Two of the organizers behind last month’s “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for weeks are facing several new criminal charges.
Tamara Lich and Christopher Barber have been jointly charged with one count each of mischief, intimidation, obstructing a highway and obstructing a police officer, as well as five counts of counselling others to commit those same charges.
The two organizers, who were among the most prominent representatives of the protest, were in court on Thursday to learn of the new charges. Read more: Ottawa convoy deemed national security threat a week before Emergencies Act: police Both had previously been charged with mischief and counselling to commit mischief after they were arrested on Feb.
17, a day before police moved in to clear demonstrators and their trucks from the streets surrounding Parliament. Barber had also been previously charged with counselling to disobey a court order and counselling to obstruct police.