Crown Argues for ‘Extraordinary’ Sentencing at Hearing for Freedom Convoy Organizers

Freedom Convoy organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich sit in the gallery as they wait for the start of the day's hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission, where they were to appear as witnesses, in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

OTTAWA—Prosecutors in the case of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber say they are seeking several years of jail time to deter a future “breakdown of public order.”

The Crown was initially seeking two years’ jail time for both defendants following the April verdict, but Crown prosecutor Siobhan Westcher said at the July 23 sentencing hearing that her office is now seeking seven years in prison for Lich and eight for Barber.