Fri Sep 22, 2023 – 9:31 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – On the 12th day of the trial for Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, the court heard that tuckers agreed to move their rigs from downtown Ottawa only minutes after being asked to do so by the former chief of staff to the city’s mayor and after officials realized they were not a threat.
The trial on Thursday continued with testimony from Ottawa city manager Kim Ayotte, who on Wednesday admitted he saw protesters having an enjoyable time dancing in the streets, jumping in bouncy castles, and soaking in hot tubs, but these were “illegal” activities that required a permit.
In court on Thursday, Ayotte, who is the general manager of emergency and protective services, admitted that the “convoy participants upheld their end of the agreement (to leave downtown) and that it was the police who put an end to it,” as noted by The Democracy Fund (TDF), which is crowdfunding Lich’s legal costs, in its court update.
The court learned that Ayotte received a letter from lawyer Eva Chipiuk, who was helping Lich and Barber at the time, that was addressed to Ottawa
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