The seventh day of the trial included the court viewing a video of a press conference from 2022 at which Tamara Lich and Chris Barber call for media fairness in coverage of the protests.
An Ottawa police officer told the court that protesters were not allowed to move closer to Canada’s Parliament building, which he said would have mitigated disruptions to the city.
The trucking company owner faces one charge of mischief for obstructing property, another for intimation by blocking or obstructing a highway, and two counts of counsel for an uncommitted, indictable offence.
'An Ontario Provincial Police liaison apologized to Freedom Convoy organizers after Ottawa police raided the Coventry fuel site, telling them he and his colleagues felt ‘betrayed’ by the Ottawa Police Service.