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Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump allies
As Canadians drove up to cottages and enjoyed family barbecues for Canada Day, one of the founding organizers of the Freedom Convoy found himself alone in an RV park somewhere in the United States with two puppies and a mobile phone.
“I’m living in the middle of nowhere,” James Bauder told PressProgress on the eve of Canada’s national holiday. “I’m by myself. There’s me, myself and my dogs.”
The convoy leader is careful not to disclose details about his whereabouts, other than to suggest he can be found somewhere between “the North Pole and the South Pole.”
“I don’t go out in public, I just lay low,” Bauder confided. “It’s lonely. Other than my phone, I’d be going up the wall.”
Bauder is set to stand trial in Ottawa at the end of this year over his role in the Freedom Convoy. Bauder faces several criminal charges, including mischief, intimidation by blocking or obstructing a highway, obstructing a police officer, plus two counts of counselling others to commit indictable offences that were not committed.
The convoy leader not only maintains his innocence, but believes he is being persecuted by Canada’s government as part of what he characterizes as a “political prosecution.”
James Bauder and his “Canada Unity” RV in Mattawa, Ontario in 2022 (James Bauder, Rumble)
Despite his criminal case being handled “pro bono” by a team of lawyers from a convoy-friendly litigation charity called The Democracy Fund, Bauder was advised his chances of avoiding jail time are slim to none given the recent convictions of other convoy leaders, including Pat King, Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.
“‘There’s nothing we can do about it,’” Bauder said he was told. “You’re praying and you’re watching all of the people being charged go to court and get politically prosecuted, and then your lawyers phone you up and say, ‘James, we’ve got bad news for you — you’re going to jail.’”
As a Hail Mary gamble, the convoy leader has decided to take the unusual step of filing for political asylum in the United States to avoid standing trial in Ottawa.
“My only option on the chessboard was to claim political asylum,” Bauder explained. “We’ve flipped the game of chess back in my court. Now I have the Crown in check.”
Bauder says he is now a “political asylum refugee living in exile in the USA.”
James Bauder at past public events with Sarah Palin and Danielle Smith (James Bauder, Facebook)
Matthew Kolken, a high-profile New York state immigration lawyer, has been brought on board to help the Canadian asylum seeker seek refuge in the United States.
“He said, ‘This is very winnable,’” Bauder recalled. “‘You’re going to set legal precedents … this is a case of a lifetime.’”
Kolken, who is described as a “conservative influencer” by Fox News where he appears as an occasional commentator, told PressProgress he had “no comment” as to his client’s chance of success, but confirmed Bauder is formally applying for asylum under section 208 of the US Immigration and Nationality Act.
“Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States … irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section,” Kolken noted.
Immigration lawyer and Fox News commentator Matthew Kolken (CATO Institute)
As he waits for his asylum application to be processed, Bauder is quietly gaming out his next moves.
Over the coming weeks, Bauder plans to roll out an ambitious media strategy to raise awareness of his legal battles and an associated crowdfunding campaign that could involve appearances on big American cable news programs and support from allies connected to Trump’s White House.
“Some big, big names are going to be involved in covering this story,” Bauder promised, adding that there are “definite people that I’m working with that are very close to Trump and the Trump admin team.”
On Canada Day, Bauder had lunch with Paul Vallelly, a former military analyst for Fox News and a retired general who served as a commander of a US Army PSYOP group. Vallely advocates Canada becoming America’s 51st state, has close ties to former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn and is a prominent influencer in QAnon circles.
Vallelly posed for a photo with Bauder’s Canada-US “Freedom Convoy” flag and signed a note crediting Bauder for being a “great ‘patriot’ for Canada.”
Ret. Maj. General Paul Vallely and James Bauder (James Bauder, Facebook)
Bauder is perhaps best known as a key author of the convoy’s controversial “Memorandum of Understanding,” a pseudolegal document proposing to give an unelected committee of convoy leaders and social media influencers, in conjunction with Canada’s Senators and Governor General, the power to repeal COVID-19 public health rules. The MOU was later withdrawn.
“James Bauder and his group, Canada Unity, sought support for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that, on its face, called for the Governor General to change Canada’s system of government if all COVID-19 restrictions were not repealed,” the Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report found.
Bauder adamantly denies leading an insurrection or trying to “overthrow the government,” insisting that his proposed committee was intended to investigate whether the government had broken the law.
“What we had wanted to do was form a committee of people like Dr. Jordan Peterson, Randy Hillier, get a committee of good, respected, smart brainiacs,” Bauder explained. “They would work side-by-side with the Senate to investigate publicly the laws.”
Asked what he foresaw happening to Canada’s democratically-elected members of Parliament under his plan, Bauder clarified that the MOU was only a first draft and said he expected the Senate or Governor General would have provided feedback and proposed amendments.
“We’re not lawyers,” Bauder stressed. “Three truck drivers wrote the darn thing.”
“I humbly, humbly apologize if Canadians felt that that was the premise of it,” Bauder added. “I apologize to Canadians over and over and over. I’m sorry if there were a few words that got construed and slurred around and misrepresented with disinformation and misinformation from the fake media.”
James Bauder testifies at Emergencies Act inquiry in 2022 (POEC)
The Trump administration has recently sparked nationwide protests in the US over draconian raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Trump’s anti-immigrant “mass deportation program” is also impacting Canadians living and working in the US, as well as Canadian and international travellers who have been arbitrarily detained for weeks at US border crossings.
Despite this, Bauder is personally unconcerned about ICE. “I’m here lawfully,” Bauder said confidently. “I’m not worried about somebody showing up on my doorstep, I’m in a really safe position.”
“I’ve got a wall of guardian angels around me,” Bauder added. “We will get this brought forward to have Trump intervene, and then Trump will do what Trump does.”
Bauder’s confidence has been bolstered by US President Donald Trump’s return to power, pointing out Trump previously expressed support for the Freedom Convoy.
“(Trump) doesn’t like seeing the truckers get beat on. He did promise in his words that he would be with us to the very end.”
(James Bauder, Facebook)
While he waits patiently in his RV for Trump and his guardian angels to answer his prayers, Bauder finds his lonely thoughts often turn to his wife, Sandra, and the simple life he left back home.
“I miss my wife,” Bauder said. “I miss being able to sit in my chair at home and watch my big screen.”
“I miss the open road and the freedom of driving long-haul trucks … I miss being able to drive all over the place and see sunsets and sunrises, and see all the different scenery and the beauty, and being able to have that life with my wife as my partner there beside me.”
Bauder’s criminal charges could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
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In this gripping and emotional episode of The Lavigne Show, Jason Lavigne sits down with James and Sandra Bauder to discuss James’s extraordinary and heartbreaking decision to seek political asylum in the United States.
James Bauder, the founder of Canada Unity and a voice behind the Freedom Convoy 2022, has become one of Canada's most high-profile political prisoners-in-exile. Facing up to 15 years in prison for peaceful protest, James is now fighting for his life, liberty, and the right to speak freely — this time from American soil.
James breaks his silence on:
* His role in organizing the historic Freedom Convoy.
* The charges laid against him, including "counselling to commit an uncommitted indictable offence" — a rarely used provision.
* Why the Canadian justice system has failed him and others like Pat King, Tamara Lich, Chris Barber, Pastor Artur Pawlowski, and so many more.
* How he’s turned to the United States for protection from what he calls "political prosecution."
* The unprecedented step of filing for asylum in the United States — and the $30,000 legal battle he now faces.
Sandra shares the emotional toll this journey has taken on their family, their faith, and their future and why they believe the world must now pay attention to the political persecution taking place in Canada.
This is not just James’s story, it is a warning to every Canadian and American who values freedom of speech, peaceful protest, and the right to dissent.
🔴 Watch this powerful interview and consider standing with James Bauder as he faces the full weight of a politicized justice system.
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This week, Manitoba Stronger Together is proud to welcome Jason Lavigne, a leading voice in Alberta’s sovereignty movement and a candidate for Member of Parliament in Parkland, Alberta.
Jason is the host of The Lavigne Show, an independent journalist, entrepreneur, and homesteader. He brings a unique blend of legal expertise, grassroots activism, and political insight to the conversation about Alberta's future within—or outside of—Canada.
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Alberta wants out. But is separation just political theatre—or a legitimate path forward? We're joined by Jason Lavigne, host of The Lavigne Show and Regional Leader/Media Relations for the Alberta Prosperity project. He breaks down what the project stands for and the underlying frustrations fuelling Alberta's desire to separate from Canada.
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David’s passion for current affairs and common-sense editorial commentary was sparked after his experience as a journalist in Ottawa during the Freedom Convoy of 2022. During his career as Director of Programming & Development, and working directly for Leon Fontaine, he’s had the opportunity to meet and build relationships with content producers and public figures from around the globe. His natural giftings as a communicator/public speaker and his thirst for the truth lays a strong foundation to help bring reason and common sense back to Canadians. A dedicated father and husband, you might also catch David at a Calgary Flames game or on the golf course. David considers it an honour to be the co-host of Citizen.
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Born in Selkirk and raised in Winnipeg, Jeremy moved west in 2008 to start his career in television and media and has loved it ever since. Now as CEO of Miracle Channel and a frequent public speaker, Jeremy Prest has created many key contacts in the world of news commentary. His background in media and journalism, along with his experience covering the Freedom Convoy of 2022, give him insight into the need for truth in today's culture. When he isn't managing Miracle Channel or his television production team for a large non-profit organization, he relishes the opportunity to raise his young family in Alberta.
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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.
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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.c
> https://davidraymondamos3.blog
>
> 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.c
>
> 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/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
>
> On 6/29/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.co
>> premier@ontario.ca, stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com,
>> sheilagunnreid@gmail.com, eric@gghlawyers.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"
>> <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, pm
>> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
>> "Candice.Bergen" <Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>,
>> natasha.calvinho@gmail.com, Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca, "Brenda.Lucki"
>> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Hogan" <Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>,
>> "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"
>> <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com>, Newsroom
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
>> livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
>> lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.c
>>
>> https://gghlawyers.ca/who-we-a
>>
>> "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/canada
>>
>> 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/politi
>>
>>
>> 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/c
>>
>>
>> ‘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
>>
>> 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.co
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.co
>> stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com, sheilagunnreid@gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada
>> 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
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> 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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>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
>> incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: george.soule@parl.gc.ca, lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
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>>
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>> Demonstrators seen wearing yellow stars, holding pictures of Anne Frank
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>
From: Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 17:52:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Tamara Lich
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
I can chat but not til end of day. Very busy today.
Hal Roberts
News Director/Anchor
403.360.3899
[cid:e4e4373e-3eb1-4bab-a99f-5
______________________________
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
Sent: July 27, 2023 11:47 AM
To: Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
Subject: Re: Tamara Lich
Pick up the phone
506 434 8433
On 7/27/23, Hal Roberts <hal.roberts@bridgecitynews.ca
> Hi David,
>
> I received your call regarding Tamara Lich. I am the one who interviewed her
> a few months ago.
>
> How may I help you?
>
> Hal Roberts
> News Director/Anchor
> 403.360.3899
> [cid:9141adf6-f470-4e86-96d7-2
>
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Subject: Fwd: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: <info@bridgecitynews.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Subject: Fwd: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: <info@bridgecitynews.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:53:06 -0300
Subject: Methinks Tamara Lich's lawyers are still playing games as
they beg for more money N'esy Pas Frank Au?
To: lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, ahelmer@postmedia.com, dan@ottawalife.com,
"david.fraser" <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.co
premier@ontario.ca, stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com,
sheilagunnreid@gmail.com, eric@gghlawyers.ca,
"natasha.calvinho@gmail.com, Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca, \"Bill.Hogan\"
<Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>, \"Mark.Blakely\" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
\"Mike.Comeau\" <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, Norman Traversy
<traversy.n@gmail.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.c
<kingpatrick278@gmail.com>, \"freedomreport.ca\"
<freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, media <media@veterans4freedom.ca>, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, \"Katie.Telford\" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
rob.stewart@ps-sp.gc.ca, \"Nathalie.G.Drouin\"
<Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.
jeffery.hutchinson@pco-bcp.gc.
pat.morris@opp.ca, \"Brenda.Lucki\" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
jdp@tdslaw.com, joel@joelharden.ca, \"pierre.poilievre\"
<pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>, shantona@papechaudhury.com,
leonj@bennettjones.com, edann@edlaw.ca, gpoliquin@ovcounsel.com,
pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.g
george.furey@sen.parl.gc.ca, larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca,
Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca, nrodriguez@conwaylitigation.ca
mduckett@dsscrimlaw.com, srp@tdslaw.com, mtsurumi@legalanalysis.ca,
tcurry <tcurry@litigate.com>, kris.austin@gnb.ca, rokaku8@gmail.com,
patrickking <patrickking@canada-unity.com>
traversy.n@gmail.com, kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>,
nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, \"rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, cvangeyn@theccf.ca,
christopher.rupar@justice.gc.c
<rick@petersoncapital.ca>
Cc: Frank.Au@ontario.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"
<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, motomaniac333
<motomaniac333@gmail.com>, Rolanda.Ahadjitse@ontario.ca,
olivia.khalil@ontario.ca, premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, Office of the
Premier <scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.pe.ca>, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.nl.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
"fin.minfinance-financemin.fin
<fin.minfinance-financemin.fin
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Lawyer for Tamara Lich secures procedural victory in Ontario Court of Justice
TDF’s Legal Team
Written by TDF’s Legal Team
July 21, 2023
Tamara Ontario win
The prosecution agrees to provide evidence and a witness list after
Lich brings a motion for particulars.
TORONTO: Tamara Lich's lawyer appeared before the Ontario Court of
Justice Tuesday seeking particulars of the alleged crimes committed by
his client during the Freedom Convoy protests. The motion concluded
with the prosecution agreeing to provide a full list of witnesses and
evidence by August 1, 2023.
The concept of particulars is similar to but distinct from disclosure.
TDF's litigation director, Alan Honner, explains: "The prosecution has
a duty to fully disclose all relevant evidence to the accused, but
particulars need only be disclosed if a judge is satisfied that it is
necessary for a fair trial." According to Honner, particulars might be
ordered where a crime can be committed in different ways, where
disclosure is broad, or where there are multiple co-accused.
Tamara's defence is being crowd-funded by The Democracy Fund. She has
retained Lawrence Greenspon, who is one of the best-respected lawyers
in Ottawa. Her trial is expected to last three weeks and is scheduled
to begin in Ottawa on September 5, 2023.
To assist with Tamara's case, please make a donation on this page.
Donations are eligible to receive a charitable tax receipt.
About The Democracy Fund:
Founded in 2021, The Democracy Fund (TDF) is a Canadian charity
dedicated to constitutional rights, advancing education and relieving
poverty. TDF promotes constitutional rights through litigation and
public education. TDF supports an access to justice initiative for
Canadians whose civil liberties have been infringed by government
lockdowns and other public policy responses to the pandemic.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:22:44 -0400
Subject: Frank Au can never deny that I gave Commissioner Paul Rouleau
the benefit of my doubt before his report goes public
To: Frank.Au@ontario.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"
<Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
rob.stewart@ps-sp.gc.ca, "Nathalie.G.Drouin"
<Nathalie.G.Drouin@pco-bcp.gc.
jeffery.hutchinson@pco-bcp.gc.
pat.morris@opp.ca, "Brenda.Lucki" <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
jdp@tdslaw.com, joel@joelharden.ca, premier <premier@ontario.ca>,
"pierre.poilievre" <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>,
shantona@papechaudhury.com, leonj@bennettjones.com, edann@edlaw.ca,
gpoliquin@ovcounsel.com, pierrette.ringuette@sen.parl.g
Patrick.Brazeau@sen.parl.gc.ca
larry.campbell@sen.parl.gc.ca, Bev.Busson@sen.parl.gc.ca,
nrodriguez@conwaylitigation.ca
srp@tdslaw.com, mtsurumi@legalanalysis.ca, tcurry
<tcurry@litigate.com>, kris.austin@gnb.ca, rokaku8@gmail.com,
patrickking <patrickking@canada-unity.com>
traversy.n@gmail.com, kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>,
nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, cvangeyn@theccf.ca,
christopher.rupar@justice.gc.c
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, dominic.cardy@gnb.ca,
rick <rick@petersoncapital.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Au, Frank (MAG)" <Frank.Au@ontario.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:27:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Re Urgent Consultation
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
I am away on a secondment until Spring 2023, and do not have access to
emails. If you require assistance, please call 416.326.4600 and ask
for the Duty Crown. Thank you.
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As Emergencies Act report tabled, key witnesses have moved on
Public Order Emergency Commission to release findings later today
Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2023 5:00 AM AST |
Commissioner Paul Rouleau listens to counsel question a witness during
hearings in Ottawa on Nov. 4, 2022. The commission will table its
final report in Parliament later today. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
As the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) prepares to release
its highly anticipated report into last winter's convoy protests, many
of the witnesses from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service
who testified last fall have either left or moved to new roles.
On Thursday, the commission announced it would make its final report
public later today after tabling it in Parliament.
The Canadian Press reported the commission had requested, and been
granted, an extension to the original Feb. 6 deadline for submitting
its final report to the government.
The deadline for tabling the report in Parliament — Feb. 20 — remained
intact, however. That meant the commission's findings and
recommendations had to be made public no later than Monday, the Family
Day statutory holiday in Ontario.
(The timeline set out by the Emergencies Act requires that the report
be submitted to Parliament and released to the public within 360 days
of the emergency declaration being revoked, which occurred on Feb. 23,
2022.)
A politician at a desk, as seen from the middle of the audience.
Former Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson testifies before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 18, 2022. Watson did not run for
re-election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Mayor, councillors gone
The commission heard from 76 witnesses over six weeks of public
testimony, from Oct. 14 until the prime minister's appearance on Nov.
25. Of those, seven were either elected officials or senior
bureaucrats with the City of Ottawa, and five more were senior members
of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS).
None of the elected officials from the city who testified — former
mayor Jim Watson, former councillor and police services board chair
Diane Deans, and former councillors Mathieu Fleury and Catherine
McKenney — remains in office. Of those, only McKenney ran for
re-election last fall, but failed in their bid to become mayor.
Of the other city officials who testified, only Kim Ayotte, Ottawa's
general manager of emergency and protective services, remains in the
same job.
Former city manager Steve Kanellakos, who testified about his efforts
to broker a deal between police and the protesters, resigned amid
controversy on Nov. 28, just two days before the release of a damning
report on Ottawa's troubled LRT project.
Watson's former chief of staff Serge Arpin left with his boss,
customary practice among political staffers.
A police officer sits on a row of chairs.
Deputy Chief Steve Bell, now chief administrative officer of the
Ottawa Police Service, waits to appear before the Public Order
Emergency Commission on Oct. 24, 2022. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian
Press)
All 5 OPS witnesses remain
All five senior members of the Ottawa Police Service who testified
before the commission last fall remain, though most have changed jobs.
(This doesn't include former chief Peter Sloly, who resigned during
the occupation of Ottawa by convoy protesters, and who had been out of
policing for more than eight months by the time he testified before
the commission in late October.)
Steve Bell, who was named interim chief after Sloly's resignation, and
who oversaw the eventual dispersal of the protest in Ottawa, is now a
deputy chief and chief administrative officer of the OPS. At the time
of the convoy's arrival in Ottawa, Bell was in charge of intelligence,
information and investigation for the force.
Patricia Ferguson, who testified to the deep "dysfunction" at the top
of the OPS, and said the force was left "floundering" when protesters
failed to leave the capital after the first weekend, remains acting
deputy chief.
Russell Lucas, an inspector with the police service's special events
section during the protests, is currently an acting superintendent,
according to an update provided by the OPS on Thursday.
Supt. Robert Bernier, an inspector within the force's communications
branch who was appointed event commander during the occupation, is
also listed by the OPS as an acting superintendent.
Supt. Robert Drummond, who was tasked with overseeing the police
liaison team that negotiated with protest leaders and the public order
unit that eventually helped end the occupation, also maintains that
rank. (Drummond was in an acting role at the time of his testimony
last fall.)
Police clear an area of protesters near Parliament Hill.
Police and protesters square off in front of Parliament Hill on Feb.
19, 2022. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
'Multiple points of failure'
In an email to CBC, Paul Champ, a lawyer who represented downtown
residents and businesses during the Emergencies Act inquiry, noted the
commission heard "extensive evidence of multiple points of failure" by
both government officials and police.
"Even though many of those responsible have left the stage, the POEC
report will memorialize those mistakes and serve as a guide for public
officials going forward. I would also like to see some apologies by
the police, the city and the province, but that's probably asking too
much," Champ wrote.
He said he also hopes to see the report provide some guidance "about
the oversight and direction the Ottawa Police Services Board can have
over the Ottawa Police Service."
Journalists covering the inquiry will be allowed to peruse an
embargoed version of the report starting at 10 a.m. ET. The embargo
will be lifted once the report is tabled in Parliament.
Commissioner Paul Rouleau will also read a prepared statement, which
will be streamed live on the commission's website, where the full
report will be made available to the public.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alistair Steele
Writer and editor
After spending more than a decade covering Ottawa city hall for CBC,
Alistair Steele is now a feature writer and digital copy editor at
cbc.ca/ottawa.
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
On 6/30/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
> https://davidraymondamos3.blog
>
> 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.c
>
> 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/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
>
> On 6/29/22, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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"
>> <david.fraser@mcinnescooper.co
>> premier@ontario.ca, stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com,
>> sheilagunnreid@gmail.com, eric@gghlawyers.ca, "Marco.Mendicino"
>> <Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca>, mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>, pm
>> <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
>> "Candice.Bergen" <Candice.Bergen@parl.gc.ca>,
>> natasha.calvinho@gmail.com, Moiz.Karimjee@ontario.ca, "Brenda.Lucki"
>> <Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Bill.Hogan" <Bill.Hogan@gnb.ca>,
>> "Mark.Blakely" <Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Mike.Comeau"
>> <Mike.Comeau@gnb.ca>, Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com>, Newsroom
>> <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>
>> Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>,
>> livefromtheshed2022@gmail.com, meghan.grant@cbc.ca,
>> lexharvey@thestar.ca, darren.major@cbc.ca, blilley@postmedia.com,
>> brigitte.bureau@radio-canada.c
>>
>> https://gghlawyers.ca/who-we-a
>>
>> "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/canada
>>
>> 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/politi
>>
>>
>> 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/c
>>
>>
>> ‘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
>>
>> 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.co
>> Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.co
>> stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com, sheilagunnreid@gmail.com
>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada
>> 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
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>> Subject: Automatic reply: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer
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>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> 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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>> 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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>>
>>
>> ---------- Original message ----------
>> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.c
>> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:06:21 -0300
>> Subject: YO George Soule So the Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon is
>> incredibly insulted??? ME TOO
>> To: george.soule@parl.gc.ca, lawrence@gghlawyers.ca, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>,
>> "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>, "Bill.Blair"
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>> "catharine.tunney" <catharine.tunney@cbc.ca>, sheilagunnreid
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>> "stefanos.karatopis" <stefanos.karatopis@gmail.com>
>>
>> George Soule, Senior Press Secretary, 613-850-3448 or
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>>
>> https://www.cbc.ca/news/politi
>>
>> 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/canada
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>> Disgust growing over vaccine protesters' Holocaust comparisons
>>
>>
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>>
>
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Fw: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Subject: Fw: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Sent: March 28, 2025 2:12 AM
To: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Sent: March 28, 2025 2:12 AM
To: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Remove me from your list then coward. You contacted me.
I am the crazy one right? The whole movement was organic right? You no
nothing about the freedom and rights movement secret groups right? You
are an absolute liar and wow are people going to find out soon. Here's a
little taste on just how crazy I am.
Here is an interesting page of document control. Who created it, where
it was created, the date, what version it was, who was to ok the draft
and who was trusted with it. Hmmmm the date would be while these people
had court conditions not to "Communicate or
plan anything". Now, who was the document meant for and why, should be
everyones next question. 
And you wonder why these people attack more people in the "Freedom community" then anyone else on their social media?
They get away with "targeting" a lot of people and very few stand up for
themselves. If they do nobody else will help because they see what
could happen when you go against "Fight Club".
Trust me when I say this one little tidbit is dangerous to my health!
I will even share the whole document made by JCCF, Bath-Seba, Eva and friends to ya. Make sure you report back! Lol
Not scared of fight club bub.
I am not the crazy one.
I am the non coward ready to show the truth. 
From: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Sent: March 26, 2025 2:56 PM
To: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Sent: March 26, 2025 2:56 PM
To: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Not hiding from you, you are crazy. Stop contacting me.
From: Dana-lee Melfi <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 11:04:56 AM
To: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 11:04:56 AM
To: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Subject: Re: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
You still hiding from me Jason?
How dare you email me asking for support an and money.
You are a stain on PPC.
From: Jason Lavigne <jasonlavigne@outlook.com>
Sent: March 25, 2025 12:40 PM
To: dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Subject: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Sent: March 25, 2025 12:40 PM
To: dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com <dana_lee_ca@hotmail.com>
Subject: A One-Time Email from Jason Lavigne, PPC Candidate for Parkland
Hello friend,
I hope you’re doing well. I am Jason Lavigne, host of The Lavigne Show and PPC Candidate for Parkland, Alberta. You’re receiving this one-time email because you either signed up on one of my websites, the PPC party provided your email address, or we’ve connected in the past.
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https://www.rebelnews.com/freedom_convoy_organizer_seeks_political_asylum?utm_campaign=buzz_071125&utm_medium=email&utm_source=therebel#gsc.tab=0
Freedom Convoy organizer seeks ‘political asylum’ in the U.S.
James Bauder was accused of leading an insurrection against Ottawa, suggesting a committee of Canadians, including Senators and the Governor General, could revoke COVID-19 health rules.
Facebook / James Bauder
While Canadians celebrated Canada Day, a Freedom Convoy organizer was alone in a U.S. RV park with two puppies.
“I’m living in the middle of nowhere,” James Bauder told Press Progress on June 30. “I’m by myself. There’s me, myself and my dogs.”
Bauder faces multiple criminal charges in Ottawa, including mischief, intimidation, obstructing an officer, and two counts of counselling to commit indictable offences, stemming from his involvement in the Freedom Convoy. His trial is scheduled for late this year.
Dear
Friends,
My name is James Bauder, I am a Canadian Trucker, a husband to my loving
and supportive wife Sandra Bauder. I am also known for my role in the
Historic Truckers Convoy for Freedom to Ottawa in February 2022.
Here is my Unprecedented story of Persecution, Political Show more
Despite receiving pro bono legal representation from The Democracy Fund (TDF)—a civil liberties charity defending Canadians facing state overreach—Bauder told Press Progress he believes his chances of avoiding prison are “slim,” citing the recent convictions of fellow convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.
Bauder described the emotional toll: “You’re praying and watching others get steamrolled in court… then your lawyer calls with the news—‘There’s nothing we can do. You’re going to jail.’”
Rebel News contacted TDF for clarification. While the charity declined to endorse Bauder’s bleak assessment, it reiterated its commitment to “zealously defend our client using every available defence.”
Bauder maintains his innocence, alleging the charges against him amount to a “political prosecution” by the federal government. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years behind bars.
In a last-ditch effort to avoid trial in Ottawa, Bauder has sought political asylum in the United States. TDF's continued involvement in his criminal case has been confirmed, but not for his asylum bid.
Bauder’s 2023 request to move his trial from Ottawa to a smaller Ontario municipality was denied, leading him to claim political asylum as a last resort.
New York immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken has been retained by the freedom advocate, calling it “very winnable… a case of a lifetime” with potential to set a legal precedent.
Bauder, co-author of the convoy's "Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), earlier suggested an unelected committee of convoy leaders, influencers, Senators, and the Governor General could revoke COVID-19 health rules, though the MOU was withdrawn during the 2022 freedom movement.
Bauder denied the insurrection premise but apologized to Canadians. “I humbly, humbly apologize,” the organizer said. “We’re not lawyers,” he stressed. “Three truck drivers wrote the darn thing.”
Kolken confirmed Bauder is formally applying for asylum under section 208 of the US Immigration and Nationality Act. "Any alien who is physically present… or who arrives in the United States … irrespective of … status, may apply for asylum," he told Press Progress.
The convoy organizer published his $9,500 USD retainer to Kolkin Law on his GiveSendGo page, estimating his legal fees will exceed $30,000 USD.
“The total cost to cover my legal bill is an estimated $30 000 USD, which is why I am swallowing my pride and asking for help,” he writes. “If I had the funds to cover my legal costs, I wouldn't be asking anyone for help.”
The convoy organizer has so far received $3,430 USD. “I [am] sincerely humbled and grateful for everyone's support and prayers,” he said.
Awaiting asylum, Bauder remains out of the public eye, "laying low."
Bauder says that he often thinks of his wife, Sandra, and his former simple life. “I miss my wife,” he said. “I miss being able to sit in my chair at home and watch my big screen.”
“I miss the open road and the freedom of driving long-haul trucks … I miss being able to drive all over the place and see sunsets and sunrises, and see all the different scenery and the beauty, and being able to have that life with my wife as my partner there beside me.”
Bolstered by President Trump's return to power, Bauder noted that Trump previously backed the Freedom Convoy and promised to be with us "to the very end." He remains hopeful, despite the hurdles ahead.
Dear
Friends,
My name is James Bauder, I am a Canadian Trucker, a husband to my loving
and supportive wife Sandra Bauder. I am also known for my role in the
Historic Truckers Convoy for Freedom to Ottawa in February 2022.
Here is my Unprecedented story of Persecution, Political
Summary of Indictable Charges against James Bauder for his role in the Freedom Convoy.
Charged on May 16, 2022
Offence Date: 01 Dec 2021 - 21 Feb 2022
Charge # 892147
Count 1: CC 464(a) - COUNSEL AN UNCOMMITTED INDICTABLE OFFENCE
Charged on May 16, 2022
Offence Date: 01 Dec 2021 - 21 Feb 2022
Charge # 892148
Count 2: CC 464(a) - COUNSEL AN UNCOMMITTED INDICTABLE OFFENCE
Charged on May 16, 2022
Offence Date: 26 Jan 2022 - 21 Feb 2022
Charge # 892146
Count 3: CC 430(1)(c) - MISCHIEF/ OBSTRUCT PROPERTY
Charged on May 16, 2022
Offence Date: 26 Jan 2022 - 21 Feb 2022
Charge # 892145
Count 4: CC 423(1)(g) - INTIMIDATION BY BLOCKING OR OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY
Charged on May 16, 2022
Offence Date: 26 Jan 2022 - 21 Feb 2022
Charge # 892144
Count 5: CC 129(a) - OBSTRUCT/RESIST A PUBLIC/PEACE OFFICER
(Arrested and Fingerprint Date) 20 Feb 2022
NO PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD
RELEASED ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE
I firmly maintain that my actions
were not criminal, nor did I incite violence or as the fake media
accused me, did I try to overthrow the government or call for an
insurrection.
Alex Dhaliwal
Journalist and Writer
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