Tamara Lich identified in video as president of 'Freedom Convoy,' court hears
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'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich was identified as the president of the corporation formed to manage donations for the protest in a video played for the court Wednesday.
"Freedom Convoy" organizer Tamara Lich was identified as the president of the corporation formed to manage donations for the protest in a video played for the court Wednesday.
A courtroom scattered with supporters watched recordings of several lengthy press conferences hosted by spokespeople during the protest on Wednesday, though neither of the organizers on trial featured very heavily.
In one, Lich identified herself as an organizer of the convoy. A fellow organizer, Ben Dichter, said she was being modest and that she was really the "president."
A federal inquiry into the government's use of the Emergencies Act to end the protests heard last year that a core group of organizers formed "Freedom Corp." to manage donations under the direction of their lawyer at the time, Keith Wilson. Lich was listed as president of the corporation.
She and Chris Barber were among those who organized a convoy of trucks that travelled to Ottawa in early 2022 to protest COVID-19 public health measures and call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down.
They both face mischief and several counselling charges, including mischief, intimidation and obstructing police, for their role in the demonstrations that blockaded city streets for three weeks.
Barber did not appear in the videos shown Wednesday, though the Crown hopes to prove the two worked together so closely that evidence against one of them would apply to both.
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