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I will return to the office July 7. Chris O'Connell (chris.oconnell@gnb.ca) is acting Deputy Minister of Justice and Publi Safety and Diane Audet (diane.audet@gnb.ca) is acting Deputy Attorney General.
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Crown seeks forfeiture of convoy organizer’s truck
UPDATE April 28: Chris Barber’s application to stay the proceedings is scheduled to be heard May 21 to 23, with Barber speaking in his own defence for the first time. Tamara Lich will not be joining in that application, her lawyer Lawrence Greenspon told the court. Crown prosecutor Tim Radcliffe said the Crown has filed for a summary dismissal of the application.
Greenspon has requested a Gladue report (a presentencing report for those of Indigenous background) for Lich, which is expected to take eight to 10 weeks to prepare. Another hearing for this trial will occur on June 27, to confirm the status of that report. Lich and Barber’s sentencing hearing is now tentatively set for July 23 to 24.
Alayne McGregor
Chris Barber – recently convicted of mischief for his role as an organizer of the 2022 convoy occupation – is now facing the possible forfeiture of his truck, Big Red, by the Crown.
And in a separate application, Barber’s lawyer, Diane Magas, has filed an application to stay the proceedings against Barber on the basis of “officially induced error.” She did not specify the nature of those errors in court.
Both these applications were revealed April 16 in what was only supposed to be a hearing to determine when Barber’s and Tamara Lich’s sentences would be handed down.
Justice Heather Perkins-McVey, the two Crown prosecutors, and Lich’s lawyer Eric Granger said they had only received Magas’ application to stay proceedings during the lunch hour, just before the 1:30 p.m. hearing. Granger said that he and lawyer Lawrence Greenspon would need a week to decide whether to join in the application.
Crown prosecutor Tim Radcliffe confirmed that the Crown was seeking forfeiture of Big Red as part of Barber’s sentence. Magas said she had just received notice of this application.
Lich and Barber attended the hearing by Zoom. While Lich was sitting on a couch, Barber was clearly behind the wheel of his truck, and the judge noted he appeared to be driving it. Magas excused the driving saying that Barber was not expected to take part in the proceedings.
There was also a large Canadian flag visible behind Barber in the truck.
On April 3, Justice Perkins-McVey convicted Lich and Barber of mischief and counselling to commit mischief for organizing the convoy occupation. She also convicted Barber of counselling to disobey the court order to stop sounding the truck horns.
At this hearing, she emphasized again that she wished to ensure the sentencing was done in “a timely fashion”. But she also said she was not willing to send the forfeiture hearing to a duty judge because “there is no other judge who knows what this is about.”
The hearing will resume April 28 to determine dates for and the length of the sentencing hearing and the forfeiture hearing, as well as when the application to stay will be heard.
The judge had the dates May 21 to 23 set aside for hearings. Both the judge and the Crown prosecutors indicated they would have to miss a conference in order to hold the hearings then but did not wish to delay the case any further.
Magas said that Barber would testify when the application to stay proceedings is heard. He had not testified during the trial.
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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:15:25 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers must have
known that Moiz Karimjee was on vacation N'esy Pas?
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Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers must have
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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:15:21 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers must have
known that Moiz Karimjee was on vacation N'esy Pas?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
I will return to the office July 18 . In the meatime, Chris O'Connell
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Je reviendrai au bureau le 18 juillet. Entre-temps, Chris O'Connell
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Subject: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers must have known that Moiz
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Crown trying to put Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich back in jail
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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.c
I am on vacation until July 8th. For Bail Reviews (including
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Hate Crime or any other matter requiring immediate attention please
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada
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
---------- Original message ------------
From: Natasha Calvinho <natasha.calvinho@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:52:53 -0700
Subject: Auto Response Re: YO Lawrence Greenspon I called again about
your client Madame Lich and attempted to speak with Eric Granger
Correct?
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From: "Bergen, Candice - M.P." <candice.bergen@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:52:53 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: YO Lawrence Greenspon I called again about
your client Madame Lich and attempted to speak with Eric Granger
Correct?
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
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"
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"Eric Granger is a criminal defence lawyer who focusses on defending
the little guy against the coercive power of the state. He represents
clients at all stages of the criminal process, from bail hearings to
trials to appeals."
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Tamara Lich has been arrested again after the RCMP issued a nation
wide warrant for breaching her release order.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canad
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.
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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
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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
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Darren Major can be reached via email darren.major@cbc.ca or by
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‘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/opinion
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/canada
'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
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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"
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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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Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
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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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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
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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
https://www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers/search-recherche/33215/
33215
Diane Magas, et al. v. John Monette, et al.
(Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave)
Summary
Keywords
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Summary
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Charter of Rights - Torts - Negligent investigation -
Malicious prosecution - Abuse of process - False imprisonment - Breach
of Charter rights - Police service - Crown attorneys - Evidence -
Whether evidence unavailable at the time of the laying of the charges is
admissible to prove that reasonable and probable grounds existed at the
time of the laying of the charges - Whether hearsay evidence admitted
at trial not for the truth of its content can be relied upon to prove
that probable and reasonable ground existed to lay charges - Whether one
event of communicating is sufficient to make out the offence of
criminal harassment by repeated communication - Whether the laying of a
civil action can constitute “unlawful conduct” capable of forming the
actus reus of the offence of criminal harassment - Whether actual malice
must be proven in a malicious prosecution action - Whether the tests to
prove false imprisonment and arbitrary detention are the same as the
test to prove malicious prosecution.
Diane Magas, an Ottawa
lawyer, brought three actions claiming she was the victim of negligent
investigation, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, false
imprisonment, and breach of various Charter rights by the Ottawa police
and the Crown attorney involved in the matter. The actions arise from
incidents in 1999 which involved her lover of many years, Richard Condo,
and his wife, Yvonne McGuire. In the course of these incidents, Mr.
Condo was twice arrested and released on conditions. On the first
occasion, Ms. Magas was his surety and the conditions of his bail
specified that he was not to have contact with Ms. McGuire except
through his lawyer. He persisted in making contact, directly, through
Ms. Magas or his children, with Ms. McGuire. Ms. Magas’ involvement led
to Ms. McGuire’s lawyer discussing a s. 810 proceeding under the
Criminal Code with a Crown attorney to obtain protection from Ms. Magas
for Ms. McGuire and also to the Respondent Detective Pasanen becoming
involved.
On May 31, Mr. Condo attacked and kidnapped Ms.
McGuire, holding her hostage for most of a day. The Respondent Det.
Monette was assigned to investigate the kidnapping. Soon thereafter,
Det. Pasanen served Ms. Magas with the s. 810 information. Also that
day, in family court, Ms. Magas was ordered not to communicate with Ms.
McGuire or the children on Mr. Condo’s behalf. The s. 810 information
was withdrawn three weeks after it was sworn out of concern that it
might hamper the criminal harassment charge laid jointly against Ms.
Magas and Mr. Condo.
After being briefed by Det. Monette, the
Respondent Crown Attorney McGarry agreed that Ms. Magas and Mr. Condo
should be charged jointly for criminal harassment. After one attempt to
execute the warrant, Det. Monette had Ms. Magas’ counsel arrange to have
her attend the police station that day. She was held in the station
cells for about two hours and released by the senior officer on
conditions. Ms. Magas’ charge was severed from Mr. Condo’s and did not
survive a preliminary hearing.
Lower court rulings
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
00-CV12194, 00-CV13064, 01-CV-16939
Appeal Dismissed
Court of Appeal for Ontario
C46504, 2009 ONCA 302
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33215
Diane Magas, et al. v. John Monette, et al.
(Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave)
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33215
Diane Magas, et al. v. John Monette, et al.
(Ontario) (Civil) (By Leave)
Docket
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Counsel
Party: Magas, Diane
Counsel
280 Metcalfe Street
Suite 222
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 1R7
Telephone: (613) 563-1005
FAX: (613) 563-1031
Email: dianecondo@sympatico.ca
Party: Monette, John
Counsel
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Party: Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board
Counsel
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Party: Pasanen, Lori
Counsel
160 Elgin Street
Suite 2600
Ottawa, Ontario
K1P 1C3
Telephone: (613) 233-1781
FAX: (613) 563-9869
Party: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario
Counsel
Tamara D. Barclay
720 Bay Street, 8th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2K1
Telephone: (416) 326-4467
FAX: (416) 326-4181
Agent
70 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0A2
Telephone: (613) 566-2058
FAX: (613) 235-4430
Email: rhouston@burkerobertson.com
Party: Attorney General of Ontario and Desmond McGarry
Counsel
Tamara D. Barclay
720 Bay Street, 8th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2K1
Telephone: (416) 326-4467
FAX: (416) 326-4181
Agent
70 Gloucester Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K2P 0A2
Telephone: (613) 566-2058
FAX: (613) 235-4430
Email: rhouston@burkerobertson.com
City of Ottawa fires lawyer accused of vandalizing Holocaust monument
Iain Aspenlieder, 46, facing charges of mischief, harassment
City of Ottawa lawyer fired after being accused of vandalizing Holocaust monumentThe City of Ottawa has fired one of its lawyers after he was charged earlier this month with vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument. He was on leave at the time of the incident.
UPDATE: Aspenlieder was denied bail on July 2.
The City of Ottawa has fired one of its lawyers after he was charged earlier this month with vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument, sources have confirmed to Radio-Canada.
On Friday afternoon, Ottawa police announced a 46-year-old man had been charged with mischief to a war memorial, mischief exceeding $5,000 and harassment by threatening conduct.
In a post Saturday on social media, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said he was "very disturbed" to learn the man arrested was an on-leave city employee.
On Monday, Sutcliffe confirmed to reporters that "that person is no longer an employee at the City of Ottawa."
"The National Holocaust Monument is a sacred place in our city, an important place in our city," the mayor said. "And I know that members of the Jewish community were very distraught and disturbed to see it vandalized."
Neither police nor Sutcliffe named the man, but on Sunday Radio-Canada confirmed that he is Iain Aspenlieder, a lawyer who'd worked for the city.
In a statement to Radio-Canada, interim city solicitor Stuart Huxley wrote that the man charged "was on leave at the time of the incident and is no longer employed by the city."
"The recent act affecting the National Holocaust Monument was deplorable and is counter to the values we seek to uphold in our community," Huxley wrote.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to members of our community impacted by this disgraceful act."
Huxley's statement also did not identify the employee. The mayor's office did not identify him either but did tell Radio-Canada that he had been fired.
Vandalism was a 'vile thing'
The National Holocaust Monument was found defaced with red paint on the morning of June 9. The words "feed me" were painted in capital letters, alongside large paint splashes.
The slogan appeared to be a reference to Gaza, which the United Nations had described as the "hungriest place on Earth" the preceding Friday.
The news that the accused vandal was on the city payroll is alarming, said Richard Marceau, vice-president of external affairs and general counsel for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
"To learn that it was an employee of the City of Ottawa who was charged with vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument was shocking," he told Radio-Canada.
"No one, and especially if you're working for the public, should be doing this type of vile thing."
None of the charges against Aspenlieder have been proven in court.
Gaza population at ‘critical risk’ of famine, UN-backed report warnsSuspended by law society
The Ontario Sunshine List describes Aspenlieder's position with the city as "legal counsel." He has appeared on the list, which documents public sector employees with salaries of over $100,000, every year since 2016.
According to the Law Society of Ontario website, a man named Iain David Aspenlieder has been "suspended administratively" and is not permitted to practice law.
The law society's website does not say when he was suspended.
Gilles LeVasseur, a business and law professor at the University of Ottawa, said the city can't control the actions of its employees outside of the workplace, but people expect the institution to take appropriate action.
"The city has to showcase that they did their due diligence. They actually did proceed properly as soon as they found out the issues and then they acted upon it," he said.
People
gather at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa on June 15 for a
vigil held one week after the memorial was vandalized. (Benjamin Andrews/CBC)
Numerous local and national officials have decried the vandalism as an act of antisemitism.
Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi said it was "disgraceful," while Iddo Moed, Israel's ambassador to Canada, called it "pure hate against Jews."
Coun. Ariel Troster, who is Jewish, wrote in a social media post that she was "devastated."
Lawrence Greenspon, a prominent Ottawa defence lawyer and co-chair of the National Holocaust Monument Committee, told CBC after the vandalism occurred that Hamas, not Israel, was at fault for the crisis in Gaza.
A solemn vigil was held at the monument one week after the vandalism.
Many in Ottawa's Jewish community attended, as well as Christian groups and a Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg elder.
Aspenlieder remains in jail and will learn Wednesday if he'll be allowed out on bail. A senior deputy Crown prosecutor who specializes in hate crimes attended Aspenlieder's initial bail hearing on Saturday.
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With files from Radio-Canada's Félix Pilon and Fatoumata Traore
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/man-accused-of-vandalizing-ottawa-holocaust-memorial-denied-bail
Man accused of vandalizing Ottawa Holocaust memorial denied bail
Iain Aspenlieder will remain in custody until his next court date which is scheduled for Wednesday, July 9.
The monument, located at 1918 Chaudière Crossing, was painted with the words “FEED ME” in large block letters on the side adjacent to Wellington Street on June 9. Red paint was also painted on the memorial’s facade.
Iain Aspenlieder, 46, has been charged with mischief to a war monument, mischief exceeding $5,000 and harassment by threatening conduct in relation to the incident.
He will remain in custody until his next court date, which is scheduled for July 9, according to Justice of the Peace Stephen Dibblee, who rendered the decision.
Details behind the decision cannot be published due to a publication ban.
This comes after the City of Ottawa confirmed that Aspenlieder had been fired from his job as a lawyer last Sunday. According to the Ontario Sunshine List, Aspenlieder was making $146,000 a year.
In a previous statement to the Ottawa Citizen, interim city solicitor Stuart Huxley said Aspenlieder was on leave when the incident occurred.
“The recent act affecting the National Holocaust monument was deplorable and is counter to the values we seek to uphold in our community. We extend our deepest sympathies to members of our community impacted by this disgraceful act,” Huxley wrote.
“The City can confirm that the individual implicated in this act was on leave at the time of the incident and is no longer employed by the City. As the matter is the subject of a police investigation and is before the courts, the City will provide no further comment.”
Lawrence Greenspon, co-chair of the National Holocaust Monument Committee, previously told the Ottawa Citizen that the vandalism made him “feel sick.”
“This is the ultimate act of hatred at the National Holocaust Memorial,” said Greenspon, whose daughter was named after his aunt who died in a concentration camp.
And today, the city lawyer is using their suffering to carry out his political propaganda. The worst thing is that he will not be publicly condemned by his community. Even if he loses this job, he will get a new, similar one in a moment. He will not suffer any serious social consequences - he will not lose friends, his neighbors will still greet him warmly every morning. Is hatred of Jews acceptable in Canada?
#antisemitism #ottawa #canada #monument @bnaibrithcanada @ottawacitizen @nationalpost
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Iain David Aspenlieder
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