By Dan Reynish

Tamara Lich granted new bail hearing

Jul 26, 2022 | 12:17 PM

“Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich has been granted a new bail hearing after she was detained in June for allegedly violating her previous bail conditions.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Andrew Goodman ruled that the earlier order on July 8 for Lich’s detainment was “clearly inappropriate.”

Lich was re-arrested after having contact with fellow protest leader Tom Marazzo at an awards gala in Toronto last month.

At a bail review on Monday, the Crown argued that the contact violated Lich’s bail conditions, as she had been ordered not to communicate with key convoy organizers except through counsel or in the presence of counsel.

Goodman said Justice of the Peace Paul Harris had made “erroneous” conclusions and “misapprehended” the evidence against Lich when deciding she broke her bail conditions.

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Lich’s new bail hearing is currently underway in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon.

Lich was arrested in Ottawa in February and charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation for her role in the “Freedom Convoy” that gridlocked the nation’s capital for weeks. Lich was released on bail subject to strict conditions, including not communicating with other organizers of the convoy.