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Meister, Dinel, Romlewski, Lich and Barber Cases
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First came the truckers, then came those who helped. The support brigade; the boots on the ground. Canada’s Freedom Convoy protest was seismic. Police thought five trucker convoys were headed to Ottawa in January 2022. When thirteen showed up, their traffic plan collapsed.
Meet twenty truckers who drove from British Columbia in the West, Nova Scotia in the East, and many places in between. Some were tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed, assaulted, and arrested. Some had their trucks vandalized and seized, their bank accounts frozen.
Support for this scrupulously peaceful protest poured in from all directions. A tsunami of supplies, equipment, and volunteers: fuel bootleggers, Manitoba Hutterites, mechanics, farmers, cooks and chefs. The mega donor from New Brunswick. The Quebec bouncy castle mama. The former Snowbird pilot. Unforgettable people, events, testimonies.
The Convoy changed lives. It changed Canada. Many answered the call. Millions were saved from despair.
Dinel, Meister, Romlewski, Lich and Barber Blog
Justice on Trial in Ottawa
July 29, 2025 | Author: Rod Taylor CHP Leader | Volume 32 Issue 30
At the time of this writing, the sentencing of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has not yet been announced. Hearings took place last week, but the actual sentencing may be delayed until October 7. Across the country, freedom-loving patriots are watching to see what will come down from the bench. Canadians want to know if government control of judges is complete or whether there is yet a faint heartbeat of compassion in those appointed to apply the principles of justice and the law…as it is written.
Regardless of the sentences that will be handed down, the greatest injustices have already been perpetrated, not only on Tamara and Chris, but on all Canadians. These two individuals, who have been dragged through the mud and had their lives disrupted for the past 3 ½ years, represented the hopes and dreams of so many of us, and their courageous efforts to confront tyrannical government mandates gave us hope that reason and a love for freedom might still prevail. Their sudden arrest and the unleashing of brutal force against peaceful protestors in February, 2022 woke us up to the depth of the arrogance and entitlement of the political establishment in Ottawa. The incarceration of Ms. Lich and Mr. Barber on charges of mischief was a transparent act of desperation meant to cudgel all Canadians into abject and unthinking obedience to the whims of uncaring politicians.
There are so many things wrong with this case, it’s hard to know where to start. In the first place, it should be Justin Trudeau in the docket. Every complaint against the defendants that was raised in their trial ought to have been levied against the former Prime Minister and those who supported his draconian edicts. Justin Trudeau should be facing a life sentence for imposing unscientific and harmful mandates on the Canadian people. He has blood on his hands—the blood of those who died or were injured by his mandated injections.
Mr. Trudeau and his sycophantic colleagues in the House bear 100% of the responsibility for businesses that were destroyed, for families that were separated, for the elderly who died without the comfort of a loved one’s touch. He and his Chief Public Health Officer, Theresa Tam, used the force of the law to pressure Canadians to accept an experimental injection, which they assured everyone was “safe and effective.” History has shown that it was harmful and ineffective. When Freedom Convoy organizers sought an audience with the Prime Minister, ready to present facts and figures through medical experts, world-famous doctors, vaccinologists and other specialists, the PM refused to meet with them, claiming he was in isolation because he had COVID. That should have broken the narrative right then and there. If the PM, who claimed to have taken the so-called ‘vaccine’ and boosters and who claimed that the vaccine would keep people safe and prevent infection…if the PM had COVID, then obviously he was either wrong or lying. Or both.
It was obvious that Mr. Trudeau didn’t want to meet with representatives of the thousands of concerned citizens who had come to Ottawa to express their concern with his mandates. He is a man who met in the streets of Ottawa with illegal Black Lives Matter protestors. He is a man who rewarded the killer of a US soldier with a $10.5 million dollar settlement and an apology for allegedly violating his “charter rights.” Yet, when the Prime Minister knowingly and deliberately violated the charter rights of thousands of Canadians and illegally and unconstitutionally implemented the Emergencies Act, there was no apology, no sober second thought; just a relentless effort to punish those who refused to submit quietly to his dictatorial decrees. There’s been no apology to the families who lost loved ones as a result of myocarditis. No apology to the many women who lost a child through vaccine-induced miscarriage.
Mr. Trudeau and his then-Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, together with provincial premiers, closed churches, jailed pastors, bankrupted businesses and violated the actual charter rights of millions of Canadians. Today, Liberal government prosecutors are vindictively pursuing harsh prison sentences for those who peacefully attempted to bring common sense back to Ottawa. The principle, established at Nuremberg, of “fully-informed consent” has been ignored along with conscience rights.
Those who testified against Ms. Lich and Mr. Barber, during their tortuous trial, complained about the horn honking and the inconveniences they claim to have suffered when the Convoy was in Ottawa. All those complaints should have been directed against the Prime Minister who imposed his will on Canadians, who promoted a product that killed and injured many and who refused to even meet with convoy organizers or to discuss the issues. Had he met with them in good faith, I’m sure a satisfactory agreement could have been reached, without the use of horses and truncheons.
This sham trial in a kangaroo court that resulted in “guilty” verdicts for these two patriots is now itself on trial, as concerned citizens assess whether the current crop of elected politicians and appointed judges have the capacity for self-evaluation and honest reflection. So far, the evidence is lacking.
We pray that God will vindicate those who have been unjustly condemned and, at the very least, the judge will release these heroes without further punishment or torment. If, by the time you read this, a further punishment is inflicted upon them, we can assume that Canadians will have a long painful struggle ahead to regain our freedom.
Let this struggle begin with championing our heritage of freedoms through support of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, the federal political party that has championed the cause of a free Canada through holding governments (City of Hamilton) responsible for their violations of our Charter rights. Join today!
July 29, 2025 - Guy Meister avoids jail time (LifeSite News) https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/freedom-convoy-trucker-avoids-jail-time-receives-probation/
23 July, 2025 - Trump Urged to Sanction Canada if Truckers Jailed https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/american-lawyer-calls-on-trump-to-sanction-canada-if-freedom-convoy-leaders-are-jailed/
June 1st 2025 - On May 16th, 2025, Judge Jonathan S. Brunet found Guy Meister guilty of Mischief, with no evidence presented. Meister was acquitted of the offence of Obstruction of the Police, as he was sitting in a truck when police broke the window and had him removed. A date will soon be set, for the sentencing hearing. Very unusual decision for a trucker exercising his right of "peaceful protest".
Lifesite News - 21 May 2025 - (LifeSiteNews) –– One of the more prominent truckers involved in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest movement has been acquitted of all charges.
On May 20, Justice Kevin B. Phillips of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice acquitted Harold Jonker of all charges. Jonker runs Jonker Trucking Inc. out of Caistor Centre in Ontario’s Niagara region, and rose to prominence for his role in the Freedom Convoy protest movement that sought to bring an end to all COVID-era mandates in Canada.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), which helped Jonker in his case, noted in a press release that Justice Phillips concluded that “while the broader Freedom Convoy could be seen as a collective act of mischief, the Crown had failed to prove that Mr. Jonker was guilty of any of the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”
“Harold and I are elated with the outcome of his case. We agree with the trial judge that the Crown had not proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Constitutional lawyer Chris Fleury.
Jonkers stated that he is “very thankful for the excellent legal support provided by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and thankful that the judge saw through the Crown’s weak case and had the courage to do the right thing.”
In February 2022, Jonker drove to Ottawa in his semi-truck alongside 12 other trucks from Jonker Trucking. A documentary called Freedom Occupation, which was distributed by independent outlet True North, featured him prominently.
In May of 2023, about 15 months after he participated in the Freedom Convoy, Jonker was told to turn himself over to the Ottawa Police Service to be processed for fingerprinting and to appear before a court on charges related to his association with the Freedom Convoy. He was charged with mischief, counselling mischief, intimidation, and counselling intimidation.
The JCCF noted his truck was parked along Coventry Road, which is away from the downtown area of Ottawa, and that he faced no charges or fines while he was in the city for the protest.
During the trial, held from May 12 to 14, saw the Crown argue before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa allege that Jonkers aided in organizing the Freedom Convoy.
Justice Phillips, as noted by the JCCF, addressed “two main themes advanced by the Crown,” the first being that the Crown had claimed that the media interviews Jonkers gave both during and after the protest amounted to counselling mischief.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/freedom-convoy-trucker-harold-jonker-acquitted-of-all-charges/
Webmaster Opinion & Comments 4 May 2025: It appears that the Crown is attempting to criminalize peaceful protest in Canada. Keep an eye on the Romlewski appeal with coverage by Dave Freedom and lifesitenews.com. These are very important cases. We urge our followers to Support Dave Freedom and Lifesitenews.com in their efforts to fight for free speech in Canada.
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Canadian Election Update
Liberals under Mark Carney have won a minority government on election night, Monday, April 28, 2025.
Conservative leader loses Ottawa seat but will run in an Alberta bi-election.
Maxime Bernier failed to win his seat in Quebec, which was won by a Conservative. I hope to work with our viewers and the Peoples Party of Canada to encourage Maxime Bernier to choose an Alberta seat / bi-election, to run in. He was the only leader on record that has supported the Truckers and his has the support of this website. He would be very effective as an opposition member from rural Alberta.
Freedom Convoy Lich / Barber Guilty of Mischief
Maxime Bernier Comments on Lich / Barber Trial Results: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/maxime-bernier-slams-freedom-convoy-leaders-guilty-verdict-calls-canadas-justice-system-corrupt/
David Romlewski, who had supported the Freedom Convoy Peaceful Protests in Ottawa, has passed away while on vacation. A link to his obituary notice is shown below. May he rest in peace. David was in the process of appealing his case. We are grateful to David as he lived his life fighting for freedom, and was a true Canadian Patriot.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/david-romlewski-obituary?id=57978504
Update on Twitter (X.com), See Brian Doody @DoodyCounsel, Abuse of Process Motion, See January 11, 2025 post - Trial dates were cancelled. Next trial date is Friday, February 28, 2025. Very interesting case.
The trial of peaceful Freedom Convoy protestor Guy Meister will be held on March 18, 19, and 24, 2025 - more than three years after his arrest. What about the Jordan Speedy Trial rule?
28 Sep, 2024 - Tactical officers were involved in arrest of Dinel and Meister. Window of vehicle that Meister was in was broken by a tactical officer, and Meister was arrested upon exiting vehicle. There was no riot. Common thread in all trucker cases. Arresting officer Laforest (tactical officer) arrested Meister. The law of mischief (1955) is not intended to arrest peaceful protestors. City of Ottawa has responsibility to remove obstructions.
28 Sep 2024 - Romlewski case (self represented) is moving through the court of appeal. Appeared before Judge Wadden, appealed to Superior Court of Appeal - 100 page decision written by Judge Doyle.
28 Sep 2024 - Judge dismissed Dinel arguement on Sep 5th, 2024. No reasons were given. On September 24, 2024 was Meister Decision - Judge Brunet rejected the defendent motion for non-suit and gave reasons that did not address the legal arguments. Trial coordination office was late in providing court dates. Next time in court is January 30, 31 and Feb 28th, 2025 for Dinel. Oct 7, 2024 - Meister case to be spoken to and 3 dates to complete trial.
Lawyer for the defense is using legal description of charges from 1955. Laws were re-numbered and difficult to find. Better description of law. Corporeal Property, Municipal Highways and Incorporeal Rights. Property to be damaged must be corporeal. These are new definitions that help the case.
15 November 2023 - Ottawa case - charges dropped against David Robinson of Quebec (Judge Webber, Brian Doody defense lawyer). Live X blogger (Amanda Purdy, Legally Purdy), in courtroom has 7,000 views.
Judge tried to remove her but she stood her ground. Resistance movement is growing. Windsor court case, week of Oct 17, 2023, Crown offered settlement to a Trucker #7, with no time served. Deal accepted, and no media coverage. Crown could not win on facts. We take this as a win. Ottawa cases are getting close to Jordan (speedy trial rule) expiry.
January 4-5, 2024 - Jordan Application discussed in Ottawa Courtroom on January 4-5th, 2024, for Meister Case, and appears to be valid, based on greater than an 18+ month delay. Documents were discovered to be lost or gone missing (missing exhibits), at the end of the day Friday. Next court date for Meister is Feb 8, 2024. See Legally Purdy on X for details on Thursday case. Amanda Purdy (Legally Purdy) also has an account on LinkedIn. She is the only blogger / media covering this case from the courtroom. Crown Attorney looked unhappy at the end of the week. The case is now about the Highway Safety Act, which is hardly criminal in nature, but more about a parking ticket.
Feb 1, 2 of 2024 - Robert Dinel case, under cross examination of Senior Officer, it was discovered that there was previously undisclosed evidence, of 2 hours of video. This was at processing centre located on 1431 Conroy Road. This is considered a "Brady Violation" in the USA. See Legally Purdy on X (Twitter). No right to Counsel was given. Next appearance for Dinel is Aug 6, 7 and 8. More cross examination on videos. Meister case is Feb 8th.
Prosecution
Crown is attempting to criminalize free speech and the ability to protest. This is a very important case.
Canadian Truckers - What is Next?
The Ottawa cases should have been dismissed, with the Jordan (Speedy Trial) motions. The Jordan decision requires a trial to be held within 18 months after charges are laid (Provincial Court). With the delays initiated by the Crown, cases are well past the 18 month hurdle. Judges ignored this rule of law.