Time to start calling out the fakers who claim they’re fighting for freedom in our country

Lionizing illegal occupiers has nothing to do with freedom. Instead, it is an attempt to overthrow the social compact that Canada was built on.

Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich, pictured Jan. 30, 2022, on Wellington Street. Lich was released from prison in March after she agreed to bail conditions which prevented her from inciting another illegal occupation. But her lawyer confirmed she was arrested two weeks ago in Medicine Hat, Alta., for allegedly violating bail conditions. Meanwhile, political parties battle to share the spotlight with Lich, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 4, 2022

OTTAWA—Freedom obviously means different things to different people. In some parts of the world, freedom is survival. If you don’t have access to food or water, how can you worry about anything more than securing the basics of life? If you are a woman in some countries, you do not even have t...

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