On October 7, Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey handed down conditional sentences to Tamara Lich and Chris Barber for their roles in the 2022 Freedom Convoy. Both Lich and Barber were found guilty of mischief, a criminal charge. While neither faces further jail time, their conditional sentences impose a year of house arrest, followed by six months under a curfew.

“In 45 years of doing this work,” says Lich’s lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, the Crown and defence have “never been so far apart on sentencing (recommendations) as we were in the Freedom Convoy cases.” Ottawa-based Crown prosecutor Siobhain Wetscher asked for seven years’ imprisonment for Lich and eight for Barber; legal counsel for Lich and Barber sought absolute discharges.

Greenspon says he and his client are leaning t

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