Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, key organizers of the so-called Freedom Convoy that has occupied Ottawa streets for three weeks, have been arrested in Ottawa, CBC News has learned.
Highlights
- Two key organizers of the so-called Freedom Convoy have been arrested in Ottawa.
- The two remain in police custody and are expected to be charged criminally, according to sources.
- They are two of the three protest organizers named in a proposed class-action lawsuit filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
- Police have set up nearly 100 checkpoints to remove protesters from downtown Ottawa streets and remove them from the streets.
- The arrests are part of a plan to secure the area around the city from protesters who are protesting for more than three weeks.
- The protesters say they are trying to get the message out of their hands that it is not about politics, but about people who are angry at the government.