
David Krayden: Inordinate Length of Lich and Barber Trial Is an Outrage
Commentary The trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has just been adjourned until Aug.13. I’m not kidding. I was in the Ottawa courthouse on March 15 when Judge Heather Perkins-McVey made the decision. Why? Both sides have to prepare arguments on a legal precedent called the Carter application, which would classify Lich and Barber as “co-conspirators” so that whatever one is accused of doing would automatically apply to the other. Speaking with lead defence attorney Lawrence Greenspon after the courtroom cleared, he told me that he was ready to argue against the Carter application even though the judge had decided to “bifurcate” the issue so that the respective teams will have to discuss Lich and Barber’s actions separately....
