TUPOC started the process of buying Saint Brigid's Church in the Lower Town neighbourhood of Ottawa in July 2022, launched its own private security force shortly thereafter, and was served an eviction notice in August 2022 after community objections, failing to pay the rent, failing to provide insurance and the sale of the building falling through.

[10] The organisation occupied and started the process purchasing Saint Brigid's Church in July 2022,[11] converting it into what it called an "embassy".

[13][16] The same month, there was an online petition and poster campaign in Ottawa, objecting to the group's planned purchase of Saint Brigid's Church.

[17] After accumulating $10,000 of rent arrears and failing to provide proof of liability insurance, TUPOC was served an eviction notice on August 17, 2022 with bailiffs changing the locks on the 18th.

[18] On September 23, 2022, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that TUPOC had materially breached the sale agreement by failing to make required payments despite two extensions, granted the eviction application, and awarded $53,000 in damages to the owners.

A panel of judges in Ontario's Divisional Court unanimously agreed that there were "a number of problems" with TUPOC's appeal, including misreading sections of the Commercial Tenancies Act which their case depended on.