The judge in the criminal trial of Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber ruled Friday that the prosecution must reveal some redacted portions of emails between themselves and the Ottawa Police Service.

The pair are charged with mischief, counseling others to commit mischief, intimidation, and obstructing police as leaders of the Freedom Convoy that polarized residents of Ottawa in 2022 and arguably began to roll back Covid mandates.

Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said some of the censored material should be admissible as evidence.

Although the judge agreed with the defense that some of the redacted conversations are protected by solicitor-client privilege, a lot of the material reveals the opinions and conceptions of police officers and this should be part of the court proceedings.

[Talk about being railroaded, the Canadian government is putting on a master class in “how To.” ~ Beege]