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Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

Chris Barber and Tamara Lich were sentenced to 12 months of house arrest, followed by six months under curfew, for their roles in organizing the 2022 trucker convoy protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for weeks.

Freedom convoy organizers Tamara Lich, left, and Chris Barber arrive at the provincial courthouse in Ottawa on Oct. 7 for their sentencings related to the 2022 protest that occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

October 7, 2025

UPDATED October 7, 2025

Convoy protest organizers Chris Barber and Tamara Lich were sentenced to 12 months of house arrest, followed by six months under curfew, for their roles in organizing the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for weeks.

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