Lich and Barber are looking at payback for exposing the Trudeau government to world wide news coverage demonstrating what a useless bunch of clowns they were. And the mayor of Ottawa and the heads of any PD`s involved. Seems they didn`t like being shown to the world as hopelessly incompetent, after all they only had about a weeks advance notice they were coming to town,
From killings to rape, the heinous crimes that could get you less jail time than a Freedom Convoy organizer
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Coutts border protester handed 2-year, at-home sentence for firearms offence
Evan Colenutt pleaded guilty to firearms offence, handed conditional sentence order
Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Aug 01, 2025 3:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 1
Anti-mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
One of the final Coutts blockade-related prosecutions to make its way through the courts reached a conclusion this week.
Evan Colenutt, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to a firearms offence, was handed a two-year conditional sentence order (CSO), meaning he will serve his sentence at home, in the community.
Defence lawyer Matthew Browne asked Justice F.C. Fisher to consider an 18-month CSO while prosecutors Steven Johnston and Aaron Rankin had proposed a two-year jail term.
Colenutt will serve 16 months on house arrest conditions and the final eight months on a curfew.
In January and February 2022, protesters blockaded the Alberta-Montana Coutts border crossing, demanding the government lift all pandemic-related restrictions and vaccine mandates.
At the time, Colenutt, who was living in Calgary, was staying near the protest site with one of the locals.
Guns, ammo, body armour seized
In mid-February, RCMP executed search warrants and seized a number of firearms, along with body armour and ammunition.
At least 15 people were charged with various offences stemming from the protests.
The home where Colenutt was staying was one of the buildings searched.
Officers seized three firearms, 5,000 rounds of ammunition and body armour.
Colenutt was charged with mischief over $5,000 and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Leaders' charges
He admitted to owning two of the semi-automatic guns as well as body armour, a tac vest and ammunition, according to an agreed statement of facts filed as part of his plea in March.
After the plea, the mischief charge was withdrawn.
At least five of the protesters saw their charges stayed or withdrawn over the last three years.
Four protest leaders were charged with the most serious Coutts-related offences — conspiring to murder RCMP officers.
All four were either acquitted or saw those charges withdrawn after pleading to lesser offences.
Christopher Lysak and Jerry Morin pleaded guilty to firearms offences and were handed time-served sentences.
Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were convicted of mischief over $5,000 and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Both men were handed 6½-year sentences.
So the existing benchmark is 6.5 years for this type of shit.
Evan Colenutt pleaded guilty to firearms offence, handed conditional sentence order
Meghan Grant · CBC News · Posted: Aug 01, 2025 3:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 1
Anti-mandate demonstrators gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
One of the final Coutts blockade-related prosecutions to make its way through the courts reached a conclusion this week.
Evan Colenutt, who earlier this year pleaded guilty to a firearms offence, was handed a two-year conditional sentence order (CSO), meaning he will serve his sentence at home, in the community.
Defence lawyer Matthew Browne asked Justice F.C. Fisher to consider an 18-month CSO while prosecutors Steven Johnston and Aaron Rankin had proposed a two-year jail term.
Colenutt will serve 16 months on house arrest conditions and the final eight months on a curfew.
In January and February 2022, protesters blockaded the Alberta-Montana Coutts border crossing, demanding the government lift all pandemic-related restrictions and vaccine mandates.
At the time, Colenutt, who was living in Calgary, was staying near the protest site with one of the locals.
Guns, ammo, body armour seized
In mid-February, RCMP executed search warrants and seized a number of firearms, along with body armour and ammunition.
At least 15 people were charged with various offences stemming from the protests.
The home where Colenutt was staying was one of the buildings searched.
Officers seized three firearms, 5,000 rounds of ammunition and body armour.
Colenutt was charged with mischief over $5,000 and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Leaders' charges
He admitted to owning two of the semi-automatic guns as well as body armour, a tac vest and ammunition, according to an agreed statement of facts filed as part of his plea in March.
After the plea, the mischief charge was withdrawn.
At least five of the protesters saw their charges stayed or withdrawn over the last three years.
Four protest leaders were charged with the most serious Coutts-related offences — conspiring to murder RCMP officers.
All four were either acquitted or saw those charges withdrawn after pleading to lesser offences.
Christopher Lysak and Jerry Morin pleaded guilty to firearms offences and were handed time-served sentences.
Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were convicted of mischief over $5,000 and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Both men were handed 6½-year sentences.
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So the existing benchmark is 6.5 years for this type of shit.
I'm still so pissed at Justin for not allowing the cops to use a little more force. I'm not talking lethal, of course, just some high-pressure water cannons and because I have a heart, they could have handed out bars of soap before hosing them all down. One could only imagine the stench the poor Ottawa citizens had to put up with when folks were camped out on the street for 3 weeks. It must have been like standing next to Trump and inhaling his aroma.
Well, Warden will make those smelly hillbillies wash in jail. That's for sure.
They're going to be clean for the next 7 years!!!
Crown attorneys issue rare public response to Pierre Poilievre attack on ‘freedom convoy’ prosecution
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were both found guilty of mischief for their roles in organizing the 2022 protest near Parliament Hill.
Updated July 30, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.
July 30, 2025
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Prosecutors are seeking an eight year sentence for Chris Barber, left, and seven years for Tamara Lich, who were found guilty of mischief this spring for their roles in organizing the winter 2022 protest near Parliament Hill that was initially against COVID-19 restrictions and mandates.
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By Betsy PowellCourts Reporter
A provincial prosecutors’ association has taken the rare step of issuing a public response to what it describes as attacks “on the independence of the prosecutorial system” and the “rule of law.”
The Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association, in an open letter released Tuesday, primarily targets recent remarks by Conservative politicians who criticized prosecutors for pursuing what they characterized as excessively harsh sentences in the “Freedom Convoy” case, suggesting that violent offenders often face lighter consequences.
“Personal attacks on Crowns seeking a significant sentence are nothing less than attacks on prosecutorial independence. These attacks do not — nor will they ever — drive the decisions made by our prosecutors,” OCAA president Donna Kellway said in a statement posted on the Toronto-based organization’s website. It did not name the case, referring to it only as “a highly publicized prosecution.”
Last week, a sentencing hearing was held in Ottawa for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber. They were both found guilty of mischief this spring for their roles in organizing the winter 2022 protest near Parliament Hill that was initially against COVID-19 restrictions and mandates. The prosecution is seeking a prison sentence of seven years for Lich and eight years for Barber, arguing that lengthy sentences are justified because of the harm caused to the broader community during the three-week trucker blockade. The maximum sentence for mischief is 10 years imprisonment.
In 2023, the Ottawa People’s Commission, which held public hearings, issued a scathing report that concluded the protest was a “colossal” violation of residents’ rights, with many people experiencing violence, harassment and assaults. Residents said they felt abandoned by police and government while big-rig trucks gridlocked the streets for weeks.
Defence lawyers for Lich and Barber are seeking absolute discharges, leaving the pair with no criminal records. Lich has already spent 49 days in jail and has been under strict bail conditions for the last three-and-a-half years. Barber has also been on bail “without incident,” his lawyer said. The judge is scheduled to impose sentence on Oct. 7.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who is looking to win a seat in Parliament in next month’s Alberta byelection, questioned the prosecution’s position on sentence, in a post on X:
“Let’s get his straight: while rampant violent offenders are released hours after their most recent charges & antisemitic rioters vandalize businesses, terrorize daycare centres & block traffic without consequences, the Crown wants 7 years prison time for charge of mischief for Lich & Barber. How is this justice?”
Melissa Lantsman, a Tory MP representing Thornhill, suggested on X that the Crown was engaging in “political vengeance not actual justice and it’s why trust in our institutions is dwindling,” while Andrew Lawton, an MP from southwestern Ontario, called the prosecution “excessive and vindictive.”
On Tuesday, the OCAA’s open letter explained that prosecutors are “independent” and “apolitical” — their responsibility is to act in the public interest and uphold the rule of law. The OCAA represents about 1,200 assistant Crown attorneys.
It went on to describe that a prosecutor’s job entails seeking “a legally available sentence that responds to the objective seriousness of the offence and the moral blameworthiness of the offender.” Sentencing submissions are based on applicable legislation, relevant sentencing principles, the facts of a case and the Constitution. The number of people impacted by an offence is also a proper consideration.
“The Crown advances legal arguments to pursue just sanctions in order to protect society and to contribute to respect for the law.”
Tuesday’s OCAA letter also denounced an unnamed columnist for what it called the “shaming of counsel based on their gender in the defence of individuals charged with certain offences.” After the Hockey Canada trial, Star columnist Heather Mallick questioned how female lawyers can represent men accused of sexual assault.
The Criminal Lawyers Association, which represents 1,800 defence lawyers, also released a statement Tuesday condemning the Star column.
With files from Canadian Press
Betsy Powell is a Toronto-based reporter covering crime and courts for the Star. Follow her on Twitter: @powellbetsy.
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Napoleon PP is facing another long ballot at his Alberta riding.
Have no fear MAGA types the Blue Soldier will soon return. The Bubonic Plague now has seven cases in the USA. So far there are 872 cases of Measles and Rubella in Canada. The world is heavily polluted and over-populated, it's only a matter of time before a deadly pathogen develops. Trump will blame Biden.
Have no fear MAGA types the Blue Soldier will soon return. The Bubonic Plague now has seven cases in the USA. So far there are 872 cases of Measles and Rubella in Canada. The world is heavily polluted and over-populated, it's only a matter of time before a deadly pathogen develops. Trump will blame Biden.
He has 2 weeks left of public housing and free servants.
That's because PeePee is primarily a tool of Big Oil - as are Scheer and Danielle Smith. They no longer have any aspirations to become PM of Canada. Their real goal is to stoke Western alienation and transform that into political pressure that they will use to get Ottawa to give handouts and concessions to Big Oil.
They will then sell that to AB and SK as a "win" for the "little guy on the Prairies". It's the usual right wing pay-off.
Yesh, and the Jan 6 Capitol Building soiree was nothing but a big smiley face, retro-flower power, groovy love-in.
That has nothing to do with this thread...Are you okay?
The truth is coming out....
Whatever RFK says can immediately be discarded as BS.
Total BS, but sadly he has the power to do this.
