Tamara Lich

[3][4][5] Lich was an organizer for the far-right[6][7][8][9] yellow vest protests in Medicine Hat in late December 2018 and early 2019.

Following death threats made towards Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Lich debated a name change for the group to distance their aims from those promoting violence.

[3] As a leader[5] of the Maverick Party, she advocated for a unified voice of people in western Canada to push for constitutional reform as a first priority and secession as the second.

[3] Speaking at a news conference on February 3, 2022, Lich called on all levels of government in Canada to put an end to COVID-19 public health measures.

[21] Lich was arrested in Ottawa on February 17, 2022, accused of counselling to commit mischief,[22][23] and held in the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre.

[24][1] Diane Magas, defence lawyer for Lich, expressed concern about the neutrality of Justice Bourgeois on the basis that she ran for a federal Liberal Party seat in 2011.

[30][31] On June 27, 2022, Lich was re-arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta for allegedly breaching her bail conditions.

Lich attended a JCCF award ceremony on June 17 and met convoy organizer Tom Marazzo, with whom she had been ordered to have no contact.

[38] In March 2023, government prosecutors were accused of malice after phone records between Chris Barber and Lich were briefly released online.

Barber's legal team, with support from The Crown, secured a publication ban to protect both his and Lich's privacy.