Freedom Convoy protests [Split from All things 2019-nCoV]

[The Bread Guy]

Some delays in sentencing due to a lawyer change ....

Three protesters convicted of mischief at Alberta blockade to be sentenced next year

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Three men convicted of helping lead and co-ordinate the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., in 2022 are to be sentenced next year.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

 

[The Bread Guy]

Windsor suing Ottawa over the bridge protest ....

Windsor sues federal government over costs of 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade

The City of Windsor is suing the federal government over the costs incurred due to the so-called Freedom Convoy blockade at the Ambassador Bridge in early 2022.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

City of Windsor Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government Over Unpaid Costs From 2022 Ambassador Bridge Blockade | City of Windsor

www.citywindsor.ca

From Windsor's statement ....

 

[Haggis]

Windsor suing Ottawa over the bridge protest ....

Windsor sues federal government over costs of 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade

The City of Windsor is suing the federal government over the costs incurred due to the so-called Freedom Convoy blockade at the Ambassador Bridge in early 2022.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

City of Windsor Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government Over Unpaid Costs From 2022 Ambassador Bridge Blockade | City of Windsor

www.citywindsor.ca

From Windsor's statement ....
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Windsor is asking the Trudeau government for "more than we are able to give right now".

 

[The Bread Guy]

Windsor is asking the Trudeau government for "more than we are able to give right now".

Or then, apparently ...

 

[brihard]

Windsor suing Ottawa over the bridge protest ....

Windsor sues federal government over costs of 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade

The City of Windsor is suing the federal government over the costs incurred due to the so-called Freedom Convoy blockade at the Ambassador Bridge in early 2022.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

City of Windsor Files Lawsuit Against Federal Government Over Unpaid Costs From 2022 Ambassador Bridge Blockade | City of Windsor

www.citywindsor.ca

From Windsor's statement ....
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Huh. I can see the call to reimburse everything they promised.

Not so much the call to divvy up policing costs with the feds in a general sense. Ottawa isn’t a great comparison due to all the federal and diplomatic presence that attracts RCMP protective policing presence. Even at that, RCMP do protective work, but they aren’t doing normal first response policing in Ottawa save for rare cases where a marked car might get waved down or encounter something they’re professionally obligated to act on for public safety. So, I’m not sure what Windsor’s claim for routinely dividing policing costs is based on. Sounds like a Queens Park problem.

 

[lenaitch]

I suspect their comparison to Ottawa argument is the stipend Ottawa gets for the additional costs incurred because of the presence of the federal government (protests, parades, escorts, traffic control, etc.) I don't know if it is just limited to policing costs. Windsor probably wants to make the case that the presence of the international crossings adds to their operational costs.

I suspect the federal government recognizes that their impact in Ottawa outweighs their grants-in-lieu-of-taxes payments. Windsor (et al) might have difficult making the same argument outside extraordinary events.

 

[Remius]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pat-king-freedom-convoy-2022-charge-1.7389715

Guilty of mischief and not guilty of intimidation.

Was facing up to 10 years in jail but I suspect he won’t see jail time given his pr trial detention.

 

[brihard]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pat-king-freedom-convoy-2022-charge-1.7389715

Guilty of mischief and not guilty of intimidation.

Was facing up to 10 years in jail but I suspect he won’t see jail time given his pr trial detention.

Guilty of mischief, counselling mischief, counselling obstruction, and disobey court order x2.

His prominent leadership role and the counselling of others to offend will count against him at sentencing, as well as his complete disavowal of any responsibility, up to and including this morning before court.

I think he has six months of pre-custody time, presumably credited at 1.5x. No idea what his global sentencing will look like. I expect sentencing will be in a couple months with submissions from crown and defence due in a few weeks. My guess is he’ll remain out on bail in the interim.

The court’s findings on the impacts of the larger overall occupation of downtown Ottawa may prove helpful to the plaintiffs in the convoy civil lawsuit.