Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich didn’t breach her bail terms for agreeing to attend an award ceremony in her honour and thus won’t return to jail, an Ontario judge has ruled.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said on May 25 that his decision was based on how well Lich’s surety has supervised her, that she has followed her bail conditions, and her low risk of reoffence after she has had “a taste of jail.”
In late April, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) selected Lich as the winner of its 2022 George Jonas Freedom Award, and she agreed to attend an award ceremony in Toronto on June 16. Crown prosecutor Moiz Karimjee, however, said last week that by agreeing to attend the ceremony, Lich had breached her bail conditions and should be sent back to jail to await trial….