Nearly three years after the so-called "Freedom Convoy" took over the streets of Ottawafor weeks on end and made a mockery of the whole concept of freedom, key organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber have been handed conditional sentences - a year of house arrest, followed by six months of 10pm curfew.
So, although they were found guilty of mischief (which is a more serious misdemenour than it sounds), and counselling others to disobey a court order in Barber's case, and although Crown prosecutors were calling for jail sentences of 7 and 8 years (in line with the impact the two had on the public and the financial costs they caused), they have effectively received a proverbial slap on the wrist from the judge. And, even then, they are considering appealing.
The two ne'erdowells and their supporters are probably sniggering behind their hands at such a ridiculously lenient sentence.
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