Praise be: Freedom Convoy protest organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are not going to prison.

Both were given conditional sentences Tuesday after being found guilty of mischief in April.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey rejected both the Crown and defence’s demands in her sentencing.

The Crown wanted Lich to be sentenced to an astoundingly punitive seven years in prison, and eight for Barber, plus the confiscation of Barber’s long-haul Kenworth truck, “Big Red,” his sole means of earning a living and providing for his family. Vicious demands.

Defence, meanwhile, wanted absolute discharges for both: no criminal records, punishment, or convictions for Lich or Barber. The two now have a cult following of Canadians who wanted the same for them both — absolute exoneration. Such an outcome

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