Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich faced cross-examination at the inquiry into the Emergencies Act on Friday and she pushed back on assertions brought by lawyers opposed to last winter’s trucker-led protest.
Lich was asked by Government of Canada’s counsel Andrea Gonsalves whether she was aware that officials had received death threats around the time of the Freedom Convoy.
These included Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson, then-Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, according to Gonsalves.
Lich said she was not aware about those at the time. She became aware of the threat against Freeland in recent days, as it was entered as evidence at the commission….