Organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” discussed using their ties to Métis identity to play the “race card” as part of an overall strategy to control their public…
The messages between Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, obtained by Ottawa police and entered as evidence by the Crown in Lich’s bail hearing this past week, indicated how acutely aware the organizers were of the optics of the protest.
The protest against COVID-19 restrictions and the Liberal government swarmed the capital’s downtown with large trucks, blaring loud horns and blocking streets for more than three weeks. Protesters also blockaded multiple border crossings. It all prompted the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act and the police to use force to clear the crowd.Article content
Diane Magas, counsel for Barber, said the Crown’s submission may lack the full context or intent of the messages and could be misleading or inaccurately interpreted. “We need him and I don’t care about his past, but it only takes one,” she said. “We have to control his rhetoric. Not even threatening to throw snowballs at the parliament .”But, a few days later, on Jan. 26, Lich said that, if King “doesn’t stop now and right now, he needs to go home.”
“Can you head over there with me soon,” she asked Barber. “I don’t want to make those decisions on my own.”
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