Justice Or We March
Lich and Barber stood for us and got crushed. It's time we do the same for them.
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:9 (NIV)
The LORD detests double standards; he is not pleased by dishonest scales. Proverbs 20:23 (NLT)
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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are now facing 7-8 years for the crime of peacefully protesting.
Those with even a passing familiarity with the so-called Freedom Convoy will know it was one of the most effective grass-roots movements Canada has ever seen. Despite the media’s constant attempts to suggest otherwise, it was not an attempt to seize power or incite revolution. It was a movement made up of regular Canadians who no longer recognized the Canada they grew up in and refused to stand by while tyrants and technocrats defaced her legacy.
The state would like us to believe Lich and Barber are dangerous criminals — but let’s set the context shall we? In North York, a 71-year old woman was murdered in cold blood for refusing to hand over her car keys. As a minor, the most jail time he will face is four years. After robbing a liquor store, another man drove the wrong way down the 401, killing 4 people, including a baby. He received a sentence under six months to avoid automatic deportation. Another man tried to buy sex from a 15-year-old and was put under house arrest for fear of delaying his citizenship. Never mind that terrorist mobs have been blocking various roads in Ottawa for almost two years nows.
In the name of “compassion,” violent crime is exploding in Canada while the actually violent criminals are immediately released back into the public.
What we are witnessing in the case of Lich and Barber has nothing to do with justice. It has nothing to do with the equal application of law. It has nothing to do with dispensing a punishment commensurate with the crime. We know this because there has BEEN no crime. If you want to talk about crime, let’s talk about the Federal Court ruling that declared the invocation of the Emergencies Act in 2022 unlawful, unreasonable, and a direct violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Why are the ones responsible for such gross overreach of force not being held responsible? Where is their sentencing? Where is their jail time?
What has become patently clear is that Lich and Barber’s gauntlet through the courts has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with sending a message. “This is what we do to patriots.” “This is what we do to prisoners of conscience.” “This is what we do when you don’t fall in line.”
What we are seeing is pure and simple revenge.
Loving our Neighbor Means Loving Justice
Increasingly, we find ourselves facing the bombed-out aftermath of what was once a nation “under God.”
Are we shocked?
When we abandon law’s foundation (the Bible) should we be surprised when law is weaponized in the hands of snivelling bureaucrats? Should we be surprised that when the truth which imbues dignity is ignored, onetime prisoners of conscience become seven-year’s-time prisoners of the state? When we take away the objective reality of good and evil, should we be surprised when good is called evil and evil is called good?
Admittedly, it can be difficult to know how to “love justice” when injustice seems to be running rampant. At times, we find ourselves echoing King David, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Do we devote ourselves to activism for the rest of our lives? Do we engage in perpetual protest until all wrongs everywhere are righted?
The answer, of course, is no.
A large part of law and order is maintained in the regular lives of regular people in their workplace, homes, churches, and communities. These are precious and essential institutions. When all is said and done, if there’s nothing to fight for, there’s no point in fighting at all.
There comes a time, however, where a line in the sand must be drawn. When we declare, as we did in 2022, “Thus far, and no farther.” In this, we are not acting like spoiled children, or veering out of our ordained lanes, but acting faithfully in the moment we find ourselves in — as citizens, as Christians, as those who care about the future of our nation, and as those made in the image of a just God.
If there is no just God, then there is no justice. If there is no God, justice becomes a matter of personal preference — it is “executed” not at the point of deviation from a rule, but when those with power are thwarted.
Thankfully, we don’t exist in such a world. We live in a world presided over by a God who demonstrated his commitment to justice so thoroughly that he sent his son Jesus Christ for those who deserved punishment; in other words, for all of us. We ought to love justice because God loves it. And we ought to hate injustice because God hates it.
We are not acting recklessly or seditiously when we peacefully dissent. We are not acting above our paygrade as citizens when we do so. This is, in fact, our mandate. When we stand against injustice, we stand with the true Judge, who presides over courts, judges, and governors; just as He stands with those who are weak, powerless, and outnumbered.
The upholding of justice isn’t an incidental issue. It is THE issue. And it is our responsibility as citizens, and especially for those who call themselves Christians. When there is a clear line in the sand, Christians must rally — we must be the first into battle, last out, laughing loudest.
Four years ago, the line was unjust mandates. Today, it seems we’ve come full circle — we must now stand for those who stood for us.
The March
It is clear that Canada’s courts, judges, and government have forgotten their mandate. “Justice” now only serves ideological cause — climate justice, Palestinian justice, immigrant justice, queer justice, etc. Judges, apparently, are no longer interested in equal weights and measures. They are interested in self-preservation.
It isn’t because of any evil that Chris or Tamara committed that they now must be punished; it is because of the good they did. The Freedom Convoy was one of the greatest demonstrations of Canadian patriotism in the history of our nation. That fact is precisely why it must be demonized, discredited, and it’s memory destroyed. That is why Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, Canadian heroes, must be labelled as lawless, mischievous threats.
Most importantly, they must be punished for what they represent. The fact that the State is threatening to seize Big Red is proof that they are attempting to destroy even the symbols of dissent.
And make no mistake, Tamara, Chris, and Big Red are symbols. They are symbols of the nation we all once knew and loved. They are a symbol of the values which bound people from sea to sea. If the State insists on crushing every symbol of the nation we swore to defend, then the symbol must be the point of our peaceful resistance. They are the flag we must rally around.
So that’s what we’re going to do.
More specifically, we are going to peacefully march from Peterborough to Ottawa. Assuming a pace of 20km a day, and assuming our kneecaps don’t explode into ribbons partway, this should take us about two weeks. This is not a revolution. This is not a “storm parliament” moment. This is not Convoy 2.0.
This is a march of the silent majority. This is a march for principles. This is march for accused citizens who’ve done nothing wrong.
Details as to the precise location and execution of the event, as well as ways to help for those may not be able to attend, will be updated here.
Lich and Barber stood for us and got crushed. It’s time for Canadian patriots to stand for them and the nation we once knew.