Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — two major figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" — will find out Tuesday if they will receive prison time after being found guilty of mischief earlier this year.

The pair are due in court in Ottawa for sentencing following sentencing hearings that were held in July.

Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher previously asked Justice Heather Perkins-McVey to impose extraordinary sentences — eight years' imprisonment for Barber and seven for Lich — arguing that such heavy penalties would reflect the profound impact the two had on the public during the protests they led in Ottawa.

That winter, Lich and Barber encouraged thousands of protesters to park their vehicles in the city's downtown core, causing gridlock for weeks. They also raised millions of dollars to protes

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