The 2022 Freedom Convoy was a significant moment in Canadian history. Brave Canadians made a remarkable winter’s journey from our coasts and mountains and prairies to the nation’s capital to peacefully exercise their Charter freedoms
Sixteen-day trial for Chris Barber begins today in Ottawa
Photo by Justin Tang /The Canadian PressOTTAWA, ON: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that the 16-day criminal trial for Chris Barber begins today in Ottawa at the Ontario Court of Justice. Mr. Barber faces charges of mischief, intimidation, obstructing a highway, obstructing a police officer, and counselling others to commit the same offences, based on his involvement in the peaceful Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa in January and February of 2022.
The owner of a trucking company in Saskatchewan, Chris Barber was arrested near Parliament Hill on February 17, 2022, days after Prime Minister Trudeau had invoked the Emergencies Act and one day before hundreds of police officers in tactical gear advanced on Parliament Hill to remove peaceful protesters. He was released from jail with bail conditions on February 18, 2022.
