Tamara Lich was arrested in Ottawa on Feb. 17. (Screengrab from Twitter video / @rFreedomConvoy)

By Dan Reynish

Crown says she breached bail conditions

Prosecutors want Tamara Lich sent back to jail

May 18, 2022 | 4:54 PM

Crown prosecutors want Ottawa protest organizer Tamara Lich sent back to jail to await trial, claiming she breached her bail conditions by agreeing to participate in an event next month where she will receive a “Freedom Award.”

CTV News is reporting In an application filed in advance of Lich’s bail review hearing, the Crown claims she violated the court-imposed condition that she not express support for anything related to the Freedom Convoy movement she led in Ottawa earlier this year.

At a gala organized by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) scheduled for June 16, Lich, will be given the “George Jonas Freedom Award” to recognize her participation in the protest that gridlocked Ottawa’s downtown for more than three weeks.

After spending 18 days in jail, the Medicine Hat woman was released on March 7 under conditions that require her to reside in Alberta and not travel to Ontario except for court appearance or to meet with counsel.

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The bail conditions also require Lich “not to verbally, in writing, financially, or by any other means, support anything related to the Freedom Convoy.”

The Crown’s application reads, “Tamara Lich has continued her support of the Convoy cause with the assistance of Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.”

The application will be heard in an Ottawa court on Thursday and Friday.

At the same hearing, Lich will ask the court to change the bail conditions that restrict her social media use and prevent her from travelling to Ontario.