Tag: freedom convoy

Court Denies Bail for Freedom Convoy Organizer Tamara Lich

An Ontario court has denied bail for Tamara Lich, one of the key organizers of the Freedom Convoy protest that took place in Ottawa’s downtown core opposing federal COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. An Ottawa court judge issued the decision on Feb. 22, after Lich said during a hearing that she would give up advocacy of the…


The Glorious End of DC’s Vaccine Mandate

Commentary Amidst dark times—a New York Times columnist has called this the “dark century” but he is at a loss to figure out why—we should pause to note genuinely good things that happen. Among them is the sudden collapse of vaccine mandates in Boston and Washington, D.C. With no real explanation that I can find, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser…


If We Forget We Elect Legislators, Not Governments, We’re in Trouble

Commentary People had endless fun mocking Ottawa “Freedom Convoy” protesters’ limited grasp of how government works. That infamous “Memorandum of Understanding” did more work than the lonely Confederate flag briefly visible on the first day in substituting scorn for understanding. But it’s sobering to reflect on how little the critics know either. Including about the…


Canadian Lawmaker Claims Single Mom Had Bank Account Frozen After Giving $50 to Freedom Convoy

Canadian politician Mark Strahl on Feb. 20 claimed that a single mom with a minimum wage job had her bank account frozen after she “legally” donated $50 to the Freedom Convoy. Strahl, a Conservative, took to Twitter to criticize Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the Emergencies Act, which was invoked for the first time in Canada’s history to address the impact of…


With Anti-Mandate Protesters More Determined Than Ever, This Isn’t Over by a Long Shot

Commentary While all eyes were on Ottawa this past weekend as police forces removed the Freedom Convoy protesters, other protests across the country went unnoticed for the most part. The Canada/U.S. border in Surrey, B.C., was closed for most of Saturday, Feb. 19, with a blockade set up by convoy supporters. Protesters in Winnipeg have…


Emergencies Act: An Autocratic Suspension of Civil Liberties Is a Dangerous Failure

Commentary Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has subjected the Canadian population to the first and only invocation of the sweeping Emergencies Act without justification for a problem he created, deliberately exacerbated, and did nothing to resolve. Rather than outrage from progressive civil libertarians and most of the commentariat for this massive overreach (with the laudable exception…


Jewish Scientists, Doctors Around the World Issue Justin Trudeau Open Letter Amid Canada Protests

A group of 23 Jewish scientists, doctors, and academics issued an open letter on Friday to Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, saying they are “deeply concerned” about how he had been describing protesters in Canada who have been demonstrating against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions since late January. One of the authors of the letter, Stanford Professor…


Freedom Convoy Organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich Arrested in Ottawa

Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two lead organizers of the Freedom Convoy protest, have been arrested in Ottawa, according to reports online. While the Ottawa Police Service told The Epoch Times it cannot confirm or deny the arrests until charges are laid, attorney Chris Wilson who has represented the organizers in past cases confirmed that…


Opposition Presses for Proof of Justification as House Debates Emergencies Act

The government framed its defence of invoking the Emergencies Act in House debates Thursday principally on the need to clear border blockades that are already over, as the opposition pressed to hear evidence to justify the measure of last resort. “The blockades and occupations are illegal. They’re a threat to our economy and relationship with…


EXCLUSIVE: ‘The People’s Convoy’ Heading to Washington, Organizers Unveil Their Plans

A trucker-led convoy will kick off on Feb. 23 from the Barstow area in California, and head eastbound toward the capital of the constitutional republic—Washington D.C.—to peacefully protest to end the federal government’s emergency powers (pdf) declared since March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and restore freedoms protected by the Constitution. Barstow is…