Dispersing the Fog – Episode 5 – Federal Election , Adolescence, Media Landscape with Andrew Douglas
Mar 23, 2025
This week, Paul Palango and Adam Rodgers discuss the Federal election, which was called the day this podcast was recorded, and what to expect over the next few weeks of campaigning.
The hit Netflix show, Adolescence, has been drawing interest for its portrayal of what might cause a young boy to commit serious violent offences. That same theme has been covered by the Fifth Estate in a story in Canada about online luring and the harms that result. We discuss the RCMP's capacity and willingness to confront these new types of crimes in Canada.
We then welcome Frank Magazine's Andrew Douglas to fill us in on some stories that he has been covering (and often breaking), including the recent drug-related murder in Sydney, NS. Andrew also brings his perspective on the state of local media in Nova Scotia, how Frank Magazine NS has been able to thrive, and why the public is underserved by the current model.
About : Dan Donovan
Bio: Dan Donovan is the founding Publisher of Ottawa Life Magazine, the capital’s largest and longest-running (est. 1996) general interest and lifestyles magazine. His work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Masthead Magazine and The Hill Times. He is a former Vice President of Government and Public Affairs at Magna International. He served as Chief of Staff to the former federal Minister of Youth and Labour and as Director of Publications and Communications at the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He is a former Director of Environment Policy at The International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, France. Dan holds degrees from both the University of Ottawa and the Université de Strasbourg (Institut d’Etudes Politique et Economie). He is a past member of the Executive Committee and the Board of the Conference of Defence Associations Institute, former member of the Board of the National Cycling Centre, and a former governor of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. His first book, True Grits, New Grits was published by Hemlock press in 1993.
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- Who’s In, Who’s Out—Can Carney’s Cabinet Team Reverse Canada’s Decline?
Who’s In, Who’s Out—Can Carney’s Cabinet Team Reverse Canada’s Decline?
Yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his 38-member cabinet, signalling a major shift in Canada’s leadership. His selections come at a critical juncture, as the country struggles with the economic and political consequences of the past decade under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Years of high taxation, excessive spending, ballooning deficits, and declining productivity have weakened Canada’s global competitiveness and discouraged investment.
Carney’s ability to reverse this economic decline will likely depend on whether he adopts the pragmatic, disciplined fiscal strategy of the Chrétien-Martin government in the mid-1990s, which successfully eliminated Canada’s debt and revitalized growth. If, instead, he follows the ideological framework outlined in his book Values, Canada risks deeper economic stagnation.
Prior to the election, Carney cancelled the consumer carbon tax, aiming to relieve financial pressure on households and businesses. Since then, he has emphasized fiscal discipline and a pro-growth agenda, championing the need to build, baby, build. However, concerns remain over his contradictory stance on energy policy—while he advocates for making Canada an energy superpower, he has also indicated he will not repeal Bill C-69, a law imposing strict and at times suffocating environmental regulations on resource development. This contradiction raises doubts about his government’s ability to fully unlock Canada’s energy potential while maintaining restrictive policies.
With Parliament set to resume on May 26, Carney’s cabinet must quickly begin addressing Canada’s most pressing economic and political challenges. Whether his blend of experienced leaders and fresh faces will be enough to steer the country toward recovery remains to be seen.
Who’s In and Who’s Out?
ABOVE: Canada’s 24th Prime Minister, Mark Carney, with members of his Cabinet at Rideau Hall on May 13, 2025. (Photo: Jean-Marc Carisse)
Carney retained several key figures from former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, including Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, Chrystia Freeland, and François-Philippe Champagne. However, he also introduced a wave of new ministers, aiming to balance experience with fresh perspectives. Among the new cabinet members are:
• Tim Hodgson – Natural Resources Minister (former Goldman Sachs Canada CEO)
• Evan Solomon – Minister of Artificial Intelligence (former journalist)
• Julie Dabrusin – Environment and Climate Change Minister (previously a parliamentary secretary)
• Maninder Sidhu – International Trade Minister
Several former cabinet members were dropped, including:
• Jonathan Wilkinson – Former Natural Resources Minister
• Bill Blair – Former Defense Minister
• Marc Miller – Former Immigration Minister
• Karina Gould – Former Minister (ran in the Liberal leadership race)
• Nathaniel Erskine Smith (former Housing Minister)
The Most Influential Cabinet Ministers
If Carney is to turn Canada around, he will be counting on several key ministers who hold particularly critical roles:
François-Philippe Champagne (Finance Minister) – Tasked with managing Canada’s economy amid U.S. tariffs and implementing Carney’s fiscal framework, keeping Champagne on as finance minister is an odd choice as the lead person to manage Canada’s economic challenges. His tenure as innovation minister was marked by costly corporate subsidies and his decision to allocate billions in taxpayer funds to EV projects—such as Honda’s now-delayed factory—has raised concerns about his judgment in handling large-scale economic initiatives. As a Trudeau-era proponent of outlandish tax and spend policies, he is now being named as a key person to lead the bold fiscal reforms needed to address Canada’s growing deficit and sluggish productivity. Whether Champagne can pivot toward a more disciplined financial strategy remains to be seen.
Dominic LeBlanc (Canada-U.S. Trade Minister) – A seasoned political strategist with deep experience in trade and diplomacy, LeBlanc is perfectly suited to handle Canada’s complex relationship with the U.S. Tasked with removing tariffs and renegotiating CUSMA, he brings decades of experience as a former Chrétien aide and a long-serving MP and cabinet minister. He is widely regarded as one of the most capable figures in Carney’s government, and LeBlanc has a record of getting things done.
Anita Anand (Foreign Affairs Minister) – A surprising and unremarkable choice for Canada’s top diplomatic post. Her tenure in the Trudeau government was competent but uninspiring, raising doubts about whether she can command global influence at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. She’ll need to prove she can lead on the world stage.
Tim Hodgson (Natural Resources Minister) – Hodgson brings extensive private sector experience to cabinet and is widely known as a trusted confidant of Prime Minister Carney. His appointment signals that Carney is committed to revitalizing Canada’s energy sector, with an ambitious vision of positioning the country as an energy superpower. Hodgson’s leadership will be pivotal in restoring investor confidence and driving resource development. A major challenge ahead will be rebuilding trust with Alberta, where the previous Liberal government’s policies created deep divisions. How he navigates this federal-provincial relationship will be a key test of his ability to align national energy strategy with regional priorities.
Mélanie Joly (Industry Minister) – As a former Foreign Affairs Minister, Joly faced scrutiny but redeemed herself in recent years with her precise and measured handling of diplomatic challenges, including her firm responses toward the Trump administration. Now leading Industry, Joly’s deep ties to Quebec—representing Ahuntsic-Cartierville—make her an important Quebec voice in cabinet, ensuring the province remains central to Carney’s economic strategy.
Chrystia Freeland (Transport Minister) – Freeland’s appointment to the transport portfolio comes after a controversial tenure as finance minister, where critics argue that her policies contributed to massive debt accumulation and economic uncertainty. Now tasked with overseeing Canada’s infrastructure and trade networks, she faces the challenge of balancing transportation modernization with fiscal discipline—a balance she struggled to maintain in her previous role. Her leadership in internal trade and regulatory affairs will have a direct impact on Ottawa’s economy and national supply chains. While her deep knowledge of global trade may inform policy, concerns remain about whether her approach to spending will align with Carney’s vision of fiscal responsibility. If she can steer transport policy without repeating past financial missteps, she may yet prove effective in shaping Canada’s transportation future.
Ottawa-Gatineau’s Presence in Cabinet
Two strong ministers from the Ottawa-Gatineau region will ensure local representation in national decision-making, bringing strong experience and influence to Carney’s government.
ABOVE: Longtime Ottawa South MP David McGuinty takes on the role of Defense Minister in the newly formed Carney cabinet. (Photo: Jean-Marc Carisse)
David McGuinty (Defense Minister) – One of the most seasoned and capable figures in Carney’s government, McGuinty brings deep expertise in security and intelligence to his new role. A long-time Ottawa South MP with a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics, he has been a stealth force in Parliament for over a decade. His leadership as chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) solidified his reputation as a thoughtful and strategic policymaker.
McGuinty’s political acumen—shaped through years as a key informal advisor to his brother, former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty—suggests he will be a decisive and results-driven leader at the Department of National Defense. The CDS and senior generals should prepare for a period of major reform led by McGuinty, who is expected to push hard for modernization and ensure Canada’s defense strategy is aligned with evolving global threats. His appointment signals that Carney wants competence over ideology, making defense policy a priority in his government’s agenda.
Steven MacKinnon (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons) – Gatineau MP Steven MacKinnon has been appointed as leader of the government in the House of Commons, a role that places him at the centre of Carney’s legislative agenda. MacKinnon is a seasoned political operator and previously served as minister of jobs and families, and has extensive experience in parliamentary affairs. His new position will require him to navigate a minority government, working across party lines to advance Carney’s policy priorities while ensuring stability in the House. Given his deep ties to the Liberal establishment, MacKinnon’s ability to manage negotiations and maintain party discipline will be crucial in determining the success of Carney’s legislative efforts.
The Key to Carney’s Success will be a Pragmatic Approach
As Carney’s government takes shape, the competence of his cabinet is undeniable. Many of his ministers bring strong experience, political instincts, and specialized expertise, setting the stage for decisive leadership. However, the true test will be whether Carney allows his ministers to exercise independence rather than being micromanaged by the Prime Minister’s Office and/or backroom politicos. A pragmatic, results-driven approach, similar to Jean Chrétien’s disciplined leadership, will be essential if Carney aims to steer Canada toward economic renewal rather than further into economic decline.
With Parliament set to resume on May 26, the coming months will reveal whether Carney can translate ambition into action —or if political constraints will slow his government’s momentum.
All Photos: Jean-Marc Carisse
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'Trying to get their life back': Portapique in recovery
The appearance of normalcy in Portapique region should not be confused
with the absence of lingering trauma, according to Colchester North
MLA Tom Taggart. He was born and raised in Portapique and served as
municipal councillor at the time of the mass shooting.
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FRANK MAGAZINE JULY 20, 2022
THE LOCKYER FACTOR
by Paul Palango
If you haven’t already noticed, something truly strange happened on
the road to finding the truth about what actually happened before,
during and after the Nova Scotia massacres of April 18 and 19, 2020.
Lisa Banfield and her $1,200-an-hour lawyer, James Lockyer, appear to
have been controlling the show from the very beginning. The Lockyer
factor as a not-so-hidden influencer on the news is important to
address.
On April 19, 2020, just hours after Lisa Banfield arrived at the door
of Leon Joudrey, she contacted lawyer Kevin von Bargen in Toronto to
seek advice and help. The lawyer, a friend of Wortman and Banfield,
put her onto James Lockyer.
From that moment forward, her every word has been treated as gospel.
By the RCMP, by the Mass Casualty Commission, and by the compliant
media. Even those who believe her to have been a victim of domestic
violence at the hands of Gabriel Wortman (and she clearly was), but
also believe she might know more than she’s letting on — and that what
she knows might be important to the inquiry’s purported fact-finding
mission — have been dismissed as cranks and conspiracists.
According to financial documents released by the inquiry after Lisa
Banfield’s dramatic “testimony” on July 15, Banfield reported earnings
of $15,288 one recent year.
That would cover a day, plus HST, of Lockyer’s valuable time.
He has been on the clock for 27 months or so, his fees covered by
taxpayers through the Mass Casualty Commission.
Banfield’s finances, such as they are, would have been a juicy subject
for any curious lawyer, but she wasn’t allowed to be cross examined.
Too traumatic, remember.
Questions abound.
Why did Banfield hire an esteemed criminal lawyer? Did no one let her
in on her status as a victim?
Lockyer seems like an exotic choice. He made his name from the early
‘90s onward representing men wrongly convicted of murder, such as
Stephen Truscott, David Milgaard, Robert Baltovich and Guy Paul Morin.
Morin was falsely accused of killing 9-year-old Christine Jessop in
Queensville, Ontario, near Toronto.
I was the city editor at the Globe and Mail then. I was intimately
involved in the story which was being covered by one of our reporters,
Kirk Makin. I even at one point had a meeting with Makin and Morin’s
mother, who protested his innocence. At the time I was wrongly unmoved
and skeptical of her story, but Makin persisted in digging into it and
worked closely with Lockyer. Morin was eventually exonerated. Kudos to
all. I hope I got smarter after that.
Lockyer, who lived a block away from me in Toronto, went on to become
a champion of the wrongly convicted and started the Innocence Project
to work on their behalf. Among his many clients was Rubin (Hurricane)
Carter, the former boxer who was wrongly convicted of three murders in
Paterson, NJ and was the inspiration for the 1976 Bob Dylan epic
Hurricane.
In recent years, Lockyer and his Innocence Project became involved in
the case of Nova Scotia’s Glenn Assoun, who was wrongly convicted in
1999 of murdering Brenda Way in Dartmouth four years earlier.
Lockyer worked along with lawyers Sean MacDonald and Phil Campbell to
have Assoun’s conviction overturned after he had spent 17 years in
prison. In the final years of that campaign an activist reporter named
Tim Bousquet took on the Assoun case and wrote about it extensively
for years, channeling and publicizing what the lawyers and their
investigators had uncovered. To his credit Bousquet uncovered some
things on his own.
Perhaps the biggest revelation in the Assoun case was that the RCMP
had destroyed evidence and had mislead the courts about Assoun.
Bousquet joined with the CBC in 2020 and produced a radio series, Dead
Wrong, about the case. As Canadians should know well by now, both the
federal and Nova Scotia governments ignored what the Mounties were
caught doing.
Fast forward to the Nova Scotia massacres and the news coverage of it.
As I wrote in my recent book, 22 Murders: Investigating the Massacres,
Cover-up and Obstacles to Justice In Nova Scotia, I had a brief fling
with Bousquet and his on-line newspaper, The Halifax Examiner, in
2020.
After publishing an opening salvo in Maclean’s magazine in May 2020, I
couldn’t find anyone else interested in my reporting, which challenged
the official narrative. Maclean’s writer Stephen Maher introduced me
to Bousquet. I knew nothing about either him or the Halifax Examiner.
Over the next several weeks, Bousquet published five of my pieces and
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the Examiner punched well
above its weight. Its stories were being picked up and read across the
country. Although I had never met the gruff and the usually
difficult-to-reach Bousquet, I thought we had a mutual interest in
keeping the story alive as the mainstream media was losing interest in
it and were moving on. At first blush, Bousquet seemed like a true,
objective journalist determined to find the truth. Hell, I was even
prepared to work for nothing, just to get the story out.
“I have to pay you, man,” he insisted in one phone call.
I felt badly taking money from him. I had no idea what his company’s
financial situation might be, and I didn’t want to break the bank. He
said he could pay me $300 or so per story and asked me to submit an
invoice, which I did.
Soon afterward, a cheque for $1500 arrived. I cashed it and then my
wife Sharon and I sent him $500 each in after tax money as a donation.
Like I said, I didn’t want to be a drag on the Examiner.
Once we made the donations, Bousquet all but ghosted me. He was always
too busy to take my calls or field my pitches. I couldn’t tell if I
was being cancelled or had been conned.
I began to replay events in my head and the one thing that leapt out
to me was Bousquet’s defensive and even dismissive reaction to two
threads I thought were important and newsworthy which I wanted to
write about.
One was the politically sensitive issue of writing objectively about
all the women in the story. There were female victims who had slept
with Wortman, which I though was contextually important in
understanding the larger story. Bousquet had made it clear that he
wasn’t eager for me to write about that. (Be trauma informed!-ed.)
There was also the fact that female police officers were at the
intersection of almost every major event that terrible weekend. The
commanding officer was Leona (Lee) Bergerman. Chief Superintendent
Janis Gray was in charge of the RCMP in Halifax County. Inspector
Dustine Rodier ran the communications centre. It was a long list that
will continue to grow.
I believe in equal pay for work of equal value but that comes with
equal accountability for all. I am gender neutral when evaluating
performance.
But it didn’t take psychic powers to detect that gender politics was a
big issue with Bousquet – his target market, as it were.
I really wanted to write about Banfield. My preliminary research
strongly suggested to me her story was riddled with weakness and
inconsistency, but nobody in the mainstream media would tackle it.
Hell, for months her name wasn’t even published anywhere outside the
pages of Frank magazine.
Bousquet’s position was that Banfield was a victim of domestic
violence and that her story, via vague, second-hand and untested RCMP
statements, was to be believed. No questions asked.
“You’re going to need something really big to convince me otherwise,”
Bousquet said in one of our brief conversations.
Afterward, I did have one face-to-face meeting with him in Halifax. He
actually sat in the back seat of our car because Sharon was in the
front. We met up because I wanted to tell him about sensitive leads I
had which, if pursued, would show that the RCMP had the ability to
manipulate its records and destroy evidence in its PROs reporting
system.
Considering his involvement in the Assoun case, where that very issue
was at the heart of Assoun’s exoneration, I thought Bousquet would be
eager to pursue the story.
As I looked at him in the rearview mirror, I could sense his
discomfort and lack of interest. So could Sharon who was sitting
beside me.
“That was weird,” she said.
Bousquet got out of the car, walked away and disappeared me for good.
It was all so inexplicable. If this was the new journalism that I was
experiencing, there was something terribly wrong with it. I couldn’t
believe that a journalist like Bousquet who aspired to be a
truthteller felt compelled to distill every word or nuance through a
political filter first or even something more nefarious.
Later, while writing for Frank Magazine, I broke story after story
about the case. Incontrovertible documents showing that the RCMP was
destroying evidence in the Wortman case. The Pictou County Public
Safety channel recordings showing for the first time what the RCMP was
doing on the ground during the early morning hours of April 19. The
911 tapes. The Enfield Big Stop videos. That Lisa Banfield lied in
small claims court on two different occasions.
Bousquet either ignored or ridiculed most of those stories in the
Halifax Examiner or on his Twitter feed, as if I were making the
stories up.
For the most part throughout 2021, the Halifax Examiner didn’t even
bother covering the larger story. There was no discernible legwork or
energy being expended on it. And regarding the stories he did publish,
I began to see a pattern. Naïve readers might have thought that he was
digging for new stories when in fact the Examiner was merely mining
court documents and uncritically reporting what resided therein. It
was all stenography, straight from the mouths of the RCMP and the MCC.
Time and time again, “new” stories would be published which were
essentially no different from previous ones but all with the same
theme: as Ray Davies of the Kinks put it in his masterpiece Sunny
Afternoon: “Tales of drunkenness and cruelty.”
The Monster and the Maiden stories, as I called them, reinforced in
readers' minds that Banfield was a helpless victim controlled by a
demonic Wortman, a narrative that, upon reflection, seemed to
perfectly suit Lockyer’s strategy.
For 27 months the RCMP and the Mass Casualty Commission played along,
sheltering Banfield as part of their “trauma-informed” mandate, even
though there was plenty to be skeptical about her story.
Banfield was beside Wortman for 19 years during which he committed
crime after crime. She was reportedly the last person to be with
Wortman and her incredible, hoary tale of escape should have been
enough to raise suspicions about her.
From the moment she knocked on Leon Joudrey’s door she has been
treated as a victim, which to this day astounds law enforcement
experts and others who have monitored the case. Many observers,
including but not limited to lawyers representing the families of the
victims, have serious questions about how Banfield spent the overnight
hours of April 18/19. Not helping matters is that she doesn’t appear
to have been subjected to any level of normal criminal investigation
or evidence gathering. Her clothing wasn’t tested. There were no
gunshot residue tests. She wasn’t subjected to a polygraph or any
other credible investigative procedure.
Enter James Lockyer of the Innocence Project.
The puppetification of Tim Bousquet
As we moved closer to July 15, the day that Banfield would be
“testifying” at the MCC, it is also important to consider what
Bousquet and his minions were doing at the Halifax Examiner.
In the weeks and days leading up to Banfield’s appearance, the
Examiner’s reporting and Bousquet’s Twitter commentary began to take
on an illogical, more contemptuous and even hostile approach to anyone
who refused to buy into the RCMP and Banfield’s official version of
events.
In a series of hilariously one-sided diatribes, Bousquet lashed out at
Banfield’s critics whom he wouldn’t name. Some (likely us) were
“bad-faith actors.” He decried the “witchification” of Banfield.
He tweeted: “And just to repeat for the 1000th time: I’ve read
transcripts of interviews with dozens of people. I’ve read three
years’ of emails between Banfield and GW. I’ve read her Notes app.
There is ZERO evidence that she had any prior knowledge (of) GW’s
intent to kill people…. The notion that she is ‘complicit’ is pulled
out of people’s diarrhetic asses and plain old-fashioned misogyny.”
Oh, misogyny, that old woke slimeball to be hurled at any male who
dare be critical of any female.
One can’t help but sense the deft hand of a clever and experienced
defence lawyer running up the back of Bousquet’s shirt. That makes
sense.
Look at what has transpired on Lockyer’s watch.
Since April 2020, the RCMP and the federal and provincial governments
have wrapped themselves in a single, vague and inappropriate platitude
– trauma informed.
The original selling point was that this approach would prevent the
surviving family members from being further traumatized by the ongoing
“investigation” into the massacres.
What actually happened is much more sinister.
Lisa Banfield was coddled and protected the entire time not only by
the authorities but also by Lockyer’s friends in the mass media. The
wily old fox had the opportunity to mainline his thoughts into the
Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the CBC, CTV and Global News who
unquestioningly lapped it up.
At the MCC, Banfield wasn’t allowed to be cross examined because, as
Mr. Lockyer so eloquently explained, cross examination would just lead
to more conspiracy theories.
That’s rich.
The search for the truth will only confuse matters -- it’s better for
everyone that Banfield spin a much-rehearsed tale without challenge.
That’s clearly a $1,200-an-hour lawyer speaking.
The whole world has gone topsy-turvy. The Mass Casualty Commission,
the federal and provincial governments, the RCMP and Lisa Banfield are
now aligned on one side of the argument.
Meanwhile, the re-traumatized families find themselves agreeing with
this magazine and other skeptics and critics.
The final irony is that the Halifax Examiner bills itself as being
“independent” and “adversarial.” It seems to be neither these days.
In the end, Tim Bousquet’s approach to covering the Nova Scotia
Massacres is, to use his words: “Dead Wrong.”
Paul Palango is author of the best selling book 22 Murders:
Investigating the massacres, cover-up and obstacles to justice in Nova
Scotia (Random House).
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> the Nova Scotia Mass Shooting - July 17, 2022
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> nikki lewisShe would have to prove zero negligence to the act
> Anne Marie EvansNighttime, hope you got my voice memo
> nikki lewisBut it’s possible she could claim all
> nikki lewisLol yeah nosy ![☺]()
> BrendanAgreed. Banfield should have been questioned many times as
> should family members of theirs.
> Jmnl1199Did anyone notice Friday , Lisa’s sister the blonde one.
> Would nudge Lisa off and on with some questions
> nikki lewisEvery Damn witness should have given testimony in this sham
> Nosy ScotianWe'll have to compare horror stories sometime Nikki ![😁]()
> Milkshaker69I don’t mean to judge.. but Lisa looks a lot more
> “weathered” than his sisters
> Julia RockJmnl1199 yes.
> Ash Lunnif LB signed any contract like a prenup like she says she did
> then wouldn't that still be ineffect?
> Ash Lunnthen again Wartman supposedly wrote a new will end of march
> 2020, unless that will is faked?
> Bushbaby _627Lisa’s video and some of her answers were word for word
> Christine WFor a person that hasn’t been able to sleep in over two
> years she looked well groomed ? Who’s her team?
> BrendanDid Wort have a will? Would his property be subject to seizure
> by the government?
> Jmnl1199Milkshaker69 yes I noticed she did, booze life she loved with
> him, then her stress after all this for 2 years I would say she is
> wearing it
> Ash Lunnwartman wills, one in oct 2007 and a new one done march 29th
> 2020 just before rampage
> Caper
> Evening folks
> Ryan
> there are 3 Wortman wills plus a prenup
> Chris LeeYa looking a bit like the goalie for the high school dart team lol
> BrendanInteresting, I can't remember if that info was in Paul's book.
> Ryan
> i''ll do a thread in the FB group and twitter if you guys want
> Jmnl1199He signed everything over to her didn’t he? Then she said she
> wanted nothing, changed her mind now wants
> Nosy Scotianshe didn't have her botox done that's all
> Ash Lunn@Ryan I saw in Comms only two listed?
> Caper
> Excellent Ryan thank you
> Nighttime Podcastk, I'm getting voicememo's for @Ryan now!
> Nighttime Podcasthaha
> Ash Lunn@Ryan yes plz, I want to see that, you rock
> wild foxi love you peeps
> Retire Cape Bretonanother performance art piece from palango?
> Ryan
> @Nighttime Podcast better late than never lol
> Anne Marie EvansNighttime-I sent one for Adam but it's best suited
> for Paul, should I send a new one
> Ash LunnI see kiplings statements on MCC the links are not working yet?
> Nighttime Podcastno it's fine @Anne Marie Evans , I will use it np
> nikki lewisyes please do a thread on that @ryan
> Ryan
> @Nighttime Podcast lol what? i thought you meant i called in last minute lol
> Nighttime Podcastno, straight up vm about you
> SMACwas 2 Five Islands Last year camping it was the darkest place
> ever when there was no moon.can't imagine going through the woods on
> hands &knees & not having my knee caps cut several &my hands ripped
> Ryan
> @Nighttime Podcast oh jeez
> SMACthe dead wood alone is very sharp
> Julia RockAnd barefoot @sMAC
> SMACI call Bullsh!t
> Christine WI wished in the reenactment she crawled a bit though the
> woods …. she had a hard time walking
> Ash Lunnur getting famous @Ryan lol
> SMAC@Jmnl1199 I caught the nudges that maureen was giving Lisa...I
> thought that the sister were more upset then she was...she never shed
> a tear
> 2bskorDid the whole route on the way back from Parrsboro today. Even
> stopped at the fire station.
> Lynn MShe was whispering to Maureen as well
> NS44Lisa "Houdini" Banfield.
> Julia RockCopperfield.
> Ash LunnTeflon LuLumon
> Lynn MDB Cooper
> Jmnl1199@smac that’s what I felt as well, then my mind went somewhere
> else. Wonder if she was with him as well on her sister
> 2bskorNo way that was done on a whim. It had to be planned
> Char DayzFrom where I was sitting I didn’t see the nudges. It’s
> probably best I didn’t notice ![😡]()
> Ash Lunn@Char Dayz nudges and whispers answers to lisa from Maureen
> all the first half
> Jmnl1199@char days it was often
> Darrell Currie@2bskor you should have reached out. I would have given
> you the grand tour of where all the bullet holes are.
> Steve TracyWhen does the live stream start?
> Char DayzI guess I was too busy staring at Lisa, totally missed it.
> Lynn MWhatever happened to the caller that called a few times
> @nighttime ? He was an ex cop or something ?
> Patrick PenneyAdam Rodgers says he is one of top lawyers in Canada
> there was a game plan . and to boot no cross examination was free
> money for her lawyer
> Christine WDidn’t care for McDonald’s statements at the end … how
> great a support they are to her … ![🤔]()
![🤔]()
> 2bskor@darrell Currie I will next time I go away for the weekend in
> august. Thanks!
> nikki lewisMacdonald needs to crawl back under his rock
> JayPlant pussy willows![😜]()
> Rustyshelterin
> Mizz FoxxLisa used the charges to get out of really testifying and
> she used the presumption of testifying to get out of charges. She
> played the system. Professional victim
> Retire Cape Bretonpalangos performance art
> Robert BrackenI've seldom seen RCMP cruisers on highway 12.
> SMACI get that the silentparolwindow wasput inby GW but hewas very
> meticulous i the details I am sure that he made itfool proofI am sure
> that ther are some criminalsthat would like 2 know how she did that
> Julia RockMizz foxx absolutely.
> Sir Toast IIII drive highway everyday in morning and at night I see
> them all the time
>
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From: "Ahadjitse, Rolanda (MAG)"<Rolanda.Ahadjitse@ontario.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 18:53:16 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still
playing games as they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
Hello, I am out of office from July 19 - 27, 2023. For all SCJ
matters please contact my colleague Briany Silva Meireles at
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:53:06 -0300
Subject: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as
they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, ahelmer@postmedia.com, dan@ottawalife.com,
"david.fraser"<david.fraser@mcinnescooper.
premier@ontario.ca, stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com,
sheilagunnreid@gmail.com, eric@gghlawyers.ca,
"natasha.calvinho@gmail.com, Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca, \"Bill.Hogan\"
<Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>, \"Mark.Blakely\"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
\"Mike.Comeau\"<Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, Norman Traversy
<traversy.n@gmail.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.
<kingpatrick278@gmail.com>, \"freedomreport.ca\"
<freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, media <media@veterans4freedom.ca>, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, \"Katie.Telford\"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
rob.stewart@ps-sp.gc.ca, \"Nathalie.G.Drouin\"
<Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.
jeffery.hutchinson@pco-bcp.gc.
pat.morris@opp.ca, \"Brenda.Lucki\"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
jdp@tdslaw.com, joel@joelharden.ca, \"pierre.poilievre\"
<pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, shantona@papechaudhury.com,
leonj@bennettjones.com, edann@edlaw.ca, gpoliquin@ovcounsel.com,
pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.
george.furey@sen.parl.gc.ca, larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca,
Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca, nrodriguez@conwaylitigation.ca
mduckett@dsscrimlaw.com, srp@tdslaw.com, mtsurumi@legalanalysis.ca,
tcurry <tcurry@litigate.com>, kris.austin@gnb.ca, rokaku8@gmail.com,
patrickking <patrickking@canada-unity.com>
traversy.n@gmail.com, kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>,
nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, \"rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, cvangeyn@theccf.ca,
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<rick@petersoncapital.ca>
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<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, motomaniac333
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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.
About The Democracy Fund:
Founded in 2021, The Democracy Fund (TDF) is a Canadian charity
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.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:22:44 -0400
Subject: Frank Au can never deny that I gave Commissioner Paul Rouleau
the benefit of my doubt before his report goes public
To: Frank.Au@ontario.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>,
rob.stewart@ps-sp.gc.ca, "Nathalie.G.Drouin"
<Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.
jeffery.hutchinson@pco-bcp.gc.
pat.morris@opp.ca, "Brenda.Lucki"<Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
jdp@tdslaw.com, joel@joelharden.ca, premier <premier@ontario.ca>,
"pierre.poilievre"<pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>,
shantona@papechaudhury.com, leonj@bennettjones.com, edann@edlaw.ca,
gpoliquin@ovcounsel.com, pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.
Patrick.Brazeau@sen.parl.gc.ca
larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca, Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca,
nrodriguez@conwaylitigation.ca
srp@tdslaw.com, mtsurumi@legalanalysis.ca, tcurry
<tcurry@litigate.com>, kris.austin@gnb.ca, rokaku8@gmail.com,
patrickking <patrickking@canada-unity.com>
traversy.n@gmail.com, kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>,
nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, cvangeyn@theccf.ca,
christopher.rupar@justice.gc.
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, dominic.cardy@gnb.ca,
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From: "Au, Frank (MAG)"<Frank.Au@ontario.ca>
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"
>> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Hogan"<Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>,
>> "Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"
>> <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com>, Newsroom
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
>> livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
>> lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.
>>
>> https://gghlawyers.ca/who-we-
>>
>> "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 ----------
>> From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)"<Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:09:50 +0000
>> Subject: RE: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon
>> is incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>>
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
>> incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: george.soule@parl.gc.ca, lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
>> incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: george.soule@parl.gc.ca, lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
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>> premier <premier@ontario.ca>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Alistair.Steele@cbc.ca,
>> "catharine.tunney"<catharine.tunney@cbc.ca>, sheilagunnreid
>> <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "stefanos.karatopis"<stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>
>>
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>> george.soule@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
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>> 2 NDP candidates resign following 'unacceptable' online comments
>>
>> Candidates were running in Ontario, Nova Scotia ridings
>> Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 8:17 AM ET
>>
>>
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>> Disgust growing over vaccine protesters' Holocaust comparisons
>>
>>
>> Demonstrators seen wearing yellow stars, holding pictures of Anne Frank
>> Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 4:00 AM ET
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>
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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.
About The Democracy Fund:
Founded in 2021, The Democracy Fund (TDF) is a Canadian charity
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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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:22:44 -0400
Subject: Frank Au can never deny that I gave Commissioner Paul Rouleau
the benefit of my doubt before his report goes public
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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.
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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?
>> 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"
>> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Hogan"<Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>,
>> "Mark.Blakely"<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"
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>> lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.
>>
>> https://gghlawyers.ca/who-we-
>>
>> "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
>>
>>
>>
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>> <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "stefanos.karatopis"<stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>
>>
>> George Soule, Senior Press Secretary, 613-850-3448 or
>> george.soule@parl.gc.ca
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> 2 NDP candidates resign following 'unacceptable' online comments
>> Candidates were running in Ontario, Nova Scotia ridings
>>
>> Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 8:17 AM ET
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
>> incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: george.soule@parl.gc.ca, lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> "Katie.Telford"<Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
>> <Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca>, Viva Frei <david@vivafrei.com>,
>> "fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, "blaine.higgs"<blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
>> premier <premier@ontario.ca>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Alistair.Steele@cbc.ca,
>> "catharine.tunney"<catharine.tunney@cbc.ca>, sheilagunnreid
>> <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, "steve.murphy"<steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
>> "stefanos.karatopis"<stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>
>>
>> George Soule, Senior Press Secretary, 613-850-3448 or
>> george.soule@parl.gc.ca
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> 2 NDP candidates resign following 'unacceptable' online comments
>>
>> Candidates were running in Ontario, Nova Scotia ridings
>> Catharine Tunney · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 8:17 AM ET
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Disgust growing over vaccine protesters' Holocaust comparisons
>>
>>
>> Demonstrators seen wearing yellow stars, holding pictures of Anne Frank
>> Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2021 4:00 AM ET
>>
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