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The Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The movement quickly expanded to protest all COVID-19 restrictions and mandates.
One of the central organisers behind the "Freedom Convoy" protest that caused Canada’s capital to descend into gridlock for weeks in 2022 has been found guilty of mischief.
The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events surrounding the Canada convoy protest, a series of protests and blockades in Canada in early 2022. The protest, which was called the Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) by organizers, was "first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers" when the convoy of hundreds of vehicles, including semi ...
Tyson George Billings (born 1977 or 1978), also known as Freedom George, [1] was a key figure in the Canada convoy protest. Billings was arrested in February 2022 and pleaded guilty to one charge of counselling mischief in June 2022.
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Tamara Lich is a Canadian activist who has organised for the right-wing Maverick Party, the far-right Yellow Vest protests, and the Canada convoy protest in Ottawa.. Lich was among the organizers of yellow vest protests in Alberta in late 2018 and early 2019.
King was granted bail on July 18, 2022, and forbidden from using social media, contacting convoy leaders, or organizing convoy-related protests. [6] King's trial was initially scheduled for November 27, 2023. [37] A request to relocate the trial away from Ottawa was initially rejected by Superior Court justice Kevin Phillip in April 2023.
By 2022, all other convoy protest leaders had disassociated themselves from Canada Unity. [8] The group planned a second convoy labeled "Freedom Convoy 2.0" [11] and also "World Unity Convoy" [12] of vehicles to Ottawa for February 17 to 21, 2023, but changed their plans in favour of Winnipeg in late December 2022. [11]