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Last night, Lich posted a message to social media where she appeared to accept that she would soon be arrested.
"There's a pretty good chance — well I think it's inevitable at this point — but, uh, I'll probably be going somewhere tomorrow [Thursday] where I'll be getting three square meals a day. And that's OK,' Lich said.
"I'm OK with that. And I want you to know that I am not afraid," she added.
Another convoy organizer, Chris Barber, was also arrested tonight.
Lich is the Métis organizer of the original GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign for the trucker convoy that travelled to Ottawa to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers.
After astonishing support, both financially through crowdfunding and physically through support from those who turned out along overpasses to wave Canadian flags, the movement spiralled into a more broad protest against COVID restrictions and vaccine mandates.
Recently, Lich had been in discussions with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. Coming to terms through negotiations brokered by Dean French, the former chief of staff to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a deal was struck between convoy organizers and the city that resulted in numerous trucks leaving residential areas.
French explained his decision to mediate between the City of Ottawa officials and Freedom Convoy organizers in a column published by the National Post tonight, citing former Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford as his reason for meeting with Mayor Watson.
Peckford is currently suing the Canadian government over its mandatory vaccine requirement for air travellers, and had a lengthy conversation last month with Ezra Levant about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Peckford is the last living premier to have signed the document.
Comment: Earlier today, the Russian military reported that it killed 5 members of a Ukrainian "sabotage and recon group" attempting to cross into Russia in two combat vehicles. Ukraine denies this took place. They also denied that they have attacked Donetsk and Lugansk, so take that other denial with a grain of salt. Shortly after this, FSB director Bortnikov claimed that a Ukrainian soldier had been captured alive and is being held prisoner.
Ukraine started this war. Their masters in the U.S. and NATO wanted this. But no one predicted that Putin would recognize DPR and LPR's independence. That makes it official. The Minsk agreements are dead. Russia has been holding out for years, but Kiev has failed to implement ANY of their obligations. This just makes official what was de facto already the case. Though with the decision to send peacekeepers, the entire managerial class in the West now have the excuse they need to pat themselves on the back for predicting another "Russian invasion." We guess they'll get to find out if a war is really what they wanted after all - if it comes to that.