Justice Heather Perkins-McVey of the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday sentenced Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two of the central figures behind the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protests in Ottawa. Both received an 18-month conditional sentence—12 months of house arrest followed by six months of curfew. This outcome was far […]
Canada’s Freedom Convoy Is a Victory for Democracy – at Least for Now
On Feb. 23, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revoked the Emergencies Act that he had used to crush the Freedom Convoy – a protest that had made Ottawa the focus of world news for over three weeks. Why did he do it? He wasn’t clear. Was it because he didn’t […]