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Re: Tamara Lich was never an insurrectionist. It just suited Liberals to pretend — Michael Higgins, Oct. 8; and Canada needs Tamara Lich — Amy Hamm, Oct. 7

Having spent nearly 40 years working in the justice system as a law enforcement officer, I hope I never again see it being using it as a political weapon in this country.

The charges against Tamara Lich and Chris Barber never warranted the extreme hardship they endured, while the same Trudeau government was mollycoddling serious criminals by quickly returning them to society.

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For her bail appearances, the diminutive Lich was shackled in leg irons, which are usually reserved for the most dangerous offenders. To further punish Barber, there have been ongoing efforts to have his transport truck, “Big Red,” seized and sold.

What must not be forgotten is that in his January 2024 ruling, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley declared it was unreasonable for the Trudeau government to have used the Emergencies Act to quell the Freedom Convoy.

In essence, in order to punish those opposed to his policies, Justin Trudeau ran roughshod over the guaranteed right to peaceful protest as set out in his father’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Larry Comeau, Ottawa

Michael Higgins is totally correct that the Ottawa police had all the weapons they needed to control or disband the Freedom Convoy, but in effect did nothing. However, the blame should not be restricted to them. The Ottawa city council also sat on its hands, as did Doug Ford’s provincial government.

By rights, those are the people who should have been sitting in the dock, rather than Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.

John Sutherland, Calgary

If Tamara Lich and Chris Barber can be hounded, jailed, de-banked and ultimately convicted of “mischief,” what of the incessant “mischief” being executed across this country by those supporting terrorism? They have been disrupting lives everywhere. Few charges have been laid and this antisocial crowd is growing in strength and size.

The lesson our political masters are teaching is plain to see. Better to be violent and wave the flag of a terrorist group than set up a circus on Parliament Hill.

It could all be halted if their “mischief” was taken seriously.

Barbara Okun, Scarborough, Ont.

Re: If peace deal holds, give Trump the Nobel Prize — Vivian Bercovici, Oct. 9

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