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Canada: Freedom Convoy Leaders Receive Conditional Sentences

Canada: Freedom Convoy Leaders Receive Conditional Sentences

Canada: Freedom Convoy Leaders Receive Conditional Sentences
Above: Tamara Lich at a news conference in Ottawa, Canada, on Feb. 3, 2022. Image copyright: David Kawai/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

The sentencing of Freedom Convoy organizers delivers measured justice for the mischief that paralyzed Ottawa, tormented residents with endless noise and necessitated the Emergencies Act. It balances accountability with mercy, deterring future disruptions despite calls for prison. Justice has been served with appropriate consequences for illegal actions.

Lich and Barber, heroes against tyrannical mandates, face unjust house arrest for advocating peaceful assembly, criminalizing dissent and eroding free speech rights in Canada. This excessive punishment, despite no violence taking place, exposes authoritarian overreach, making Canada a global laughingstock.

The 18-month conditional sentences given to the two behind an insurrection resembling that of Jan. 6 are far too lenient. House arrest and curfews are unlikely to deter them, given their history of defiance — they'll likely continue spreading harmful rhetoric online, exploiting followers for unaccounted millions from the Freedom Convoy.

The sentencing of Freedom Convoy organizers delivers measured justice for the mischief that paralyzed Ottawa, tormented residents with endless noise and necessitated the Emergencies Act. It balances accountability with mercy, deterring future disruptions despite calls for prison. Justice has been served with appropriate consequences for illegal actions.



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