Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber said Tuesday the anti-vaccine mandate protest that gripped Ottawa for weeks last winter was beset by “conflict” among different factions pushing their own agendas.
Barber, a Saskatchewan trucker and small business owner, testified at the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) investigating the convoy that he and Brigitte Belton, an unvaccinated Alberta trucker, were the first to pitch a cross-country drive to protest a vaccine mandate for cross-border workers.
Tamara Lich, a former Western Canadian separatist, then joined the team to help organize the cross-country trek.
This trio then “organically” aligned with other groups also keen to take on the Liberal
