Trial of Freedom Convoy Organizers Returns as Lawyers Argue Admissibility of Evidence

As the trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber returned from break, lawyers for the two accused and the judge debated whether statements from the two could be admitted as evidence. Eric Granger, a lawyer for Ms. Lich, sought to admit into evidence statements from the convoy organizer for the truth of their contents. He said the Crown should not only admit specific statements by Ms. Lich into evidence but ignore others. Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said she was concerned that the statements were not connected, adding that if a statement was introduced as evidence in cross-examination, that did not make it automatically admissible for the truth of its contents. She said given that many of the statements were made hours to days apart, they appeared to be standalone statements....