interim chief after Sloly's resignation, and
who oversaw the eventual dispersal of the protest in Ottawa, is now a
deputy chief and chief administrative officer of the OPS. At the time
of the convoy's arrival in Ottawa, Bell was in charge of intelligence,
information and investigation for the force.
Patricia Ferguson, who testified to the deep "dysfunction" at the top
of the OPS, and said the force was left "floundering" when protesters
failed to leave the capital after the first weekend, remains acting
deputy chief.
Russell Lucas, an inspector with the police service's special events
section during the protests, is currently an acting superintendent,
according to an update provided by the OPS on Thursday.
Supt. Robert Bernier, an inspector within the force's communications
branch who was appointed event commander during the occupation, is
also listed by the OPS as an acting superintendent.
Supt. Robert Drummond, who was tasked with overseeing the police
liaison team that negotiated with protest leaders and the public order
unit that eventually helped end the occupation, also maintains that
rank. (Drummond was in an acting role at the time of his testimony
last fall.)
Police clear an area of protesters near Parliament Hill.
Police and protesters square off in front of Parliament Hill on Feb.
19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
'Multiple points of failure'
In an email to CBC, Paul Champ, a lawyer who represented downtown
residents and businesses during the Emergencies Act inquiry, noted the
commission heard "extensive evidence of multiple points of failure" by
both government officials and police.
"Even though many of those responsible have left the stage, the POEC
report will memorialize those mistakes and serve as a guide for public
officials going forward. I would also like to see some apologies by
the police, the city and the province, but that's probably asking too
much," Champ wrote.
He said he also hopes to see the report provide some guidance "about
the oversight and direction the Ottawa Police Services Board can have
over the Ottawa Police Service."
Journalists covering the inquiry will be allowed to peruse an
embargoed version of the report starting at 10 a.m. ET. The embargo
will be lifted once the report is tabled in Parliament.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau will also read a prepared statement, which
will be streamed live on the commission's website, where the full
report will be made available to the public.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alistair Steele
Writer and editor
After spending more than a decade covering Ottawa city hall for CBC,
Alistair Steele is now a feature writer and digital copy editor at
cbc.ca/ottawa.
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
On 6/30/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> https://davidraymondamos3.
>
> Wednesday, 18 May 2022
>
> Crown trying to put Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich back in jail
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Karimjee, Moiz (MAG)"<Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:06:48 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Ed Fast: Freedom? Yeah, right… | Ed Fast:
> Liberté? Et oui Hey Bill King what will your boss and legions of Proud
> Canadians do if the Crown takes Tamara Lich's Freedom after celebating
> the Queen's Birthday???
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> I am on vacation until July 8th. For Bail Reviews (including
> discussing time estimates), Superior Court, Summary Appeal, Trial,
> Hate Crime or any other matter requiring immediate attention please
> email Rolanda Ahadjitse at Rolanda.Ahadjitse@ontario.ca and Olivia
> Khalil at olivia.khalil@ontario.ca
>
> Moiz Karimjee
> Assistant Crown Attorney
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to remain in custody over Canada Day
> weekend
> Lich was arrested in Alberta on Monday for allegedly breaching her
> bail conditions
>
> Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2022 4:23 PM ET
>
>
> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich talks to reporters Feb. 14, 2022
> in Ottawa. Lich made a brief video appearance in an Ottawa courtroom
> Thursday after being arrested for allegedly breaching her bail
> conditions. (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
>
> 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.
>
> Crown prosecutor Moiz Karimjee requested a full day for a bail
> hearing, which is scheduled to take place on July 5.
>
> Lich remains in custody as several groups — most of which formed out
> of the Freedom Convoy — are planning protests in Ottawa starting on
> July 1 and continuing throughout the summer.
>
> She appeared on video from an Ottawa police cell, wearing a grey
> sweatshirt with the words "Freedom Over Fear" printed on it.
>
> Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in
> fiery day in court
>
> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
> breaching bail conditions
>
> Eric Granger, Lich's defence lawyer, said July 5 was the earliest date
> available.
>
> "The only new charge she's been arrested on is a single charge of
> breaching a single bail condition, [she] will be on her ninth day in
> custody since her arrest before she even gets the opportunity to
> regain her liberty," he wrote in an email to CBC.
>
> Lich faces charges of mischief, counselling mischief, obstructing
> police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling intimidation, and
> intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more highways in
> relation to the protest.
>
> 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.
> Released in March
>
> 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.
>
> She was subjected to a bail review last month, but prosecutors were
> unsuccessful in trying to have her brought back into custody for
> allegedly violating her bail condition that she not support anything
> related to the Freedom Convoy.
>
> Lich also cannot organize any kind of protest and is not allowed to
> contact several of the other convoy leaders, including Tom Marazzo,
> unless in the presence of counsel.
>
> 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 (JCCF), a legal organization and registered
> charity based in Calgary.
>
> Tamara Lich, fourth from the left, was ordered by a judge to have no
> contact with fellow convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, second from the
> right. This photo shows the group in Toronto after Lich accepted her
> freedom award from the JCCF. (Facebook/Stacey Kauder )
>
> Friends of the two convoy organizers speculated on social media that
> Lich was allowed to have contact with Marazzo at the event because
> lawyers for the JCCF, who also represent Lich in her civil matters,
> were present.
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Dan Taekema
>
> Reporter
>
> Dan Taekema is a reporter with CBC Ottawa. He has worked for CBC News
> in Hamilton, Windsor and Toronto and for newspapers across southern
> Ontario. You can reach him by emailing daniel.taekema@cbc.ca.
>
> Follow @DanTaekema on Twitter
>
> With files from Meghan Grant, Kristy Nease and David Fraser
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
> On 6/29/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:52:46 -0300
>> Subject: YO Lawrence Greenspon I called again about your client Madame
>> Lich and attempted to speak with Eric Granger Correct?
>> To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, "david.fraser"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.
>> premier@ontario.ca, stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com,
>> sheilagunnreid@gmail.com, eric@gghlawyers.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"
>> <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, pm
>> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
>> "Candice.Bergen"<Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>,
>> natasha.calvinho@gmail.com, Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca, "Brenda.Lucki"
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>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.
>>
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>>
>> "Eric Granger is a criminal defence lawyer who focusses on defending
>> the little guy against the coercive power of the state. He represents
>> clients at all stages of the criminal process, from bail hearings to
>> trials to appeals."
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Tamara Lich Arrested in Alberta
>> 22,817 views
>> Streamed live on Jun 28, 2022
>> Live From The Shed
>> 36.9K subscribers
>> Tamara Lich has been arrested again after the RCMP issued a nation
>> wide warrant for breaching her release order.
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Freedom convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>> Lich told her lawyer she is expecting to be transported to Ontario in
>> the next week
>>
>> Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 7:52 PM MT
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich has been re-arrested. She is
>> accused of breaching her release conditions and has been taken into
>> custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., according to one of her lawyers.
>> (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich has been re-arrested in Medicine
>> Hat, Alta., for breaching her bail conditions, her lawyers have
>> confirmed.
>>
>> Lich was taken into custody Monday evening, according to Keith Wilson,
>> who represents Lich on her non-criminal cases including a lawsuit.
>>
>> Wilson, who spoke with Lich after her arrest, says she expects to be
>> transported back to Ottawa in the next week.
>>
>> Eric Granger, who is one of Lich's criminal defence lawyers also
>> confirmed Lich's arrest.
>>
>> Granger says he has no reason to believe his client has done anything
>> wrong and is "looking to learn more at this stage."
>>
>> Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in
>> fiery day in court
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> "Based on everything we knew, she's been diligently complying with all
>> of her bail conditions as was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review.
>>
>> While it's not yet clear which bail conditions she is accused of
>> breaching, there is speculation on social media that Lich might be in
>> legal trouble over a Facebook photo that shows her beside a fellow
>> convoy organizer who she was ordered to stay away from by a judge.
>> Canada-wide warrant
>>
>> Lich faces charges of mischief, counselling mischief, obstructing
>> police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling intimidation and
>> intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more highways for her
>> role as one of the organizers of the protest that shut down much of
>> downtown Ottawa earlier this year.
>>
>> RCMP confirmed Lich was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching
>> her release order but did not have further information as the arrest
>> falls within the jurisdiction of the Medicine Hat Police Service
>> (MHPS).
>>
>> The MHPS says it will not release information until Tuesday morning.
>> WATCH | Supporters cheer Tamara Lich as she is released from jail last
>> winter:
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich released from jail
>> 4 months ago
>> Duration 1:11
>> Tamara Lich, one of the organizers of the weeks-long occupation in
>> downtown Ottawa, was released from jail on Monday with the condition
>> that she leave Ottawa. Lich was arrested Feb. 17 and charged with
>> counselling to commit mischief.
>>
>> The anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> After her arrest, Lich was released on bail in March on conditions
>> which include staying off social media. She cannot organize any kind
>> of protest and she is also not permitted to contact several of the
>> other convoy leaders, including Tom Marazzo, an ex-military officer,
>> who also had a failed bid as an Ontario MPP candidate.
>>
>> Lich was subject to a bail review last month where prosecutors
>> unsuccessfully sought to have her taken back into custody for
>> allegedly violating her bail condition that she not support anything
>> related to the Freedom Convoy.
>>
>> Weeks after she was granted release in March, Lich was notified she'd
>> been selected as a recipient of a freedom award, handed out by the
>> Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), a legal
>> organization and registered charity based in Calgary.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, fourth from the left, was ordered by a judge to have no
>> contact with fellow convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, who is tagged as
>> being second from the right. This photo shows the group in Toronto
>> after Lich accepted her freedom award from the JCCF. (Facebook/Stacey
>> Kauder )
>>
>> The awards ceremony took place on June 16 in Toronto.
>>
>> The Ottawa judge ruled he would not revoke Lich's bail and instead,
>> varied her conditions to allow travel to Ontario with a restriction
>> that she be banned from entering the capital's downtown core.
>>
>> Lich's reasoning for wanting to travel back to Ottawa is protected by
>> a court-ordered publication ban and cannot be reported.
>>
>> But on June 17, the day after the freedom awards were presented,
>> Stacey Kauder, who describes Lich as a friend, posted a photo to her
>> Facebook page showing Lich with her husband and four other attendees
>> at the JCCF gala.
>>
>> To Lich's left is a man identified as Marazzo, a fellow convoy
>> organizer, who she was ordered to have no contact with unless her
>> lawyer is present.
>>
>> Friends of the two convoy organizers speculated on social media that
>> Lich was allowed to have contact with Marazzo at the event because
>> there were lawyers for the JCCF present who also represent Lich in her
>> civil matters.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Meghan Grant
>>
>> CBC Calgary crime reporter
>>
>> Meghan Grant is a justice affairs reporter. She has been covering
>> courts, crime and stories of police accountability in southern Alberta
>> for more than a decade. Send Meghan a story tip at meghan.grant@cbc.ca
>> or follow her on Twitter.
>> Follow her on Twitter
>>
>> With files from Paula Duhatschek and David Fraser
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> Individual protesters and federal Conservative party denied standing
>> by commissioner
>>
>> Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 10:26 PM ET
>>
>> Police officers push back protesters in front of the Senate of Canada
>> Building in February, following the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
>> (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> Governments of all three levels, convoy organizers and police have
>> been granted standing in the public inquiry looking into the
>> invocation of the federal Emergencies Act, but the federal
>> Conservative Party and a number of individuals who had their bank
>> accounts frozen have been left out.
>>
>> Granting groups or individuals standing allows them certain privileges
>> in the inquiry process, including the ability to suggest witnesses or
>> cross-examine them. It also means they are given advance notice on
>> documents being submitted into evidence.
>>
>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14 — for the
>> first time in Canada's history — during the Freedom Convoy. The act
>> gave the federal government temporary powers to deal with the
>> anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades that gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>>
>> Trudeau calls public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act during
>> convoy protests
>>
>> Paul Rouleau, the commissioner heading the inquiry, wrote in his
>> decision that the deadline to submit the inquiry report weighed on his
>> final determination.
>>
>> "I must keep in mind the practical realities facing the commission,
>> including the strict timeline in which to complete the Inquiry,"
>> Rouleau wrote.
>>
>> The federal government, the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta
>> have been granted full standing, while the government of Manitoba will
>> be allowed to enter written submissions.
>>
>> Key convoy organizers including Tamara Lich, Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber
>> and Daniel Bulford have been granted full standing.
>>
>> "Their contributions to the work of the commission are necessary, as
>> they are uniquely situated to offer information to the commission and
>> give firsthand evidence as to the goals and organization of the
>> convoy," Rouleau wrote of the organizers.
>>
>> The Ottawa Police Service has been granted full standing, while its
>> former chief Peter Sloly will be allowed to produce documents and
>> examine witnesses.
>>
>> The cities of Ottawa and Windsor have also been granted standing.
>>
>> Protesters form a blockade in front of the Ambassador Bridge in
>> Windsor, Ont., which links the city to Michigan. (Darrin Di Carlo/CBC)
>> Conservatives, individual participants denied
>>
>> The federal Conservative Party and individual protesters are some
>> notable exclusions in Rouleau's decision.
>>
>> In his dismissal of the Conservatives, Rouleau pointed to the
>> parliamentary committee reviewing the use of the act and said the
>> inquiry needs to remain above the political fray.
>>
>> "The political process that involves elected representatives from the
>> various parties has a role to play in how the use of the Emergencies
>> Act is reviewed and assessed," Rouleau said.
>>
>> "There is also an important role for an independent non-partisan
>> process. Both ought to operate independently from one another."
>>
>> A number of individual protesters, including some who had their bank
>> accounts frozen, were also denied standing in the inquiry.
>>
>> Rouleau reasoned that individual protesters would have limited
>> perspective on what unfolded earlier this year.
>>
>> "By and large, their contribution would be limited to what they saw,
>> heard or experienced from their particular vantage point as a
>> participant or supporter of the convoy," Rouleau said, adding that
>> individuals will be able to have their voices heard during public
>> hearings.
>>
>> The commission's final report must be submitted by February 2023.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Darren Major
>>
>> CBC journalist
>>
>> Darren Major can be reached via email darren.major@cbc.ca or by
>> tweeting him @DMajJourno.
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.thestar.com/news/
>>
>>
>> ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich to appear in Ottawa court
>> Wednesday after arrest in Alberta
>> Lich has been arrested in Alberta in relation to her court conditions,
>> Ottawa police said Tuesday
>> Lex Harvey
>> By Lex Harvey
>> Politics Reporter
>> Tue., June 28, 2022
>>
>> Tamara Lich delivers a statement during a February news conference in
>> Ottawa.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, one of the best-known faces of the so-called Freedom
>> Convoy, will appear before a judge in Ottawa on Wednesday after being
>> arrested in Alberta for allegedly breaching her bail conditions.
>>
>> Medicine Hat police say they arrested Lich in her hometown Monday on
>> the basis of a search warrant that originated in Ontario for one count
>> of failure to comply with a release order.
>>
>> Lich appeared in Medicine Hat court Tuesday morning and will be
>> transported to Ottawa, police said.
>>
>> Lich has, along with fellow protest organizer Chris Barber, been
>> facing charges of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation, for her role in organizing the
>> massive protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for more than three
>> weeks in February.
>>
>> After a judge initially denied her bail, Lich was released in March
>> with a long list of conditions, including a ban from all social media
>> and an order not to “support anything related to the Freedom Convoy.”
>>
>> In an email to the Star, Eric Granger, Lich’s criminal lawyer, said
>> Tuesday, “Only very limited information is available” on the arrest.
>>
>> “Given that Ms. Lich continues to have no criminal record and her
>> strong performance on bail was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review where the judge removed some of the conditions that had been
>> previously imposed, we look forward to learning more as information
>> becomes available so that we can determine the appropriate next steps
>> to be taken in Ms. Lich’s defence.”
>>
>> In May, an Ontario judge ruled Lich could remain on bail until her
>> trial after a Crown prosecutor argued she’d violated one of her bail
>> conditions by agreeing to accept a “freedom” award handed out by
>> Calgary-based organization the Justice Centre for Constitutional
>> Freedoms.
>>
>> Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said Lich had followed
>> her bail conditions and already had a “taste of jail,” which made her
>> less likely to reoffend.
>>
>> Phillips changed Lich’s release conditions to allow her to visit
>> Ottawa, but not the downtown core. He kept the ban on Lich’s access to
>> social media.
>>
>> With files from Omar Mosleh, Alex Boyd
>>
>>
>>
>> https://torontosun.com/
>>
>>
>> LILLEY: Tamara Lich nabbed for breach of bail while repeat violent
>> offenders use revolving door of court system
>> Author of the article:
>> Brian Lilley
>> Publishing date:
>> Jun 28, 2022
>>
>> Accused Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services
>> of high-powered Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. Accused Freedom
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services of high-powered
>> Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. jpg
>>
>> We can’t have dangerous people like her taking photographs with other
>> dangerous people and posting them online.
>>
>> If we let that keep happening, chaos might ensue.
>>
>> Lich was arrested again on Monday in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and is
>> expected to be transported to Ottawa within the next week for
>> violating her bail conditions. On Feb. 17, Lich was arrested and
>> charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation.
>>
>> Without downplaying the impact of the freedom convoy on residents of
>> Ottawa’s downtown core, those are hardly charges that would normally
>> see this kind of action by police and prosecutors. Lich has no prior
>> criminal record and has not been convicted of the charges she now
>> faces.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Yet depending on who you listen to, police have either arrested her
>> for being critical of the government – not something that should get
>> anyone arrested – or for being photographed at an event in Toronto
>> with another convoy organizer.
>>
>> At this point, forgive me for laughing at the idea that either of
>> these are considered bail violations. If we had a justice system in
>> Canada that picked up everyone who broke bail conditions, then I might
>> be prone to saying, that as a law-and-order kind of guy, I could
>> support Lich being detained.
>>
>> That’s not who we are though, and our system continues to release
>> violent repeat offenders on bail with no regard for community safety.
>> On Monday, I was at a news conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford
>> and Toronto Mayor John Tory where they lamented repeat offenders for
>> gun crimes being out on bail to reoffend.
>>
>> “Chief Ramer, or before him Chief Saunders, could tell you of many
>> instances, not just one, where people are getting out on bail for
>> example, over and over and over again, when they’re charged with
>> firearms offenses, and that simply has to be changed,” Tory said when
>> discussing the recent spate of shootings in Toronto.
>>
>> Our paper has been full of such stories and will have more to come in
>> the future I’m sure, but police and prosecutors are worried about Lich
>> taking a photo with someone more than 400 kilometres away from
>> Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Just this week, Toronto Police were looking for a man in an assault
>> investigation saying the man was wanted on six counts of assault, two
>> counts of assault with a weapon, six counts of choking and six counts
>> of breach of probation among other charges. In another incident, two
>> men were charged in a robbery with robbery with a weapon, disguise
>> with intent, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and fail to
>> comply recognizance, which is police code for out on bail.
>>
>> Those are just two cases police revealed on Monday.
>>
>> One of the worst cases I’ve covered involved two men, both with bail
>> and court conditions upon them, accused of shooting up a child’s
>> birthday party last summer. Three children were injured from bullets
>> flying in that incident.
>>
>> Yet Tamara Lich is the real threat to society, not hardened, repeat
>> offenders who shoot up streets, commit robberies or repeatedly assault
>> people over several months. Our justice system is not supposed to be
>> political, but whether we’re talking about the Lich case or the recent
>> revelations that Justin Trudeau’s government interfered in the
>> investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting, it’s clear we have a
>> government intent on making justice political.
>>
>> Seems Lady Justice is peeking out from under her blind to see who is
>> before her before deciding whether to enforce bail conditions.
>>
>> blilley@postmedia.com
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> 'It's intimidation': Judge faces threats after Freedom Convoy hearings
>> 'You feel vulnerable in your house, in your own home,' judge tells
>> Radio-Canada
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2022 4:00 AM ET
>>
>>
>> Protesters gather on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2022, during the
>> 'Freedom Convoy' and three-week occupation of downtown Ottawa. (Adrian
>> Wyld/Canadian Press)
>>
>> One of the judges who presided over the court hearings of Freedom
>> Convoy organizers is speaking out after receiving threats considered
>> serious enough to require police intervention, according to
>> information obtained by Radio-Canada and CBC.
>>
>> The judge in question confirmed that supporters of the convoy from
>> Canada and the United States sent several offensive messages, but the
>> message that prompted police to react threatened their physical
>> safety, the judge said.
>>
>> It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious.
>>
>> - Judge who is not being identified due to safety concerns
>>
>> CBC has agreed to withhold the judge's identity to protect their safety.
>>
>> "I thought, should I tell my children not to come home for a while?"
>> the judge said.
>>
>> "I changed my alarm system. I was advised not to take the same route
>> every day," the judge added. "You feel vulnerable in your house, in
>> your own home."
>>
>> Police enforce an injunction against protesters on Parliament Hill on
>> Feb. 19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> The judge believes most Canadians respect the justice system, but said
>> a vocal minority is seeking to undermine it.
>>
>> "It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious," the judge said.
>>
>> Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner expressed similar
>> concerns in a recent speech in Montreal.
>>
>> Tamara Lich isn't going back to jail and is now allowed to visit
>> Ottawa
>>
>> In jail for more than 100 days, Pat King 'beat down,' says supporter
>>
>> "The pandemic has forced many people to live online during lockdowns.
>> And it is at times like these that lies and conspiracies spread like
>> wildfire," Wagner said in French on June 9.
>>
>> "As we have seen around the world, disinformation poses a real threat
>> to democratic institutions."
>>
>> The demonstrations that took place in Ottawa this winter stemmed in
>> part from this disinformation, Wagner said. He encouraged people to
>> "inform, instruct and educate" their fellow citizens.
>>
>> Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Richard Wagner, pictured
>> here at a news conference in 2021, warned in a recent speech that
>> 'disinformation poses a real threat to democratic institutions.'
>> (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
>> Ministry silent on further threats
>>
>> Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General would not say if any other
>> judges have received threats from Freedom Convoy supporters.
>>
>> "It would be inappropriate for the ministry to comment on a potential
>> or ongoing police investigation," wrote ministry spokesperson Brian
>> Gray in an email to Radio-Canada.
>>
>> MPs describe threats, safety fears as they're issued panic buttons
>>
>> Ottawa police say they're ready to shut down Canada Day occupation
>> attempts
>>
>> CPC MPs meet with Freedom Convoy organizers
>>
>> He wrote that the ministry "takes court security and the safety of all
>> those in our courthouses ... very seriously," and that local police or
>> Ontario Provincial Police provide security "to ensure the highest
>> level of protection."
>>
>> The Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
>> both declined to comment, saying it would be inappropriate to do so.
>>
>> CBC News reached out to a number of key figures of the weeks-long
>> demonstration in Ottawa, but requests for comment were either declined
>> or went unanswered.
>>
>> No charges have been laid in this matter. It's not known whether the
>> investigation is ongoing at this time, and police would not comment.
>>
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Brigitte Bureau
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau is an award-winning investigative reporter with
>> Radio-Canada.
>>
>> With files from Joseph Tunney
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 15:54:33 -0300
>> Subject: YO Lawrence Greenspon I just called again and your assistant
>> told me that you were not working for Madame Lich for free Correct?
>> To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, "david.fraser"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com, sheilagunnreid@gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>> Lawrence Greenspon won't say if he is being paid to represent Lich
>> 'Everybody has a right to be represented under the law,' Lawrence
>> Greenspon
>> says
>>
>> David Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Apr 12, 2022 5:20 PM ET
>>
>>
>> Tamara Lich appears at her bail hearing in Ottawa March 7, 2022, as
>> Justice John Johnston looks on. (Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian
>> Press)
>>
>> The lawyer representing convoy leader Tamara Lich says his latest
>> high-profile client deserves to be well-represented, but Lawrence
>> Greenspon won't disclose whether he is being paid or took the case for
>> free.
>>
>> Lich, who was behind fundraising efforts that raised more than $10
>> million to support the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, is charged
>> jointly with Chris Barber with mischief, counselling mischief,
>> obstructing police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling
>> intimidation, and intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more
>> highways.
>>
>> She joins a handful of high-profile Greenspon clients. He has
>> previously represented Mohammad Momin Khawaja, the first Canadian
>> charged under Canada's Anti-terrorism Act, as well as former senator
>> Mike Duffy.
>>
>> "Some of the people that have contacted me are well aware of the fact
>> that in the past I've represented alleged terrorists and murderers and
>> people charged with sexual assault. That, I guess, in their minds is
>> OK," Greenspon said.
>>
>> 'The reaction from strangers has been — I'm disappointed because you
>> were this, that and the other in our community and I don't put that
>> together with you representing Tamara Lich,' says Lawrence Greenspon.
>> (Alistair Steele/CBC)
>>
>> "But representing Tamara Lich who has no criminal record, is not
>> charged with any violent offence, there's no weapons involved, there's
>> no sexual assault — they seem to have a problem with that."
>>
>> He said he swore an oath to zealously defend a person whose liberty is at
>> stake.
>>
>> "I don't have any difficulty at all in representing Tamara Lich. It
>> doesn't mean that I agree with anything she did or didn't do. But it
>> does mean that she's entitled to representation when her liberty's at
>> stake," he said.
>>
>> Lich was arrested Feb. 17, denied bail, but then released on March 7
>> on the condition she leave Ottawa within 24 hours, refrain from using
>> social media and have no contact with certain co-organizers.
>>
>> Everybody has a right to be represented under the law.
>>
>> — Lawrence Greenspon
>>
>> Diane Magas had been representing Barber and Lich, but is now just
>> representing Barber.
>>
>> Greenspon is expected to challenge the conditions of Lich's bail,
>> particularly as it applies to her use of social media.
>>
>> "The reaction from friends has been, 'I'm not surprised, she's going
>> to be well represented.' The reaction from strangers has been, 'I'm
>> disappointed because you were this, that and the other in our
>> community and I don't put that together with you representing Tamara
>> Lich,'" he said.
>>
>> "It's those individuals that really need to understand what the role
>> of defence counsel is and how important it is that everybody has a
>> right to be represented under the law."
>> Worked in oil and gas
>>
>> Lich worked in the oil and gas sector in Alberta from 2017 until she
>> was laid off in March 2020 "due to closures related to COVID-19,"
>> according to a sworn affidavit made by her March 2.
>>
>> She and her husband moved to Harrison Park, Man., for work after he
>> was laid off, but by November 2021 they were back in Alberta and
>> working again.
>>
>> She used five weeks of vacation time to come to Ottawa, where she was
>> considered a key figure in the protests against COVID-19 health
>> measures, according to the affidavit.
>>
>> In her affidavit, she said she would return to work following her
>> release on bail.
>> Raised millions for convoy
>>
>> In a separate affidavit filed in court related to a proposed class
>> action suit against her and others, Lich said she was involved in the
>> creation of the crowdfunding campaign for the Freedom Convoy on the
>> GoFundMe platform.
>>
>> Lich delivers a statement during a news conference in Ottawa,
>> Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
>>
>> She said she used a personal TD bank account, which had no balance, as
>> the designated account to hold donated funds.
>>
>> An email address was set up to accept donations, which also went into
>> a personal account belonging to her. At the time, she was the only
>> person with access to the donations.
>>
>> When GoFundMe released $1 million of donated funds on Feb. 2, it did
>> so into Lich's personal account she designated for the protest.
>>
>> Two days after sending her $1 million, GoFundMe said it closed the
>> campaign, citing violations of its rules on violence and harassment,
>> with all remaining donations being returned directly to individual
>> donors.
>>
>> Lich said that the same day she received the GoFundMe money, a "hold"
>> was placed on her account associated with the Freedom Convoy. She said
>> the bank didn't prevent money from being deposited into the account,
>> but funds could not be withdrawn.
>>
>> While she had access to the money provided by GoFundMe, Lich said she
>> completed approximately $26,000 in transactions.
>>
>> She spent $13,000 on bulk fuel purchases and another $13,000 was
>> "withdrawn in cash and utilized for various purposes," she said in her
>> affidavit.
>>
>> With files from Ashley Burke
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
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they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
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Lawyer for Tamara Lich secures procedural victory in Ontario Court of Justice
TDF’s Legal Team
Written by TDF’s Legal Team
July 21, 2023
Tamara Ontario win
The prosecution agrees to provide evidence and a witness list after
Lich brings a motion for particulars.
TORONTO: Tamara Lich's lawyer appeared before the Ontario Court of
Justice Tuesday seeking particulars of the alleged crimes committed by
his client during the Freedom Convoy protests. The motion concluded
with the prosecution agreeing to provide a full list of witnesses and
evidence by August 1, 2023.
The concept of particulars is similar to but distinct from disclosure.
TDF's litigation director, Alan Honner, explains: "The prosecution has
a duty to fully disclose all relevant evidence to the accused, but
particulars need only be disclosed if a judge is satisfied that it is
necessary for a fair trial." According to Honner, particulars might be
ordered where a crime can be committed in different ways, where
disclosure is broad, or where there are multiple co-accused.
Tamara's defence is being crowd-funded by The Democracy Fund. She has
retained Lawrence Greenspon, who is one of the best-respected lawyers
in Ottawa. Her trial is expected to last three weeks and is scheduled
to begin in Ottawa on September 5, 2023.
To assist with Tamara's case, please make a donation on this page.
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About The Democracy Fund:
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dedicated to constitutional rights, advancing education and relieving
poverty. TDF promotes constitutional rights through litigation and
public education. TDF supports an access to justice initiative for
Canadians whose civil liberties have been infringed by government
lockdowns and other public policy responses to the pandemic.
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As Emergencies Act report tabled, key witnesses have moved on
Public Order Emergency Commission to release findings later today
Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2023 5:00 AM AST |
Commissioner Paul Rouleau listens to counsel question a witness during
hearings in Ottawa on Nov. 4, 2022. The commission will table its
final report in Parliament later today. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
As the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) prepares to release
its highly anticipated report into last winter's convoy protests, many
of the witnesses from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service
who testified last fall have either left or moved to new roles.
On Thursday, the commission announced it would make its final report
public later today after tabling it in Parliament.
The Canadian Press reported the commission had requested, and been
granted, an extension to the original Feb. 6 deadline for submitting
its final report to the government.
The deadline for tabling the report in Parliament — Feb. 20 — remained
intact, however. That meant the commission's findings and
recommendations had to be made public no later than Monday, the Family
Day statutory holiday in Ontario.
(The timeline set out by the Emergencies Act requires that the report
be submitted to Parliament and released to the public within 360 days
of the emergency declaration being revoked, which occurred on Feb. 23,
2022.)
A politician at a desk, as seen from the middle of the audience.
Former Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson testifies before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 18, 2022. Watson did not run for
re-election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Mayor, councillors gone
The commission heard from 76 witnesses over six weeks of public
testimony, from Oct. 14 until the prime minister's appearance on Nov.
25. Of those, seven were either elected officials or senior
bureaucrats with the City of Ottawa, and five more were senior members
of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS).
None of the elected officials from the city who testified — former
mayor Jim Watson, former councillor and police services board chair
Diane Deans, and former councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine
McKenney — remains in office. Of those, only McKenney ran for
re-election last fall, but failed in their bid to become mayor.
Of the other city officials who testified, only Kim Ayotte, Ottawa's
general manager of emergency and protective services, remains in the
same job.
Former city manager Steve Kanellakos, who testified about his efforts
to broker a deal between police and the protesters, resigned amid
controversy on Nov. 28, just two days before the release of a damning
report on Ottawa's troubled LRT project.
Watson's former chief of staff Serge Arpin left with his boss,
customary practice among political staffers.
A police officer sits on a row of chairs.
Deputy Chief Steve Bell, now chief administrative officer of the
Ottawa Police Service, waits to appear before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 24, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
All 5 OPS witnesses remain
All five senior members of the Ottawa Police Service who testified
before the commission last fall remain, though most have changed jobs.
(This doesn't include former chief Peter Sloly, who resigned during
the occupation of Ottawa by convoy protesters, and who had been out of
policing for more than eight months by the time he testified before
the commission in late October.)
Steve Bell, who was named interim chief after Sloly's resignation, and
who oversaw the eventual dispersal of the protest in Ottawa, is now a
deputy chief and chief administrative officer of the OPS. At the time
of the convoy's arrival in Ottawa, Bell was in charge of intelligence,
information and investigation for the force.
Patricia Ferguson, who testified to the deep "dysfunction" at the top
of the OPS, and said the force was left "floundering" when protesters
failed to leave the capital after the first weekend, remains acting
deputy chief.
Russell Lucas, an inspector with the police service's special events
section during the protests, is currently an acting superintendent,
according to an update provided by the OPS on Thursday.
Supt. Robert Bernier, an inspector within the force's communications
branch who was appointed event commander during the occupation, is
also listed by the OPS as an acting superintendent.
Supt. Robert Drummond, who was tasked with overseeing the police
liaison team that negotiated with protest leaders and the public order
unit that eventually helped end the occupation, also maintains that
rank. (Drummond was in an acting role at the time of his testimony
last fall.)
Police clear an area of protesters near Parliament Hill.
Police and protesters square off in front of Parliament Hill on Feb.
19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
'Multiple points of failure'
In an email to CBC, Paul Champ, a lawyer who represented downtown
residents and businesses during the Emergencies Act inquiry, noted the
commission heard "extensive evidence of multiple points of failure" by
both government officials and police.
"Even though many of those responsible have left the stage, the POEC
report will memorialize those mistakes and serve as a guide for public
officials going forward. I would also like to see some apologies by
the police, the city and the province, but that's probably asking too
much," Champ wrote.
He said he also hopes to see the report provide some guidance "about
the oversight and direction the Ottawa Police Services Board can have
over the Ottawa Police Service."
Journalists covering the inquiry will be allowed to peruse an
embargoed version of the report starting at 10 a.m. ET. The embargo
will be lifted once the report is tabled in Parliament.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau will also read a prepared statement, which
will be streamed live on the commission's website, where the full
report will be made available to the public.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alistair Steele
Writer and editor
After spending more than a decade covering Ottawa city hall for CBC,
Alistair Steele is now a feature writer and digital copy editor at
cbc.ca/ottawa.
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
On 6/30/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> https://davidraymondamos3.
>
> Wednesday, 18 May 2022
>
> Crown trying to put Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich back in jail
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Karimjee, Moiz (MAG)"<Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 03:06:48 +0000
> Subject: Automatic reply: Ed Fast: Freedom? Yeah, right… | Ed Fast:
> Liberté? Et oui Hey Bill King what will your boss and legions of Proud
> Canadians do if the Crown takes Tamara Lich's Freedom after celebating
> the Queen's Birthday???
> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>
> I am on vacation until July 8th. For Bail Reviews (including
> discussing time estimates), Superior Court, Summary Appeal, Trial,
> Hate Crime or any other matter requiring immediate attention please
> email Rolanda Ahadjitse at Rolanda.Ahadjitse@ontario.ca and Olivia
> Khalil at olivia.khalil@ontario.ca
>
> Moiz Karimjee
> Assistant Crown Attorney
>
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to remain in custody over Canada Day
> weekend
> Lich was arrested in Alberta on Monday for allegedly breaching her
> bail conditions
>
> Dan Taekema · CBC News · Posted: Jun 30, 2022 4:23 PM ET
>
>
> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich talks to reporters Feb. 14, 2022
> in Ottawa. Lich made a brief video appearance in an Ottawa courtroom
> Thursday after being arrested for allegedly breaching her bail
> conditions. (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
>
> 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.
>
> Crown prosecutor Moiz Karimjee requested a full day for a bail
> hearing, which is scheduled to take place on July 5.
>
> Lich remains in custody as several groups — most of which formed out
> of the Freedom Convoy — are planning protests in Ottawa starting on
> July 1 and continuing throughout the summer.
>
> She appeared on video from an Ottawa police cell, wearing a grey
> sweatshirt with the words "Freedom Over Fear" printed on it.
>
> Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in
> fiery day in court
>
> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
> breaching bail conditions
>
> Eric Granger, Lich's defence lawyer, said July 5 was the earliest date
> available.
>
> "The only new charge she's been arrested on is a single charge of
> breaching a single bail condition, [she] will be on her ninth day in
> custody since her arrest before she even gets the opportunity to
> regain her liberty," he wrote in an email to CBC.
>
> Lich faces charges of mischief, counselling mischief, obstructing
> police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling intimidation, and
> intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more highways in
> relation to the protest.
>
> 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.
> Released in March
>
> 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.
>
> She was subjected to a bail review last month, but prosecutors were
> unsuccessful in trying to have her brought back into custody for
> allegedly violating her bail condition that she not support anything
> related to the Freedom Convoy.
>
> Lich also cannot organize any kind of protest and is not allowed to
> contact several of the other convoy leaders, including Tom Marazzo,
> unless in the presence of counsel.
>
> 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 (JCCF), a legal organization and registered
> charity based in Calgary.
>
> Tamara Lich, fourth from the left, was ordered by a judge to have no
> contact with fellow convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, second from the
> right. This photo shows the group in Toronto after Lich accepted her
> freedom award from the JCCF. (Facebook/Stacey Kauder )
>
> Friends of the two convoy organizers speculated on social media that
> Lich was allowed to have contact with Marazzo at the event because
> lawyers for the JCCF, who also represent Lich in her civil matters,
> were present.
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Dan Taekema
>
> Reporter
>
> Dan Taekema is a reporter with CBC Ottawa. He has worked for CBC News
> in Hamilton, Windsor and Toronto and for newspapers across southern
> Ontario. You can reach him by emailing daniel.taekema@cbc.ca.
>
> Follow @DanTaekema on Twitter
>
> With files from Meghan Grant, Kristy Nease and David Fraser
> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>
> On 6/29/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:52:46 -0300
>> Subject: YO Lawrence Greenspon I called again about your client Madame
>> Lich and attempted to speak with Eric Granger Correct?
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Tamara Lich Arrested in Alberta
>> 22,817 views
>> Streamed live on Jun 28, 2022
>> Live From The Shed
>> 36.9K subscribers
>> Tamara Lich has been arrested again after the RCMP issued a nation
>> wide warrant for breaching her release order.
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Freedom convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>> Lich told her lawyer she is expecting to be transported to Ontario in
>> the next week
>>
>> Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 7:52 PM MT
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich has been re-arrested. She is
>> accused of breaching her release conditions and has been taken into
>> custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., according to one of her lawyers.
>> (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich has been re-arrested in Medicine
>> Hat, Alta., for breaching her bail conditions, her lawyers have
>> confirmed.
>>
>> Lich was taken into custody Monday evening, according to Keith Wilson,
>> who represents Lich on her non-criminal cases including a lawsuit.
>>
>> Wilson, who spoke with Lich after her arrest, says she expects to be
>> transported back to Ottawa in the next week.
>>
>> Eric Granger, who is one of Lich's criminal defence lawyers also
>> confirmed Lich's arrest.
>>
>> Granger says he has no reason to believe his client has done anything
>> wrong and is "looking to learn more at this stage."
>>
>> Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in
>> fiery day in court
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> "Based on everything we knew, she's been diligently complying with all
>> of her bail conditions as was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review.
>>
>> While it's not yet clear which bail conditions she is accused of
>> breaching, there is speculation on social media that Lich might be in
>> legal trouble over a Facebook photo that shows her beside a fellow
>> convoy organizer who she was ordered to stay away from by a judge.
>> Canada-wide warrant
>>
>> Lich faces charges of mischief, counselling mischief, obstructing
>> police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling intimidation and
>> intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more highways for her
>> role as one of the organizers of the protest that shut down much of
>> downtown Ottawa earlier this year.
>>
>> RCMP confirmed Lich was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching
>> her release order but did not have further information as the arrest
>> falls within the jurisdiction of the Medicine Hat Police Service
>> (MHPS).
>>
>> The MHPS says it will not release information until Tuesday morning.
>> WATCH | Supporters cheer Tamara Lich as she is released from jail last
>> winter:
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich released from jail
>> 4 months ago
>> Duration 1:11
>> Tamara Lich, one of the organizers of the weeks-long occupation in
>> downtown Ottawa, was released from jail on Monday with the condition
>> that she leave Ottawa. Lich was arrested Feb. 17 and charged with
>> counselling to commit mischief.
>>
>> The anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> After her arrest, Lich was released on bail in March on conditions
>> which include staying off social media. She cannot organize any kind
>> of protest and she is also not permitted to contact several of the
>> other convoy leaders, including Tom Marazzo, an ex-military officer,
>> who also had a failed bid as an Ontario MPP candidate.
>>
>> Lich was subject to a bail review last month where prosecutors
>> unsuccessfully sought to have her taken back into custody for
>> allegedly violating her bail condition that she not support anything
>> related to the Freedom Convoy.
>>
>> Weeks after she was granted release in March, Lich was notified she'd
>> been selected as a recipient of a freedom award, handed out by the
>> Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), a legal
>> organization and registered charity based in Calgary.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, fourth from the left, was ordered by a judge to have no
>> contact with fellow convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, who is tagged as
>> being second from the right. This photo shows the group in Toronto
>> after Lich accepted her freedom award from the JCCF. (Facebook/Stacey
>> Kauder )
>>
>> The awards ceremony took place on June 16 in Toronto.
>>
>> The Ottawa judge ruled he would not revoke Lich's bail and instead,
>> varied her conditions to allow travel to Ontario with a restriction
>> that she be banned from entering the capital's downtown core.
>>
>> Lich's reasoning for wanting to travel back to Ottawa is protected by
>> a court-ordered publication ban and cannot be reported.
>>
>> But on June 17, the day after the freedom awards were presented,
>> Stacey Kauder, who describes Lich as a friend, posted a photo to her
>> Facebook page showing Lich with her husband and four other attendees
>> at the JCCF gala.
>>
>> To Lich's left is a man identified as Marazzo, a fellow convoy
>> organizer, who she was ordered to have no contact with unless her
>> lawyer is present.
>>
>> Friends of the two convoy organizers speculated on social media that
>> Lich was allowed to have contact with Marazzo at the event because
>> there were lawyers for the JCCF present who also represent Lich in her
>> civil matters.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Meghan Grant
>>
>> CBC Calgary crime reporter
>>
>> Meghan Grant is a justice affairs reporter. She has been covering
>> courts, crime and stories of police accountability in southern Alberta
>> for more than a decade. Send Meghan a story tip at meghan.grant@cbc.ca
>> or follow her on Twitter.
>> Follow her on Twitter
>>
>> With files from Paula Duhatschek and David Fraser
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> Individual protesters and federal Conservative party denied standing
>> by commissioner
>>
>> Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 10:26 PM ET
>>
>> Police officers push back protesters in front of the Senate of Canada
>> Building in February, following the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
>> (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> Governments of all three levels, convoy organizers and police have
>> been granted standing in the public inquiry looking into the
>> invocation of the federal Emergencies Act, but the federal
>> Conservative Party and a number of individuals who had their bank
>> accounts frozen have been left out.
>>
>> Granting groups or individuals standing allows them certain privileges
>> in the inquiry process, including the ability to suggest witnesses or
>> cross-examine them. It also means they are given advance notice on
>> documents being submitted into evidence.
>>
>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14 — for the
>> first time in Canada's history — during the Freedom Convoy. The act
>> gave the federal government temporary powers to deal with the
>> anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades that gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>>
>> Trudeau calls public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act during
>> convoy protests
>>
>> Paul Rouleau, the commissioner heading the inquiry, wrote in his
>> decision that the deadline to submit the inquiry report weighed on his
>> final determination.
>>
>> "I must keep in mind the practical realities facing the commission,
>> including the strict timeline in which to complete the Inquiry,"
>> Rouleau wrote.
>>
>> The federal government, the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta
>> have been granted full standing, while the government of Manitoba will
>> be allowed to enter written submissions.
>>
>> Key convoy organizers including Tamara Lich, Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber
>> and Daniel Bulford have been granted full standing.
>>
>> "Their contributions to the work of the commission are necessary, as
>> they are uniquely situated to offer information to the commission and
>> give firsthand evidence as to the goals and organization of the
>> convoy," Rouleau wrote of the organizers.
>>
>> The Ottawa Police Service has been granted full standing, while its
>> former chief Peter Sloly will be allowed to produce documents and
>> examine witnesses.
>>
>> The cities of Ottawa and Windsor have also been granted standing.
>>
>> Protesters form a blockade in front of the Ambassador Bridge in
>> Windsor, Ont., which links the city to Michigan. (Darrin Di Carlo/CBC)
>> Conservatives, individual participants denied
>>
>> The federal Conservative Party and individual protesters are some
>> notable exclusions in Rouleau's decision.
>>
>> In his dismissal of the Conservatives, Rouleau pointed to the
>> parliamentary committee reviewing the use of the act and said the
>> inquiry needs to remain above the political fray.
>>
>> "The political process that involves elected representatives from the
>> various parties has a role to play in how the use of the Emergencies
>> Act is reviewed and assessed," Rouleau said.
>>
>> "There is also an important role for an independent non-partisan
>> process. Both ought to operate independently from one another."
>>
>> A number of individual protesters, including some who had their bank
>> accounts frozen, were also denied standing in the inquiry.
>>
>> Rouleau reasoned that individual protesters would have limited
>> perspective on what unfolded earlier this year.
>>
>> "By and large, their contribution would be limited to what they saw,
>> heard or experienced from their particular vantage point as a
>> participant or supporter of the convoy," Rouleau said, adding that
>> individuals will be able to have their voices heard during public
>> hearings.
>>
>> The commission's final report must be submitted by February 2023.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Darren Major
>>
>> CBC journalist
>>
>> Darren Major can be reached via email darren.major@cbc.ca or by
>> tweeting him @DMajJourno.
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.thestar.com/news/
>>
>>
>> ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich to appear in Ottawa court
>> Wednesday after arrest in Alberta
>> Lich has been arrested in Alberta in relation to her court conditions,
>> Ottawa police said Tuesday
>> Lex Harvey
>> By Lex Harvey
>> Politics Reporter
>> Tue., June 28, 2022
>>
>> Tamara Lich delivers a statement during a February news conference in
>> Ottawa.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, one of the best-known faces of the so-called Freedom
>> Convoy, will appear before a judge in Ottawa on Wednesday after being
>> arrested in Alberta for allegedly breaching her bail conditions.
>>
>> Medicine Hat police say they arrested Lich in her hometown Monday on
>> the basis of a search warrant that originated in Ontario for one count
>> of failure to comply with a release order.
>>
>> Lich appeared in Medicine Hat court Tuesday morning and will be
>> transported to Ottawa, police said.
>>
>> Lich has, along with fellow protest organizer Chris Barber, been
>> facing charges of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation, for her role in organizing the
>> massive protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for more than three
>> weeks in February.
>>
>> After a judge initially denied her bail, Lich was released in March
>> with a long list of conditions, including a ban from all social media
>> and an order not to “support anything related to the Freedom Convoy.”
>>
>> In an email to the Star, Eric Granger, Lich’s criminal lawyer, said
>> Tuesday, “Only very limited information is available” on the arrest.
>>
>> “Given that Ms. Lich continues to have no criminal record and her
>> strong performance on bail was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review where the judge removed some of the conditions that had been
>> previously imposed, we look forward to learning more as information
>> becomes available so that we can determine the appropriate next steps
>> to be taken in Ms. Lich’s defence.”
>>
>> In May, an Ontario judge ruled Lich could remain on bail until her
>> trial after a Crown prosecutor argued she’d violated one of her bail
>> conditions by agreeing to accept a “freedom” award handed out by
>> Calgary-based organization the Justice Centre for Constitutional
>> Freedoms.
>>
>> Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said Lich had followed
>> her bail conditions and already had a “taste of jail,” which made her
>> less likely to reoffend.
>>
>> Phillips changed Lich’s release conditions to allow her to visit
>> Ottawa, but not the downtown core. He kept the ban on Lich’s access to
>> social media.
>>
>> With files from Omar Mosleh, Alex Boyd
>>
>>
>>
>> https://torontosun.com/
>>
>>
>> LILLEY: Tamara Lich nabbed for breach of bail while repeat violent
>> offenders use revolving door of court system
>> Author of the article:
>> Brian Lilley
>> Publishing date:
>> Jun 28, 2022
>>
>> Accused Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services
>> of high-powered Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. Accused Freedom
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services of high-powered
>> Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. jpg
>>
>> We can’t have dangerous people like her taking photographs with other
>> dangerous people and posting them online.
>>
>> If we let that keep happening, chaos might ensue.
>>
>> Lich was arrested again on Monday in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and is
>> expected to be transported to Ottawa within the next week for
>> violating her bail conditions. On Feb. 17, Lich was arrested and
>> charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation.
>>
>> Without downplaying the impact of the freedom convoy on residents of
>> Ottawa’s downtown core, those are hardly charges that would normally
>> see this kind of action by police and prosecutors. Lich has no prior
>> criminal record and has not been convicted of the charges she now
>> faces.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Yet depending on who you listen to, police have either arrested her
>> for being critical of the government – not something that should get
>> anyone arrested – or for being photographed at an event in Toronto
>> with another convoy organizer.
>>
>> At this point, forgive me for laughing at the idea that either of
>> these are considered bail violations. If we had a justice system in
>> Canada that picked up everyone who broke bail conditions, then I might
>> be prone to saying, that as a law-and-order kind of guy, I could
>> support Lich being detained.
>>
>> That’s not who we are though, and our system continues to release
>> violent repeat offenders on bail with no regard for community safety.
>> On Monday, I was at a news conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford
>> and Toronto Mayor John Tory where they lamented repeat offenders for
>> gun crimes being out on bail to reoffend.
>>
>> “Chief Ramer, or before him Chief Saunders, could tell you of many
>> instances, not just one, where people are getting out on bail for
>> example, over and over and over again, when they’re charged with
>> firearms offenses, and that simply has to be changed,” Tory said when
>> discussing the recent spate of shootings in Toronto.
>>
>> Our paper has been full of such stories and will have more to come in
>> the future I’m sure, but police and prosecutors are worried about Lich
>> taking a photo with someone more than 400 kilometres away from
>> Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Just this week, Toronto Police were looking for a man in an assault
>> investigation saying the man was wanted on six counts of assault, two
>> counts of assault with a weapon, six counts of choking and six counts
>> of breach of probation among other charges. In another incident, two
>> men were charged in a robbery with robbery with a weapon, disguise
>> with intent, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and fail to
>> comply recognizance, which is police code for out on bail.
>>
>> Those are just two cases police revealed on Monday.
>>
>> One of the worst cases I’ve covered involved two men, both with bail
>> and court conditions upon them, accused of shooting up a child’s
>> birthday party last summer. Three children were injured from bullets
>> flying in that incident.
>>
>> Yet Tamara Lich is the real threat to society, not hardened, repeat
>> offenders who shoot up streets, commit robberies or repeatedly assault
>> people over several months. Our justice system is not supposed to be
>> political, but whether we’re talking about the Lich case or the recent
>> revelations that Justin Trudeau’s government interfered in the
>> investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting, it’s clear we have a
>> government intent on making justice political.
>>
>> Seems Lady Justice is peeking out from under her blind to see who is
>> before her before deciding whether to enforce bail conditions.
>>
>> blilley@postmedia.com
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> 'It's intimidation': Judge faces threats after Freedom Convoy hearings
>> 'You feel vulnerable in your house, in your own home,' judge tells
>> Radio-Canada
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2022 4:00 AM ET
>>
>>
>> Protesters gather on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2022, during the
>> 'Freedom Convoy' and three-week occupation of downtown Ottawa. (Adrian
>> Wyld/Canadian Press)
>>
>> One of the judges who presided over the court hearings of Freedom
>> Convoy organizers is speaking out after receiving threats considered
>> serious enough to require police intervention, according to
>> information obtained by Radio-Canada and CBC.
>>
>> The judge in question confirmed that supporters of the convoy from
>> Canada and the United States sent several offensive messages, but the
>> message that prompted police to react threatened their physical
>> safety, the judge said.
>>
>> It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious.
>>
>> - Judge who is not being identified due to safety concerns
>>
>> CBC has agreed to withhold the judge's identity to protect their safety.
>>
>> "I thought, should I tell my children not to come home for a while?"
>> the judge said.
>>
>> "I changed my alarm system. I was advised not to take the same route
>> every day," the judge added. "You feel vulnerable in your house, in
>> your own home."
>>
>> Police enforce an injunction against protesters on Parliament Hill on
>> Feb. 19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> The judge believes most Canadians respect the justice system, but said
>> a vocal minority is seeking to undermine it.
>>
>> "It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious," the judge said.
>>
>> Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner expressed similar
>> concerns in a recent speech in Montreal.
>>
>> Tamara Lich isn't going back to jail and is now allowed to visit
>> Ottawa
>>
>> In jail for more than 100 days, Pat King 'beat down,' says supporter
>>
>> "The pandemic has forced many people to live online during lockdowns.
>> And it is at times like these that lies and conspiracies spread like
>> wildfire," Wagner said in French on June 9.
>>
>> "As we have seen around the world, disinformation poses a real threat
>> to democratic institutions."
>>
>> The demonstrations that took place in Ottawa this winter stemmed in
>> part from this disinformation, Wagner said. He encouraged people to
>> "inform, instruct and educate" their fellow citizens.
>>
>> Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Richard Wagner, pictured
>> here at a news conference in 2021, warned in a recent speech that
>> 'disinformation poses a real threat to democratic institutions.'
>> (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
>> Ministry silent on further threats
>>
>> Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General would not say if any other
>> judges have received threats from Freedom Convoy supporters.
>>
>> "It would be inappropriate for the ministry to comment on a potential
>> or ongoing police investigation," wrote ministry spokesperson Brian
>> Gray in an email to Radio-Canada.
>>
>> MPs describe threats, safety fears as they're issued panic buttons
>>
>> Ottawa police say they're ready to shut down Canada Day occupation
>> attempts
>>
>> CPC MPs meet with Freedom Convoy organizers
>>
>> He wrote that the ministry "takes court security and the safety of all
>> those in our courthouses ... very seriously," and that local police or
>> Ontario Provincial Police provide security "to ensure the highest
>> level of protection."
>>
>> The Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
>> both declined to comment, saying it would be inappropriate to do so.
>>
>> CBC News reached out to a number of key figures of the weeks-long
>> demonstration in Ottawa, but requests for comment were either declined
>> or went unanswered.
>>
>> No charges have been laid in this matter. It's not known whether the
>> investigation is ongoing at this time, and police would not comment.
>>
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Brigitte Bureau
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau is an award-winning investigative reporter with
>> Radio-Canada.
>>
>> With files from Joseph Tunney
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 15:54:33 -0300
>> Subject: YO Lawrence Greenspon I just called again and your assistant
>> told me that you were not working for Madame Lich for free Correct?
>> To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, "david.fraser"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com, sheilagunnreid@gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>> Lawrence Greenspon won't say if he is being paid to represent Lich
>> 'Everybody has a right to be represented under the law,' Lawrence
>> Greenspon
>> says
>>
>> David Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Apr 12, 2022 5:20 PM ET
>>
>>
>> Tamara Lich appears at her bail hearing in Ottawa March 7, 2022, as
>> Justice John Johnston looks on. (Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian
>> Press)
>>
>> The lawyer representing convoy leader Tamara Lich says his latest
>> high-profile client deserves to be well-represented, but Lawrence
>> Greenspon won't disclose whether he is being paid or took the case for
>> free.
>>
>> Lich, who was behind fundraising efforts that raised more than $10
>> million to support the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, is charged
>> jointly with Chris Barber with mischief, counselling mischief,
>> obstructing police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling
>> intimidation, and intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more
>> highways.
>>
>> She joins a handful of high-profile Greenspon clients. He has
>> previously represented Mohammad Momin Khawaja, the first Canadian
>> charged under Canada's Anti-terrorism Act, as well as former senator
>> Mike Duffy.
>>
>> "Some of the people that have contacted me are well aware of the fact
>> that in the past I've represented alleged terrorists and murderers and
>> people charged with sexual assault. That, I guess, in their minds is
>> OK," Greenspon said.
>>
>> 'The reaction from strangers has been — I'm disappointed because you
>> were this, that and the other in our community and I don't put that
>> together with you representing Tamara Lich,' says Lawrence Greenspon.
>> (Alistair Steele/CBC)
>>
>> "But representing Tamara Lich who has no criminal record, is not
>> charged with any violent offence, there's no weapons involved, there's
>> no sexual assault — they seem to have a problem with that."
>>
>> He said he swore an oath to zealously defend a person whose liberty is at
>> stake.
>>
>> "I don't have any difficulty at all in representing Tamara Lich. It
>> doesn't mean that I agree with anything she did or didn't do. But it
>> does mean that she's entitled to representation when her liberty's at
>> stake," he said.
>>
>> Lich was arrested Feb. 17, denied bail, but then released on March 7
>> on the condition she leave Ottawa within 24 hours, refrain from using
>> social media and have no contact with certain co-organizers.
>>
>> Everybody has a right to be represented under the law.
>>
>> — Lawrence Greenspon
>>
>> Diane Magas had been representing Barber and Lich, but is now just
>> representing Barber.
>>
>> Greenspon is expected to challenge the conditions of Lich's bail,
>> particularly as it applies to her use of social media.
>>
>> "The reaction from friends has been, 'I'm not surprised, she's going
>> to be well represented.' The reaction from strangers has been, 'I'm
>> disappointed because you were this, that and the other in our
>> community and I don't put that together with you representing Tamara
>> Lich,'" he said.
>>
>> "It's those individuals that really need to understand what the role
>> of defence counsel is and how important it is that everybody has a
>> right to be represented under the law."
>> Worked in oil and gas
>>
>> Lich worked in the oil and gas sector in Alberta from 2017 until she
>> was laid off in March 2020 "due to closures related to COVID-19,"
>> according to a sworn affidavit made by her March 2.
>>
>> She and her husband moved to Harrison Park, Man., for work after he
>> was laid off, but by November 2021 they were back in Alberta and
>> working again.
>>
>> She used five weeks of vacation time to come to Ottawa, where she was
>> considered a key figure in the protests against COVID-19 health
>> measures, according to the affidavit.
>>
>> In her affidavit, she said she would return to work following her
>> release on bail.
>> Raised millions for convoy
>>
>> In a separate affidavit filed in court related to a proposed class
>> action suit against her and others, Lich said she was involved in the
>> creation of the crowdfunding campaign for the Freedom Convoy on the
>> GoFundMe platform.
>>
>> Lich delivers a statement during a news conference in Ottawa,
>> Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
>>
>> She said she used a personal TD bank account, which had no balance, as
>> the designated account to hold donated funds.
>>
>> An email address was set up to accept donations, which also went into
>> a personal account belonging to her. At the time, she was the only
>> person with access to the donations.
>>
>> When GoFundMe released $1 million of donated funds on Feb. 2, it did
>> so into Lich's personal account she designated for the protest.
>>
>> Two days after sending her $1 million, GoFundMe said it closed the
>> campaign, citing violations of its rules on violence and harassment,
>> with all remaining donations being returned directly to individual
>> donors.
>>
>> Lich said that the same day she received the GoFundMe money, a "hold"
>> was placed on her account associated with the Freedom Convoy. She said
>> the bank didn't prevent money from being deposited into the account,
>> but funds could not be withdrawn.
>>
>> While she had access to the money provided by GoFundMe, Lich said she
>> completed approximately $26,000 in transactions.
>>
>> She spent $13,000 on bulk fuel purchases and another $13,000 was
>> "withdrawn in cash and utilized for various purposes," she said in her
>> affidavit.
>>
>> With files from Ashley Burke
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
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