Appeal court reserves decision on fate of B.C. ostrich farm as spokesperson thanks RFK Jr.
Judge says court will try to deliver its decision on the fate of Universal Ostrich's herd quickly
The Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments from a B.C. ostrich farm Tuesday as it sought to protect its herd from a cull ordered due to the avian flu, in a case that has sparked accusations of government overreach from critics in Canada and the U.S.
Justice Mary Gleason said the panel of three judges would reserve its decision to a later date, but will try to do so quickly, noting that the case dates back to December.
Universal Ostrich in Edgewood, B.C., was ordered to cull over 400 birds after highly pathogenic avian flu was detected on the farm last December.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ordered the cull as part of a stamping-out policy to deal with the disease, which led to over eight million birds being infected in B.C. alone, with the agency arguing that they pose a risk of spreading the virus, affecting Canada's food security.
WATCH | Fate of Universal Ostrich up in the air as court reserves decision:
Federal Court of Appeal reserves decision on B.C. ostrich cull caseUniversal Ostrich has argued, however, that avian flu hasn't been detected on the farm in months, and birds should be tested for their ability to resist further infection.
While their cause has captured the attention of supporters in B.C. and around the world — including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz — a Federal Court judge sided with the CFIA after the farm filed a court challenge in May.
On Tuesday, the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa heard the farm's arguments again, having ordered the cull be paused pending the outcome of the one-day hearing.
Dave
Bilinski and Karen Espersen of Universal Ostrich pose with a portion of
their flock of birds after learning a deadline to have them killed over
avian flu concerns was put off by a federal judge on Jan. 31, 2025. A
Federal Court subsequently ruled in favour of the CFIA — a ruling the
farm is set to appeal on Tuesday. (Brady Strachan/CBC)
Universal Ostrich's lawyer, Umar Sheikh, said the CFIA was being rigid in its application of the stamping-out policy, and the farm's case demonstrated why inflexible policy could produce unreasonable results.
He said that the cull was ordered less than an hour after only two birds — out of a confirmed 69 deaths — were confirmed to have contracted avian flu, and hundreds of birds showed no sign of infection months later.
"We would ask questions such as why 100 per cent destruction needs to occur based on 0.5 per cent confirmed infection?" he asked.
WATCH | Cull paused pending court hearing:
Court grants pause of potential ostrich cull at B.C. farm, pending review | Hanomansing TonightThe
owners of Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., have been fighting
an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to cull their flock
after it was hit with an avian flu outbreak last year.
Sheikh said the farm was not taking issue with the stamping-out policy itself — but rather, that the decision was made without noting the circumstances of Universal Ostrich.
Aileen Jones, the CFIA's lawyer, told the court that the reason why only two mortalities were tested before the cull was that the remaining ostriches had already been scavenged on or were in an advanced stage of decomposition.
About 450 ostriches lived at the farm in December 2024, with 69 dying by mid-January. (Submitted by Katie Pasitney)
She had previously said that the agency had found a novel variant of avian flu on the farm, confirmed in multiple experts' tests, and said Tuesday that the farm was trying to relitigate the stamping-out policy already argued in a lower court.
"The court's job then is, as a threshold question, [is] to determine whether the stamping-out policy is a reasonable policy," Jones said.
"That's a threshold question that the federal court asked and answered in the affirmative, 'Yes, it's a reasonable policy.'"
Farm spokesperson thanks RFK Jr.
Katie Pasitney, whose mother, Karen Espersen, co-owns Universal Ostrich, was in court on Tuesday along with a handful of supporters. Some carried signs with "save the ostriches" slogans and wore T-shirts with ostriches on them.
Several shook their heads as the government's lawyers notified the court they will be seeking $7,000 in costs should the court rule in their favour.
Pasitney says that her farm's fight to save the ostrich herd is part of a push to bring about policy reform and prevent unjust culls, which she says are negatively affecting Canada's small farmers.
"We want to test the animals, prove that they're healthy, work with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency as a recovered flock, see how we can help farms in in the future, so that we don't need to keep needlessly killing animals," she previously told Brady Strachan, guest host of CBC's Radio West.
WATCH | Dr. Oz wants to take ostriches:
Dr. Oz, U.S. billionaire offer to take B.C. ostriches ordered killedAn
embattled B.C. ostrich farm is getting support from south of the
border. As Brady Strachan reports, a couple of high-profile officials
within the U.S. administration have met with Canadian authorities and
asked them to preserve the ostriches for scientific research.
On Tuesday, Pasitney said that the farm was "not backing down," even if it lost the case.
"This is a fight for all Canadians, a fight for small farmers," she said.
"We need to restore the eroded trust in organizations like the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and just support our farmers and not attack them."
She thanked Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz and billionaire John Catsimatidis, who have all written letters in support of the farm to Prime Minister Mark Carney. Pasitney said U.S. President Donald Trump was also aware of the case.
"I guess we'll just see where that goes from here because we do know that Dr. Oz and RFK are very passionate about this, just as well as John Catsimatidis."
Signs
and a prop put up by supporters of Universal Ostrich. The farm has
attracted a band of supporters who have camped out at the Edgewood
location for months. (Camille Vernet/Radio-Canada)
Universal Ostrich Farms has said the loss of the herd would put its three-decade operation out of business.
The Federal Court of Appeal previously refused to let the farm perform further diagnostic tests on its birds.
In a ruling in May that allowed the CFIA's cull to proceed, Federal Court Justice Russel Zinn wrote that while he has "considerable sympathy" for the farmers, he also found that the cull was ordered following proper procedure under the CFIA's mandate to prevent the spread of avian flu.
With files from Brady Strachan, Radio West, The Canadian Press, and Andrew Kurjata
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From 2000 to 2008, Umar served as Director of Strategic Negotiations at International Machinery. While in this role, he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe.
From 2008 to 2012, Umar worked as Director, Labour Relations at British Columbia’s Ministry of Health, where he provided strategic oversight on provincial labour relations matters and represented the Ministry of Health at healthcare provider contract negotiations.
In 2012, Umar joined the British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU) where he served as General Counsel and Director, Legal Services. In 2017, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the BCNU and led the 48,000-member union through successful bargaining until his departure in 2020.
From 2016 to 2021, Umar served on the board of directors for air traffic control authority NAV Canada, where he was called on for his extensive bargaining, negotiations and labour relations experience.
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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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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>,
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>> "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"
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>> livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
>> lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.
>>
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>>
>> "Eric Granger is a criminal defence lawyer who focusses on defending
>> the little guy against the coercive power of the state. He represents
>> clients at all stages of the criminal process, from bail hearings to
>> trials to appeals."
>>
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>
>> Tamara Lich Arrested in Alberta
>> 22,817 views
>> Streamed live on Jun 28, 2022
>> Live From The Shed
>> 36.9K subscribers
>> Tamara Lich has been arrested again after the RCMP issued a nation
>> wide warrant for breaching her release order.
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>> Freedom convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>> Lich told her lawyer she is expecting to be transported to Ontario in
>> the next week
>>
>> Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 7:52 PM MT
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich has been re-arrested. She is
>> accused of breaching her release conditions and has been taken into
>> custody in Medicine Hat, Alta., according to one of her lawyers.
>> (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada)
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich has been re-arrested in Medicine
>> Hat, Alta., for breaching her bail conditions, her lawyers have
>> confirmed.
>>
>> Lich was taken into custody Monday evening, according to Keith Wilson,
>> who represents Lich on her non-criminal cases including a lawsuit.
>>
>> Wilson, who spoke with Lich after her arrest, says she expects to be
>> transported back to Ottawa in the next week.
>>
>> Eric Granger, who is one of Lich's criminal defence lawyers also
>> confirmed Lich's arrest.
>>
>> Granger says he has no reason to believe his client has done anything
>> wrong and is "looking to learn more at this stage."
>>
>> Tamara Lich admits accepting award is related to Freedom Convoy in
>> fiery day in court
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> "Based on everything we knew, she's been diligently complying with all
>> of her bail conditions as was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review.
>>
>> While it's not yet clear which bail conditions she is accused of
>> breaching, there is speculation on social media that Lich might be in
>> legal trouble over a Facebook photo that shows her beside a fellow
>> convoy organizer who she was ordered to stay away from by a judge.
>> Canada-wide warrant
>>
>> Lich faces charges of mischief, counselling mischief, obstructing
>> police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling intimidation and
>> intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more highways for her
>> role as one of the organizers of the protest that shut down much of
>> downtown Ottawa earlier this year.
>>
>> RCMP confirmed Lich was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for breaching
>> her release order but did not have further information as the arrest
>> falls within the jurisdiction of the Medicine Hat Police Service
>> (MHPS).
>>
>> The MHPS says it will not release information until Tuesday morning.
>> WATCH | Supporters cheer Tamara Lich as she is released from jail last
>> winter:
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich released from jail
>> 4 months ago
>> Duration 1:11
>> Tamara Lich, one of the organizers of the weeks-long occupation in
>> downtown Ottawa, was released from jail on Monday with the condition
>> that she leave Ottawa. Lich was arrested Feb. 17 and charged with
>> counselling to commit mischief.
>>
>> The anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> After her arrest, Lich was released on bail in March on conditions
>> which include staying off social media. She cannot organize any kind
>> of protest and she is also not permitted to contact several of the
>> other convoy leaders, including Tom Marazzo, an ex-military officer,
>> who also had a failed bid as an Ontario MPP candidate.
>>
>> Lich was subject to a bail review last month where prosecutors
>> unsuccessfully sought to have her taken back into custody for
>> allegedly violating her bail condition that she not support anything
>> related to the Freedom Convoy.
>>
>> Weeks after she was granted release in March, Lich was notified she'd
>> been selected as a recipient of a freedom award, handed out by the
>> Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), a legal
>> organization and registered charity based in Calgary.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, fourth from the left, was ordered by a judge to have no
>> contact with fellow convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, who is tagged as
>> being second from the right. This photo shows the group in Toronto
>> after Lich accepted her freedom award from the JCCF. (Facebook/Stacey
>> Kauder )
>>
>> The awards ceremony took place on June 16 in Toronto.
>>
>> The Ottawa judge ruled he would not revoke Lich's bail and instead,
>> varied her conditions to allow travel to Ontario with a restriction
>> that she be banned from entering the capital's downtown core.
>>
>> Lich's reasoning for wanting to travel back to Ottawa is protected by
>> a court-ordered publication ban and cannot be reported.
>>
>> But on June 17, the day after the freedom awards were presented,
>> Stacey Kauder, who describes Lich as a friend, posted a photo to her
>> Facebook page showing Lich with her husband and four other attendees
>> at the JCCF gala.
>>
>> To Lich's left is a man identified as Marazzo, a fellow convoy
>> organizer, who she was ordered to have no contact with unless her
>> lawyer is present.
>>
>> Friends of the two convoy organizers speculated on social media that
>> Lich was allowed to have contact with Marazzo at the event because
>> there were lawyers for the JCCF present who also represent Lich in her
>> civil matters.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Meghan Grant
>>
>> CBC Calgary crime reporter
>>
>> Meghan Grant is a justice affairs reporter. She has been covering
>> courts, crime and stories of police accountability in southern Alberta
>> for more than a decade. Send Meghan a story tip at meghan.grant@cbc.ca
>> or follow her on Twitter.
>> Follow her on Twitter
>>
>> With files from Paula Duhatschek and David Fraser
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> Governments, police, convoy organizers granted standing on inquiry
>> into use of Emergencies Act
>>
>> Individual protesters and federal Conservative party denied standing
>> by commissioner
>>
>> Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 10:26 PM ET
>>
>> Police officers push back protesters in front of the Senate of Canada
>> Building in February, following the invocation of the Emergencies Act.
>> (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> Governments of all three levels, convoy organizers and police have
>> been granted standing in the public inquiry looking into the
>> invocation of the federal Emergencies Act, but the federal
>> Conservative Party and a number of individuals who had their bank
>> accounts frozen have been left out.
>>
>> Granting groups or individuals standing allows them certain privileges
>> in the inquiry process, including the ability to suggest witnesses or
>> cross-examine them. It also means they are given advance notice on
>> documents being submitted into evidence.
>>
>> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the act on Feb. 14 — for the
>> first time in Canada's history — during the Freedom Convoy. The act
>> gave the federal government temporary powers to deal with the
>> anti-COVID-19 restriction blockades that gridlocked Ottawa for three
>> weeks last winter as protesters parked trucks that blocked
>> neighbourhood access and main arteries around Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich arrested in Alberta, accused of
>> breaching bail conditions
>>
>> Trudeau calls public inquiry into use of Emergencies Act during
>> convoy protests
>>
>> Paul Rouleau, the commissioner heading the inquiry, wrote in his
>> decision that the deadline to submit the inquiry report weighed on his
>> final determination.
>>
>> "I must keep in mind the practical realities facing the commission,
>> including the strict timeline in which to complete the Inquiry,"
>> Rouleau wrote.
>>
>> The federal government, the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta
>> have been granted full standing, while the government of Manitoba will
>> be allowed to enter written submissions.
>>
>> Key convoy organizers including Tamara Lich, Tom Marazzo, Chris Barber
>> and Daniel Bulford have been granted full standing.
>>
>> "Their contributions to the work of the commission are necessary, as
>> they are uniquely situated to offer information to the commission and
>> give firsthand evidence as to the goals and organization of the
>> convoy," Rouleau wrote of the organizers.
>>
>> The Ottawa Police Service has been granted full standing, while its
>> former chief Peter Sloly will be allowed to produce documents and
>> examine witnesses.
>>
>> The cities of Ottawa and Windsor have also been granted standing.
>>
>> Protesters form a blockade in front of the Ambassador Bridge in
>> Windsor, Ont., which links the city to Michigan. (Darrin Di Carlo/CBC)
>> Conservatives, individual participants denied
>>
>> The federal Conservative Party and individual protesters are some
>> notable exclusions in Rouleau's decision.
>>
>> In his dismissal of the Conservatives, Rouleau pointed to the
>> parliamentary committee reviewing the use of the act and said the
>> inquiry needs to remain above the political fray.
>>
>> "The political process that involves elected representatives from the
>> various parties has a role to play in how the use of the Emergencies
>> Act is reviewed and assessed," Rouleau said.
>>
>> "There is also an important role for an independent non-partisan
>> process. Both ought to operate independently from one another."
>>
>> A number of individual protesters, including some who had their bank
>> accounts frozen, were also denied standing in the inquiry.
>>
>> Rouleau reasoned that individual protesters would have limited
>> perspective on what unfolded earlier this year.
>>
>> "By and large, their contribution would be limited to what they saw,
>> heard or experienced from their particular vantage point as a
>> participant or supporter of the convoy," Rouleau said, adding that
>> individuals will be able to have their voices heard during public
>> hearings.
>>
>> The commission's final report must be submitted by February 2023.
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Darren Major
>>
>> CBC journalist
>>
>> Darren Major can be reached via email darren.major@cbc.ca or by
>> tweeting him @DMajJourno.
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.thestar.com/news/
>>
>>
>> ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich to appear in Ottawa court
>> Wednesday after arrest in Alberta
>> Lich has been arrested in Alberta in relation to her court conditions,
>> Ottawa police said Tuesday
>> Lex Harvey
>> By Lex Harvey
>> Politics Reporter
>> Tue., June 28, 2022
>>
>> Tamara Lich delivers a statement during a February news conference in
>> Ottawa.
>>
>> Tamara Lich, one of the best-known faces of the so-called Freedom
>> Convoy, will appear before a judge in Ottawa on Wednesday after being
>> arrested in Alberta for allegedly breaching her bail conditions.
>>
>> Medicine Hat police say they arrested Lich in her hometown Monday on
>> the basis of a search warrant that originated in Ontario for one count
>> of failure to comply with a release order.
>>
>> Lich appeared in Medicine Hat court Tuesday morning and will be
>> transported to Ottawa, police said.
>>
>> Lich has, along with fellow protest organizer Chris Barber, been
>> facing charges of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation, for her role in organizing the
>> massive protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for more than three
>> weeks in February.
>>
>> After a judge initially denied her bail, Lich was released in March
>> with a long list of conditions, including a ban from all social media
>> and an order not to “support anything related to the Freedom Convoy.”
>>
>> In an email to the Star, Eric Granger, Lich’s criminal lawyer, said
>> Tuesday, “Only very limited information is available” on the arrest.
>>
>> “Given that Ms. Lich continues to have no criminal record and her
>> strong performance on bail was noted by the judge at her recent bail
>> review where the judge removed some of the conditions that had been
>> previously imposed, we look forward to learning more as information
>> becomes available so that we can determine the appropriate next steps
>> to be taken in Ms. Lich’s defence.”
>>
>> In May, an Ontario judge ruled Lich could remain on bail until her
>> trial after a Crown prosecutor argued she’d violated one of her bail
>> conditions by agreeing to accept a “freedom” award handed out by
>> Calgary-based organization the Justice Centre for Constitutional
>> Freedoms.
>>
>> Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said Lich had followed
>> her bail conditions and already had a “taste of jail,” which made her
>> less likely to reoffend.
>>
>> Phillips changed Lich’s release conditions to allow her to visit
>> Ottawa, but not the downtown core. He kept the ban on Lich’s access to
>> social media.
>>
>> With files from Omar Mosleh, Alex Boyd
>>
>>
>>
>> https://torontosun.com/
>>
>>
>> LILLEY: Tamara Lich nabbed for breach of bail while repeat violent
>> offenders use revolving door of court system
>> Author of the article:
>> Brian Lilley
>> Publishing date:
>> Jun 28, 2022
>>
>> Accused Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services
>> of high-powered Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. Accused Freedom
>> Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is retaining the services of high-powered
>> Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon. jpg
>>
>> We can’t have dangerous people like her taking photographs with other
>> dangerous people and posting them online.
>>
>> If we let that keep happening, chaos might ensue.
>>
>> Lich was arrested again on Monday in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and is
>> expected to be transported to Ottawa within the next week for
>> violating her bail conditions. On Feb. 17, Lich was arrested and
>> charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to
>> commit mischief and intimidation.
>>
>> Without downplaying the impact of the freedom convoy on residents of
>> Ottawa’s downtown core, those are hardly charges that would normally
>> see this kind of action by police and prosecutors. Lich has no prior
>> criminal record and has not been convicted of the charges she now
>> faces.
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is arrested by Ottawa Police on
>> Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. SUPPLIED PHOTO
>>
>> Yet depending on who you listen to, police have either arrested her
>> for being critical of the government – not something that should get
>> anyone arrested – or for being photographed at an event in Toronto
>> with another convoy organizer.
>>
>> At this point, forgive me for laughing at the idea that either of
>> these are considered bail violations. If we had a justice system in
>> Canada that picked up everyone who broke bail conditions, then I might
>> be prone to saying, that as a law-and-order kind of guy, I could
>> support Lich being detained.
>>
>> That’s not who we are though, and our system continues to release
>> violent repeat offenders on bail with no regard for community safety.
>> On Monday, I was at a news conference with Ontario Premier Doug Ford
>> and Toronto Mayor John Tory where they lamented repeat offenders for
>> gun crimes being out on bail to reoffend.
>>
>> “Chief Ramer, or before him Chief Saunders, could tell you of many
>> instances, not just one, where people are getting out on bail for
>> example, over and over and over again, when they’re charged with
>> firearms offenses, and that simply has to be changed,” Tory said when
>> discussing the recent spate of shootings in Toronto.
>>
>> Our paper has been full of such stories and will have more to come in
>> the future I’m sure, but police and prosecutors are worried about Lich
>> taking a photo with someone more than 400 kilometres away from
>> Parliament Hill.
>>
>> Just this week, Toronto Police were looking for a man in an assault
>> investigation saying the man was wanted on six counts of assault, two
>> counts of assault with a weapon, six counts of choking and six counts
>> of breach of probation among other charges. In another incident, two
>> men were charged in a robbery with robbery with a weapon, disguise
>> with intent, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and fail to
>> comply recognizance, which is police code for out on bail.
>>
>> Those are just two cases police revealed on Monday.
>>
>> One of the worst cases I’ve covered involved two men, both with bail
>> and court conditions upon them, accused of shooting up a child’s
>> birthday party last summer. Three children were injured from bullets
>> flying in that incident.
>>
>> Yet Tamara Lich is the real threat to society, not hardened, repeat
>> offenders who shoot up streets, commit robberies or repeatedly assault
>> people over several months. Our justice system is not supposed to be
>> political, but whether we’re talking about the Lich case or the recent
>> revelations that Justin Trudeau’s government interfered in the
>> investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting, it’s clear we have a
>> government intent on making justice political.
>>
>> Seems Lady Justice is peeking out from under her blind to see who is
>> before her before deciding whether to enforce bail conditions.
>>
>> blilley@postmedia.com
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>>
>>
>> 'It's intimidation': Judge faces threats after Freedom Convoy hearings
>> 'You feel vulnerable in your house, in your own home,' judge tells
>> Radio-Canada
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Jun 29, 2022 4:00 AM ET
>>
>>
>> Protesters gather on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2022, during the
>> 'Freedom Convoy' and three-week occupation of downtown Ottawa. (Adrian
>> Wyld/Canadian Press)
>>
>> One of the judges who presided over the court hearings of Freedom
>> Convoy organizers is speaking out after receiving threats considered
>> serious enough to require police intervention, according to
>> information obtained by Radio-Canada and CBC.
>>
>> The judge in question confirmed that supporters of the convoy from
>> Canada and the United States sent several offensive messages, but the
>> message that prompted police to react threatened their physical
>> safety, the judge said.
>>
>> It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious.
>>
>> - Judge who is not being identified due to safety concerns
>>
>> CBC has agreed to withhold the judge's identity to protect their safety.
>>
>> "I thought, should I tell my children not to come home for a while?"
>> the judge said.
>>
>> "I changed my alarm system. I was advised not to take the same route
>> every day," the judge added. "You feel vulnerable in your house, in
>> your own home."
>>
>> Police enforce an injunction against protesters on Parliament Hill on
>> Feb. 19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
>>
>> The judge believes most Canadians respect the justice system, but said
>> a vocal minority is seeking to undermine it.
>>
>> "It's intimidation. It's trying to influence a court decision, and
>> that's serious," the judge said.
>>
>> Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner expressed similar
>> concerns in a recent speech in Montreal.
>>
>> Tamara Lich isn't going back to jail and is now allowed to visit
>> Ottawa
>>
>> In jail for more than 100 days, Pat King 'beat down,' says supporter
>>
>> "The pandemic has forced many people to live online during lockdowns.
>> And it is at times like these that lies and conspiracies spread like
>> wildfire," Wagner said in French on June 9.
>>
>> "As we have seen around the world, disinformation poses a real threat
>> to democratic institutions."
>>
>> The demonstrations that took place in Ottawa this winter stemmed in
>> part from this disinformation, Wagner said. He encouraged people to
>> "inform, instruct and educate" their fellow citizens.
>>
>> Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Richard Wagner, pictured
>> here at a news conference in 2021, warned in a recent speech that
>> 'disinformation poses a real threat to democratic institutions.'
>> (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
>> Ministry silent on further threats
>>
>> Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General would not say if any other
>> judges have received threats from Freedom Convoy supporters.
>>
>> "It would be inappropriate for the ministry to comment on a potential
>> or ongoing police investigation," wrote ministry spokesperson Brian
>> Gray in an email to Radio-Canada.
>>
>> MPs describe threats, safety fears as they're issued panic buttons
>>
>> Ottawa police say they're ready to shut down Canada Day occupation
>> attempts
>>
>> CPC MPs meet with Freedom Convoy organizers
>>
>> He wrote that the ministry "takes court security and the safety of all
>> those in our courthouses ... very seriously," and that local police or
>> Ontario Provincial Police provide security "to ensure the highest
>> level of protection."
>>
>> The Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
>> both declined to comment, saying it would be inappropriate to do so.
>>
>> CBC News reached out to a number of key figures of the weeks-long
>> demonstration in Ottawa, but requests for comment were either declined
>> or went unanswered.
>>
>> No charges have been laid in this matter. It's not known whether the
>> investigation is ongoing at this time, and police would not comment.
>>
>> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
>> Brigitte Bureau
>>
>> Brigitte Bureau is an award-winning investigative reporter with
>> Radio-Canada.
>>
>> With files from Joseph Tunney
>>
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 15:54:33 -0300
>> Subject: YO Lawrence Greenspon I just called again and your assistant
>> told me that you were not working for Madame Lich for free Correct?
>> To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, "david.fraser"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
>> stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com, sheilagunnreid@gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>> Lawrence Greenspon won't say if he is being paid to represent Lich
>> 'Everybody has a right to be represented under the law,' Lawrence
>> Greenspon
>> says
>>
>> David Fraser · CBC News · Posted: Apr 12, 2022 5:20 PM ET
>>
>>
>> Tamara Lich appears at her bail hearing in Ottawa March 7, 2022, as
>> Justice John Johnston looks on. (Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian
>> Press)
>>
>> The lawyer representing convoy leader Tamara Lich says his latest
>> high-profile client deserves to be well-represented, but Lawrence
>> Greenspon won't disclose whether he is being paid or took the case for
>> free.
>>
>> Lich, who was behind fundraising efforts that raised more than $10
>> million to support the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, is charged
>> jointly with Chris Barber with mischief, counselling mischief,
>> obstructing police, counselling to obstruct police, counselling
>> intimidation, and intimidation by blocking and obstructing one or more
>> highways.
>>
>> She joins a handful of high-profile Greenspon clients. He has
>> previously represented Mohammad Momin Khawaja, the first Canadian
>> charged under Canada's Anti-terrorism Act, as well as former senator
>> Mike Duffy.
>>
>> "Some of the people that have contacted me are well aware of the fact
>> that in the past I've represented alleged terrorists and murderers and
>> people charged with sexual assault. That, I guess, in their minds is
>> OK," Greenspon said.
>>
>> 'The reaction from strangers has been — I'm disappointed because you
>> were this, that and the other in our community and I don't put that
>> together with you representing Tamara Lich,' says Lawrence Greenspon.
>> (Alistair Steele/CBC)
>>
>> "But representing Tamara Lich who has no criminal record, is not
>> charged with any violent offence, there's no weapons involved, there's
>> no sexual assault — they seem to have a problem with that."
>>
>> He said he swore an oath to zealously defend a person whose liberty is at
>> stake.
>>
>> "I don't have any difficulty at all in representing Tamara Lich. It
>> doesn't mean that I agree with anything she did or didn't do. But it
>> does mean that she's entitled to representation when her liberty's at
>> stake," he said.
>>
>> Lich was arrested Feb. 17, denied bail, but then released on March 7
>> on the condition she leave Ottawa within 24 hours, refrain from using
>> social media and have no contact with certain co-organizers.
>>
>> Everybody has a right to be represented under the law.
>>
>> — Lawrence Greenspon
>>
>> Diane Magas had been representing Barber and Lich, but is now just
>> representing Barber.
>>
>> Greenspon is expected to challenge the conditions of Lich's bail,
>> particularly as it applies to her use of social media.
>>
>> "The reaction from friends has been, 'I'm not surprised, she's going
>> to be well represented.' The reaction from strangers has been, 'I'm
>> disappointed because you were this, that and the other in our
>> community and I don't put that together with you representing Tamara
>> Lich,'" he said.
>>
>> "It's those individuals that really need to understand what the role
>> of defence counsel is and how important it is that everybody has a
>> right to be represented under the law."
>> Worked in oil and gas
>>
>> Lich worked in the oil and gas sector in Alberta from 2017 until she
>> was laid off in March 2020 "due to closures related to COVID-19,"
>> according to a sworn affidavit made by her March 2.
>>
>> She and her husband moved to Harrison Park, Man., for work after he
>> was laid off, but by November 2021 they were back in Alberta and
>> working again.
>>
>> She used five weeks of vacation time to come to Ottawa, where she was
>> considered a key figure in the protests against COVID-19 health
>> measures, according to the affidavit.
>>
>> In her affidavit, she said she would return to work following her
>> release on bail.
>> Raised millions for convoy
>>
>> In a separate affidavit filed in court related to a proposed class
>> action suit against her and others, Lich said she was involved in the
>> creation of the crowdfunding campaign for the Freedom Convoy on the
>> GoFundMe platform.
>>
>> Lich delivers a statement during a news conference in Ottawa,
>> Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
>>
>> She said she used a personal TD bank account, which had no balance, as
>> the designated account to hold donated funds.
>>
>> An email address was set up to accept donations, which also went into
>> a personal account belonging to her. At the time, she was the only
>> person with access to the donations.
>>
>> When GoFundMe released $1 million of donated funds on Feb. 2, it did
>> so into Lich's personal account she designated for the protest.
>>
>> Two days after sending her $1 million, GoFundMe said it closed the
>> campaign, citing violations of its rules on violence and harassment,
>> with all remaining donations being returned directly to individual
>> donors.
>>
>> Lich said that the same day she received the GoFundMe money, a "hold"
>> was placed on her account associated with the Freedom Convoy. She said
>> the bank didn't prevent money from being deposited into the account,
>> but funds could not be withdrawn.
>>
>> While she had access to the money provided by GoFundMe, Lich said she
>> completed approximately $26,000 in transactions.
>>
>> She spent $13,000 on bulk fuel purchases and another $13,000 was
>> "withdrawn in cash and utilized for various purposes," she said in her
>> affidavit.
>>
>> With files from Ashley Burke
>> CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> 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 15:06:27 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer
>> Lawrence Greenspon is incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
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>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:08:14 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer
>> Lawrence Greenspon is incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
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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>,
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>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Alistair.Steele@cbc.ca,
>> "catharine.tunney" <catharine.tunney@cbc.ca>, sheilagunnreid
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- 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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