(The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld) Convoy Leaders Meanwhile, several court cases for the leaders of the Freedom Convoy protest are continuing.

Gladu has previously said she is pro-life and, in recent years, has often taken positions at odds with the Liberals—including support for the 2022 Freedom Convoy against COVID-19 mandates and opposition to the initial version of the Trudeau government's

Police confront participants of the Freedom Convoy protest on Feb. 19, 2022, after the Emergencies Act was invoked several days earlier.

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She also opposed Ottawa’s decision to appeal to the Supreme Court after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the government unjustifiably invoked the Emergencies Act to dismantle the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests.

The federal government has argued that the economic disruption seen during the Freedom Convoy constituted a threat to the security of Canada.

Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber wait for the Public Order Emergency Commission hearing to begin, in Ottawa on Nov. 1, 2022.

Rogan also criticized the federal government’s response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions.

Emergencies Act The Freedom Convoy saw hundreds of vehicles converge in Ottawa in the winter of 2022 to demand an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and later called for the end of other pandemic restrictions.

Hillier was charged with nine offences in connection with the Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 restrictions in February 2022.

Barber and Tamara Lich, the main organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic measures, were found guilty of mischief in April.

Crown prosecutors are attempting to seize and auction off Barber’s truck, “Big Red,” which he used to travel from Saskatchewan to Ottawa in early 2022 for the Freedom Convoy protest.

However, two years after the Freedom Convoy protests, a Federal Court judge ruled that the Trudeau government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

During her second term as Privy Council clerk, Charette advised the Liberal government to invoke the Emergencies Act against Freedom Convoy protesters in downtown Ottawa, saying the protest presented “threats of serious violence.”

Ottawa spent over $73 million to enact emergency powers in response to the Freedom Convoy protests, according to government documents.

Government lawyers argued in court that two "fundamental errors" were made when a judge determined the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest was unjustified.

Ottawa has spent $2.2 million in its lawsuit against groups seeking damages for the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy, according to the federal government.

Following Major Court Victory The event comes a few weeks after a major victory for Freedom Convoy protestors.

A judge is expected to issue a decision this morning in the criminal case against one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

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As prime minister, I will unite our country for freedom,” Mr. Poilievre said. The Freedom Convoy protest originated as a demonstration against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for truckers traversing the Canada-U.S. border.

Without a hint of irony, he accuses the Freedom Convoy “blockaders” of inflicting “very real harm” to Canada’s economy, trade, and commerce. 

Freedom Convoy organizer Tom Marazzo said in an interview. "It's literally absurd that the defence doesn't get a chance to look at the evidence being used against them."

It adds that not all plaintiffs participated in the Freedom Convoy, and some had joint accounts frozen despite never having been in Ottawa.

Barber both identified themselves as leaders and organizers of the protest, though the defence argues the Freedom Convoy consisted of several factions.

Spicer's defence was being supported by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a civil rights advocacy group involved in multiple legal challenges related to COVID-19 restrictions and the Freedom Convoy protest.

Cottle previously claimed responsibility for the breach of GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding site that was supporting a fundraiser for the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa as it protested against COVID-19 mandates in early 2022. 

That’s why it was—and is—the Freedom Convoy, with no quotation marks around that title please.

The amount of energy and resources being put into this, ... we’re going to have the Freedom Convoy trial lasting longer than the Freedom Convoy itself.” — Lawrence Greenspon, attorney for Tamara Lich, in an Epoch Times interview In the arena of justice

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government will be appealing the decision of a federal judge who found that the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy was "unreasonable."