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Judge denies Tamara Lich's request to travel under house arrest
Justice Heather Perkins McVey said Tamara Lich did not show the travel was needed and it would weaken the effect of her sentence.
- On Thursday, Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey denied Tamara Lich's request to travel internationally, including to the White House and Caribbean, ruling that granting it would diminish the punitive effects of her sentence.
- Lich is serving a 12-month house arrest sentence handed down last October for her role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy, which paralyzed downtown Ottawa for nearly a month.
- Seeking international travel for her work with Rebel News, Lich requested a seven-day Caribbean cruise and trips to Arizona to meet Rob Schneider, a right-wing comedian. Her defence argued she had "abided by the terms of her conditional sentence to the letter."
- Crown prosecutors opposed the request, arguing it would provide a "blank cheque" for international travel that was unnecessary. Perkins-McVey ruled there was not enough evidence to show the request was needed to maintain employment.
- Since Lich has previously travelled to other parts of Ontario for her job, the judge concluded the material circumstances of her situation have not changed, maintaining her current house arrest status.
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