So, now they want to throw Tamara Lich back in jail for attending a gala award ceremony that hasn’t even been held..After all those years in law school, is that the best a highfalutin Crown lawyer could conjure up with to justify a petty attempt to snatch away her freedom again?.No, no. There’s super hard evidence — a poster advertising the upcoming June 16 event — that was included in the Crown’s application to lock up Lich again..The poster was entered as an exhibit at a bail review held Thursday to challenge conditions that don’t allow Lich to access her social media accounts..Lich agreed to accept a freedom award from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), which thankfully defends freedoms of Canadians under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. .These rights and freedom seem to be slipping away more each day. .That applies to Canadians like Lich who have been targeted in a disturbing and inexcusably relentless way.."Ms. Lich has suffered for the cause of freedom by spending 18 days unjustly jailed, and exemplifies courage, determination and perseverance,” wrote the JCCF on its website..The ceremony to honour Lich is planned to be held in Toronto. One of her bail conditions bans her from entering Ontario..But according to the Crown, Lich will be at the gala, right there in person, having the audacity to talk to people and maybe even eat dinner — in violation of bail conditions set when she was released from jail after being locked up for supporting Freedom Convoy 22..Wow. They must have found evidence of Lich having booked a flight to Toronto, or at the least a hotel room..Well, not exactly — but there’s a poster!.Assistant Crown Attorney Moiz Karimjee pointed to the price of tickets for the event, $200 to $500 for VIP access, and stated that the price discrepancy is “the only reasonable inference that Ms. Lich has agreed to attend this event...”.Another attraction would be keynote speaker Rex Murphy. Many people would pay a few hundred bucks to hear that icon speak at an event highlighting the attack on Canadian fundamental freedoms..Lich’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspan, noted the poster didn’t even indicate Lich would be at the event. .The Crown also seemed to have conveniently overlooked the fact a lawyer representing Lich said she would attend the event via Zoom if the restrictive bail conditions aren’t modified. .The Western Standard reported that on May 3. Surely, Lich and/or her lawyers told Karimjee about the Zoom plan B. Well, why let important details get in the way of the Crown’s court quest?.Lich was arrested during the Freedom Convoy protests held in Ottawa for almost a month in February. She and fellow protester Chris Barber were charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief, obstructing police, and intimidation. .She was denied bail by Ontario Court Justice Julie Bourgeois, a staunch Liberal. .But Superior Court Justice John Johnston overturned Bourgeois’ decision and released Lich from jail on March 7 with conditions including an order to not support anything related to the Freedom Convoy and a ban from social media..Karimjee argued Thursday that Lich violated a bail condition by simply agreeing to accept the award..In a video conference, Lich, who's in Alberta, told the court she received a March 28 email notifying her of the award for her leadership role, replied that she would be honoured to accept, and that she believed it wasn’t a breach of any bail conditions.."I don't feel like that's what the recognition is for. I feel that the recognition is for inspiring Canadians to hold the government to account to the rule of law and to uphold their Charter rights,” she testified. “There’s no convoy anymore.”.Doesn’t matter. Karimjee argued Lich should return to jail to wait for her trail..Things got a tad testy between Karimjee and Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips..Phillips criticized Karimjee’s “demeanor” through several exchanges with defence council..“I’m doing my job,” said Karimjee, who alleged he was being interrupted when posing questions and trying to introduce evidence..Karimjee suggested a “mistrial application” be filed and that the justice recuse himself..“That request is denied,” said Phillips..The Crown — doing whoever’s bidding — is trying to justify locking Lich up again as the pursuit of justice..Clear-thinking Canadians might view it as a petty and vindictive means of using Lich as an example to anyone else who might get a notion to fight for rights and freedoms when the Liberal government gets stupid again..And it will. .The more they go after Lich, the more it looks like she’s being unfairly targeted, the more rational Canadians will support and rally behind her..No matter how much the ‘justice’ system tries to discredit her, it can’t erase the integrity she has unfailingly demonstrated, the dignity she has, the admiration she earned, or all that this amazing woman did for Canadians..That must drive her opponents nuts. .And why wasn’t Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino in an adjacent courtroom explaining why he lied 11 times about the government “acting on the advice of law enforcement” when it invoked the Emergencies Act to deal with convoy protesters?.The RCMP punched holes in his big lies. And no other police agencies stepped up to support his claims..Silence on that..But they won’t let up on Lich..Back off already, you shameless clowns..Leave Lich alone..She earned her award. She should attend that gala.
