Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre was asked at a recent campaign stop what he would do about the case of Tamara Lich, who is in jail for charges in relation to her role as a Freedom Convoy organizer.
Former Iranian political prisoner Salman Sima, who took refuge in Canada in 2011, posed the question to Poilievre and shared their interaction in a video on Twitter on July 20.
“I was a former political prisoner in Iran and it’s hard for me to see that Tamara Lich is behind [bars]. As the prime minister, what would you do that makes sure Canada doesn’t have any political prisoners?” Sima asked Poilievre on July 20….