{"id":820389,"date":"2026-07-23T07:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820389\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:46:22","slug":"rebel-news-founder-promises-court-tamara-lichs-bail-conditions-will-be-top-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/820389\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel News founder promises court Tamara Lich&#8217;s bail conditions will be &#8216;top priority&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel News founder Ezra Levant told an Ottawa judge Wednesday that it would be his company\u2019s &#8220;top priority&#8221; to ensure Tamara Lich complies with her court-ordered bail conditions if she is allowed to travel internationally as an employee of the right-wing media outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I disagree with court cases every day, but I abide by them,&#8221; Levant told court during a hearing to consider the request from Lich, a key organizer of the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>Lich, who attended court virtually, is currently under house arrest in Medicine Hat, Alta., but is nevertheless seeking the court\u2019s permission to leave Canada as a Rebel News employee, including going on a Caribbean cruise and visiting the White House. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During cross-examination on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed the Rebel News website, which prominently features Levant, along with T-shirts and other merchandise bearing Lich\u2019s likeness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lich was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/tamara-lich-chris-barber-freedom-convoy-trial-decision-1.7500015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">found guilty in April 2025 of mischief and other offences<\/a> for her role in organizing and sustaining the Ottawa protest, which ended only after the federal government triggered the Emergencies Act, allowing police to clear the streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She published a book through Rebel News in 2023, and has filed at least four reports per month on the outlet&#8217;s website since March.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784792782_220_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Key convoy figure asks judge for permission to visit White House, take a cruise<\/p>\n<p>Tamara Lich, who is currently serving a conditional sentence for her role in the 2022 convoy protest in Ottawa, is now asking a judge to let her travel internationally, including to the White House and on a Caribbean cruise. The CBC\u2019s David Fraser reports.<\/p>\n<p>Lich has already sought and received permission to travel domestically, attending and reporting on independence events in Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/convoy-leader-tamara-lich-attends-july-4-party-at-u-s-ambassador-s-residence-in-ottawa-9.7260268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Independence Day celebration at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on July 4<\/a>, where she was photographed with the U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued Lich\u2019s circumstances haven&#8217;t changed significantly enough to warrant another review of her conditions.<\/p>\n<p>They said Levant\u2019s public comments about Lich and her trial call into question whether he could be trusted to ensure she complies with her bail conditions, and they questioned what authority, if any, would enforce those conditions while she&#8217;s outside Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court will hear further arguments on Aug. 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":820390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-820389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}