OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are expected to learn their sentences today nearly four years after the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks.

In April, both Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief, while Barber was also found guilty of an additional offence of counselling others to commit mischief.

The Crown asked for Lich to be sentenced to seven years in prison, and for Barber to be sentenced to eight years.

Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher said during the July sentencing hearing she is seeking stiff sentences due to the broad community harm the convoy protest inflicted on Ottawa residents.

Defence attorneys for both Lich and Barber are seeking absolute discharges with no criminal records, arguing their clients have

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