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Day 17 of Public Hearings, November 4, 2022 Public Inquiry for the Invocation of the Emergencies Act

Tia Riley

Day 16 of the Emergencies Act hearings Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich took the stand. 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.

MS. TAMARA LICH, Sworn
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Ms. Andrea Gonsalves
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Tom Curry
Cross-Examination by Mr. Antoine D’Ailly
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller
Submissions by Mr. David Migicovsky
Submissions by Ms. Emilie Taman
Submissions by Mr. Christopher Diana
Submissions by Mr. Brendan Miller
Submissions by Mr. Hatim Kheir
Submissions by Ms. Emilie Taman
Submissions by Mr. David Migicovsky
Submissions by Mr. John Mather
Submissions by Mr. Brendan Miller

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.

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

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

“You’re not a national security threat in any way?” Lawyer for Ottawa residents and businesses Paul Champ strikes somewhat sympathetic tone with convoy organizer Tamara Lich.

Convoy organizer Tamara Lich on her intentions during the protest:
“Meeting with the mayor was not one of my goals, but I thought again, it was a way to open some dialogue with somebody in a position of authority.”

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

Shedding light on negotiations between the City of Ottawa and the Freedom Convoy, Tamara Lich describes a deal to move trucks out of the downtown core as “a step.”

“It was progress, it was more progress than we’d seen since we arrived,” Lich says.

During review of a police liaison document recalling the team telling Tamara Lich to leave Ottawa, Lich says she does not recall being explicitly told to leave, rather she was “suggested” to leave.

Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich said if an injunction or court order demanded her departure from Ottawa, she’d have complied, though would have asked if an alternate protest location would have been permitted.

MR. CHRISTOPHER DEERING, Sworn
MS. MARGARET HOPE-BRAUN, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Stephen Armstrong
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Ms. Bath-Sheba Van den Berg
Cross-Examination by Ms. Emilie Taman
Cross-Examination by Mr. Rob Kittredge
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller

“We wanted to see for ourselves what was going on, because when we watched the news, there was one narrative, and we wanted to see for ourselves because on Facebook and social media you’d see a whole, completely different story, so we wanted to go there for ourselves.”

Chris Deering explains to the commission why he attended the Freedom Convoy protest: “As a wounded veteran, I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t grieve my comrades in Nova Scotia because I wasn’t allowed to cross the border in my car by myself.”

Chris Deering, a Canadian veteran that was injured abroad, recalls his violent takedown and arrest by police during the time of the Freedom Convoy. “It was the worst pain I had felt since I’d been blown up.”

Wounded Canadian Armed Forces veteran Chris Deering said he felt a “duty” to go to Ottawa to protest Covid mandates alongside the Freedom Convoy.

Both of the witness didn’t know about the exclusion zone.

Chris Deering and Maggie Hope Braun would be OK a with a convoy on their front lawn.

Short clip of Chris Deering on his arrest

Chris Deering speaks of police brutality at the #FreedomConvoy He was beaten to the ground, not allowed his medication and froze. “The worst pain I experienced since being blown up.”

Canadian Veteran Chris Deering Describes the Pain of His Arrest. “the worst pain I felt since I was blown up”

Chris Deering explains to the commission why he attended the Freedom Convoy protest:

“As a wounded veteran, I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t grieve my comrades in Nova Scotia because I wasn’t allowed to cross the border in my car by myself.”

Outbursts of laughter from the gallery audience when Ottawa Police lawyer asks Chris Deering & Maggie Hope Braun about the details of their arrests during the Freedom Convoy crackdown.

The experience was like the the positive masculine experience that the way that the men were behaving” Maggie Hope Braun

MR. JEREMY MITCHELL MacKENZIE, Affirmed
Statement by Mr. Sherif Foda
Examination in-Chief by Mr. John Mather
Cross-Examination by Mr. Stephen Aylward
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Ms. Jessica Barrow
Cross-Examination by Mr. Sherif Foda

The federal government has identified Diagolon as an extremist organization. Its founder, Jeremy MacKenzie, says Diagolon is entirely fictitious and assertions to the contrary constitute “the single most embarrassing and grotesque intelligence failure in national history.”

After testifying that Diagolon’s Vice President is a demonic goat figurine with a very serious narcotics problem and time traveling abilities, Jeremy Mackenzie explains how @AntiHateCA manufactures hate groups for legacy media and the @Liberal_Party to consume.

Diagolon’s Jeremy Mackenzie says a number of active law enforcement members count themselves as “fans” or “supporters.” He testifies an RCMP officer leaked screenshots to him from an internal police group chat during the convoy.

When asked about leaked RCMP chat logs wherein officers jokes about trampling convoy protesters, Jeremy Mackenzie says the mainstream media refused to touch the story.

A clip where a dialogon community member hoping that the convoy to Ottawa would be the Canadian January 6th was taken out of context according to Jeremy Mackenzie.

Jeremy Mackenzie claims that dialogon is a militia, an accelerationism or an extremist movement. Jeremy Mackenzie also believes law enforcement is relying on information from the anti-hate network.

Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of the “Diagolon” group, believes the RCMP had been monitoring him closely due to past criticisms he’s made of the federal police force. “That is my personal belief, yes.”

In a letter to the senate, Jeremy Mackenzie describes himself as one of the founding members of the people’s party of Canada. JM also uses various social media platforms.

That’s the best screen recording I could get of Jeremy Mackenzie saying he was receiving intel from a RCMP member.

When asked about leaked RCMP chat logs wherein officers jokes about trampling convoy protesters, Jeremy Mackenzie says the mainstream media refused to touch the story.

JM claims he is no longer an enthusiast supporter of the PPC. Jeremy Mackenzie makes podcast and he also made content critiquing the RCMP following the tragedy of Portapique.

When asked about leaked RCMP chat logs wherein officers jokes about trampling convoy protesters, Jeremy Mackenzie says the mainstream media refused to touch the story.

Previously, the OPP’s intel chief classified “Diagolon” as a group of extremists. Jeremy MacKenzie, the groups accused leader, responds by saying this isn’t true.
“Much of this narrative is coming from certain actors and members of the media.”

Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of the “Diagolon” group, believes the RCMP had been monitoring him closely due to past criticisms he’s made of the federal police force.

“That is my personal belief, yes.”

MR. DANIEL BULFORD, Sworn
Examination in-Chief by Mr. Jeffrey Leon
Cross-Examination by Mr. David Migicovsky
Cross-Examination by Mr. Paul Champ
Cross-Examination by Mr. Victor Ryan
Cross-Examination by Mr. Tom Curry
Cross-Examination by Mr. Brendan Miller

Coutts was dismantled *before* Trudeau invoked EA. The guns seized didn’t happen at the Coutts blockade, it happened at a private residence far away. As former RCMP officer and Freedom Convoy operative Danny Bulford stated, stop getting your intel from CBC.

ICYMI: A former member of the RCMP, Daniel Bulford says that threats to take Freedom Convoy protesters kids, who were at the protest, was an attempted provocation from the gov’t that would illicit “a very strong emotional response.”

Daniel Bulford “Seeing the convoy and the rallying of support behind it all across Canada restored my faith in Canadians. That they weren’t going to let Canada degenerate further.”

Convoy security lead and former Mountie Danny Bulford said the Freedom Convoy “restored my faith in Canadians.”

Cpl. Danny Bulford shares bully tactics used against people at the #FreedomConvoy.

Former RCMP sniper Daniel Bulford recalls the convoy as “the largest event I’ve ever observed in downtown Ottawa,” and calls the atmosphere “festive.”

Former RCMP officer Daniel Bulford gives his recollection of how the rhetoric all changed after “two weeks” of the Freedom Convoy, claiming it turned negative and was cohesive with the City of Ottawa and mainstream media.

Danny Bulford Exposes Police Bully Tactics During Canadian Trucker Convoy

It was deliberate provocation on the government’s part and the convoy didn’t respond to that provocation with force. Hence the need for Trudeau to use the EMA. He couldn’t threaten them into violence.

Former RCMP officer Danny Bulford hoped the police would join the convoy protest to show the federal government they weren’t going to have the police as their enforcement arm

Daniel Bulford describes objective to deter violence/slander from outside organizations toward Freedom Convoy protesters. “Maybe even someone who would try to infiltrate the crowd with a racist type flag to try and bring discredit to the Freedom Convoy.”

A former member of the RCMP, Daniel Bulford says that threats to take Freedom Convoy protesters kids, who were at the protest, was an attempted provocation from the gov’t that would illicit “a very strong emotional response.”

“Seeing the convoy and the rallying of support behind it all across Canada restored my faith in Canadians. That they weren’t going to let Canada degenerate further.”

Daniel Bulford, Former RCMP Officer, describes his experience witnessing the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

Former RCMP officer Daniel Bulford gives his recollection of how the rhetoric all changed after “two weeks” of the Freedom Convoy, claiming it turned negative and was cohesive with the City of Ottawa and mainstream media.

Former RCMP officer and Freedom Convoy operative Danny Bulford testifies about a little chat he had with a @OttawaPolice officer.

Paul Champ made a such ridiculous statement earlier during Danny Bulford’s testimony in fact he doesn’t know what he’s talking about, protesters rebuked people flying confederate and nazi flags.

Cpl. Danny Bulford Nukes OPS Lawyer During Emergencies Act Inquiry

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