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Day 16 of Public Hearings, November 3, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley

Day 16 of the Emergencies Act hearings, the main organizer of the Freedom Convoy Tamara Lich was asked about what her life had been like after her arrest in Ottawa on Feb 17. “I’ve lost my job, I’ve lost my freedom of speech, I’ve lost my freedom to communicate with my friends,” said Lich tearfully.

MR. BENJAMIN DICHTER, Sworn
Statement by Mr. Jim Karahalios
Examination in-Chief by Mr. John Mather
Cross-Examination by Mr. Jim Karahalios
Cross-Examination by Ms. Andrea Gonsalves
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Ms. Christine Johnson
Cross-Examination by Mr. Nikolas De Stefano
Cross-Examination by Mr. Jim Karahalios (cont’d)

Convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter said the convoy had to respond to “legacy media that was putting out a narrative that was completely false about these phantom violent people that I never saw.”

Benjamin Dichter on Jeremy Mackenzie he “has made comments throughout the years about Jewish Conspiracy theories. I laughingly says that he makes Mel Gibson look like a rabbi. He is really, really aggressive towards Jews.”

Benjamin Dichter recalls how the Freedom Convoy fostered a sense of togetherness among the diverse group of participants.

“Legacy media seems to be wanting to make these people who have very little or nothing to do with the convoy into celebrities,” convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter says of people like Pat King, James Bauder, and Jeremy MacKenzie.

Benjamin DICHTER risks it by admitting he knew about ‘the deal’ to comment that Keith Wilson is ‘unprofessional’ and ‘pat king in a suit.’

“Legacy media seems to be wanting to make these people who have very little or nothing to do with the convoy into celebrities,” says convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter.

Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller and Convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter clash over tweets from Dichter about the deal between convoy organizers and the City of Ottawa.

Benjamin Dichter wasn’t happy that Dean French was negotiating with the mayor and seems to imply that he was responsible for the trucker mandates

Benjamin Dichter says it’s “odd” that the inquiry continues to focus on Pat King given that the Freedom Convoy organizers formally distanced the movement from him and his rhetoric.

Benjamin Dichter laughs off suggestions that members of the Freedom Convoy were seeking to change the government:

“There’s always fringe elements in these sorts of events, but that’s not what we were about from the very beginning.”

Benjamin Dichter responds to claims that Ottawa businesses complained about the Freedom Convoy’s behaviour:

“All the businesses that I dealt with were supporting us and thought it was amazing.”

“I don’t know what antisocial behaviour is,” Benjamin Dichter. Benjamin Dichter also mentioned that someone who had a sign with a swastika was a religious Jew.

“The honker,” Elon Musk, memes. Benjamin Dichter appears to say that “Honking memes” were not meant to encourage people to actually honk horns

Benjamin Dichter was getting scolded on his twitter space by convoy donors

Things got heated over the cross-examination led by the counsel of freedom corp Brendan Miller questioning Benjamin Dichter over a tweet he made from Tamara Lich’s Twitter account

Benjamin Dichter had no idea who Pat King was and told him to leave due to his rhetoric

“Jeremy Mackenzie has been my personal troll, because I’m a Jew for several years” Benjamin Dichter at the Public Order Emergency Commission

Convoy Lawyer Brendan MILLER vs Benjamin DICHTER ‘which you know is a Russian propaganda outfit’

#BenjaminDichter is a LIAR – #JeremyMacKenzie exposed him, he is a Liberal Infiltrator

Before the #FreedomConvoy, no one knew who he was, he jumped on for personal political gain, and he didn’t care about the movement.

Benjamin Dichter claims he was in sync with Tamara Lich and that Keith Wilson was retained by the JCCF.

MR. JAMES BAUDER, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Jeffrey Leon
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan van Niejenhuis
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Christopher Diana
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Mr. Rob Kittredge
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ (cont’d)

Crying at the mention of Coutts is one of the highlight of James Bauder testimony

Canada Unity’s James Bauder claims his infamous memorandum of understanding “isn’t a legal anything. It’s just words.”

James Bauder expressing his feelings.

James Bauder gave testimony today, shed some tears, & Paul Champ pressed him on his antisemitic & transphobic views.

“Legacy media seems to be wanting to make these people who have very little or nothing to do with the convoy into celebrities,” convoy spokesperson Benjamin Dichter says of people like Pat King, James Bauder, and Jeremy MacKenzie.

James Bauder received intel on the weapons that were stolen in Peterborough

After a
@TDF_Can
lawyer asked James Bauder about his feelings about the Freedom Convoy, the lawyer for Ottawa residents and businesses asked for (and received) additional time to ask Bauder his views on Islam and why he called Justin Trudeau “Justine.”

I’m gonna sue everyone and we didn’t want to overthrow the government- James Bauder paraphrased

“I made a prayer to save my soul because of all the division and divisiveness that I was witnessing in my country. And the the answer to that prayer was the Convoy for Freedom,” says one of the protest’s organizers, James Bauder.

James Bauder claims that convoy for freedom was the result of a religion

James Bauder believes members of the government of Canada have committed treason and crimes against humanity and that they should be tried for it

“We are in a country of division by design,” says Freedom Convoy organizer James Bauder as he explains the backstory of the name “Operation Bearhug” to the commission.

James Bauder: “This is emotional when you see a government completely violating all of the laws, and where do we turn to? The Senate? This is our last hope.”

James Bauder, complaining Ottawa city crews “didn’t do their jobs” and snowplow downtown streets during the convoy.

James Bauder mentioned Crimes against humanity in his testimony before the commission

James Bauder crying

“I made a prayer to save my soul because of all the division and divisiveness that I was witnessing in my country. And the the answer to that prayer was the Convoy for Freedom,” says one of the protest’s organizers, James Bauder.

Canada Unity’s James Bauder claims his Memorandum of Understanding “isn’t a legal anything. It’s just words.”

James Bauder: “This is emotional when you see a government completely violating all of the laws, and where do we turn to? The Senate? This is our last hope.”

“Worldwide. We had the biggest unity movement in the world and that goes down in history. That’s all of us Canada, thank you for coming together in unity and showing the world”
~ James Bauder

Thank you #FreedomConvoy. The world heard you.

MS. TAMARA LICH, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. John Mather

Tamara Lich testifies: I had to hear my PM call me a racist and say I shouldn’t be tolerated. I found his rhetoric to be incredibly divisive, and I’m a believer that if you are a leader of a country, you have to lead all of your people, even if you don’t agree with them.

“I have the tears of thousands of Canadians on my shoulder, who every day told me that we were bringing them hope.” Tamara Lich emotionally explains why Covid restrictions and mandates triggered her to get involved in the Freedom Convoy.

Tamara Lich explains in heartbreaking detail the inhumanity @JustinTrudeau’s mandates.

Tamara Lich describes the night of her arrest. This is just heartbreaking.

Tamara Lich, mother of three testifies how her arrest affected her life:

“I lost my job, I lost my freedom of speech, I lost my freedom to communicate with my friends… I have a daughter, that I don’t want her to be seen with me”

Convoy organizer Tamara Lich tearfully describes how being arrested has affected her life, from losing her job to losing her ability to talk to friends (due to bail conditions) to not wanting her daughter to be seen with her.

Tamara Lich said she heard “rumours” of Ottawa residents being harassed but never witnessed any such harassment.

Tamara Lich on the lack of leadership from civil servants who pushed divisive rhetoric on the unvaccinated, mentions Trudeau has three kids, just like her.

Freedom Organizer, Tamara Lich, who was jailed for nearly 50 days for mischief charges, recounts her arrest in Ottawa.

The day after Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act.

Tamara Lich says she “was becoming increasingly alarmed listening to my prime minister call me a racist and say I shouldn’t be tolerated… If you are a leader of a country, you have to lead all of your people — even if you don’t agree with them.”

“I was seeing families torn apart. Suicides in my hometown were so numerous that they stopped reporting them. Elderly people were dying by themselves.” Tamara Lich delivers touching testimony on why she joined the convoy.

Convoy organizer Tamara Lich explains how despite most of $1 million raised by the convoy being frozen, $26,000 was still able to be withdrawn.
Lich says she was “very nervous” and “needed receipts” because they had “to be accountable.”

Tamara Lich testifies on the alleged harassment of Ottawa citizens: We definitely never wanted anyone to feel that way.

Tamara Lich doesn’t know who was charged with violent offences

Tamara Lich says she “was becoming increasingly alarmed listening to my prime minister call me a racist and say I shouldn’t be tolerated… If you are a leader of a country, you have to lead all of your people — even if you don’t agree with them.”

“I was seeing families torn apart. Suicides in my hometown were so numerous that they stopped reporting them. Elderly people were dying by themselves.” Tamara Lich delivers touching testimony on why she joined the convoy.

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