‘Free Tamara’: Alberta MLA Calls for Release of Freedom Convoy Organizer

Tamara Lich, organizer for a truckers' protest "Freedom Convoy" and supporters demanding an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, delivers a statement during a news conference in Ottawa, on Feb. 3, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

An Alberta MLA is calling for the release of his constituent Tamara Lich, who remains behind bars for organizing the truckers’ Freedom Convoy protest to oppose federal COVID-19 mandates. 

Drew Barnes, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, issued a statement titled “Free Tamara” in a Twitter post on Feb. 27, saying it is a “miscarriage of justice” that Lich is still detained now that the Ottawa protest has ended.

“She freely admits to taking part in non-violent civil disobedience in her role with the freedom convoy to Ottawa. She faces mischief charges, and nothing more,” Barnes said.