Lich says feds have spent $5 million to prosecute her for mischief

Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has spent more than $5 million so far in attempts to prosecute them.

Lich and Barber were arrested in February 2022 in Ottawa during a weeks-long protest against COVID-19 mandates on charges of mischief, obstruction and counseling others to do the same.

They were held in remand for 48 days until their trial began September 5, 2023. A verdict still has not been reached. Lich and Barber were expecting to hear their verdict on March 12, but they were recently informed it has been postponed indefinitely due to court congestion.

Lich in a social media post on February 17, the three-year anniversary of her arrest, said the federal government has spent a staggering $5 million taxpayer dollars — and counting — prosecuting the two now infamous Freedom Convoy organizers.

Lich and Barber collectively have spent $750,000 in legal fees since their arrest.

She included in her post the Trudeau Liberals’ witch-hunt has included 10 bail hearings and 45 days of trial that was stretched out for more than a year. It finally wrapped in September 2024.

A total of 16 court days were originally scheduled, but the Crown continued to draw out the proceedings with multiple delays that could have been avoided.

Lich and Barber each face 10 years in prison, the maximum sentence for mischief charges. The Crown is going for maximum punishment and has announced intention to pursue the Carter application, which is a “conspiracy” charge that would implicate Lich and Barber in each other’s utterances and actions.

Trudeau and his cabinet panicked when Canadians from all provinces and walks of life communed in Ottawa to push back against authoritative measures such as compelling citizens to accept the experimental mRNA vaccine to be allowed to travel, work or frequent public establishments.

Rather than meet with the protestors and acknowledge concerns, Trudeau and his lackeys vilified them, calling concerned Canadians a “small fringe minority” with “unacceptable views” who are “often misogynists and racists.”

When his disparaging remarks did little to deter incensed Canadians, the prime minister and his Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act to clear the protesters and trucks from the Ottawa downtown core using military police.

The invocation of the historic War Measures Act also allowed the Trudeau Liberals to direct Canadian banks to freeze the accounts of both protestors and those who donated to the Freedom Convoy.

A federal judge in January 2024 ruled Trudeau’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act on peaceful protestors “unnecessary” and “unlawful.”

Trudeau’s government lept to appeal the decision, and within minutes had submitted paperwork disputing the judge’s ruling.

A panel of three Court of Appeals judges heard the case in February, and will make a decision within six to eight months.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation’s Christine Van Geyn recently told the Western Standard it would be unlikely if any elected officials were punished for the illegal invocation of the Emergencies Act.