Canada-Wide Warrant For Convoy Leader

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A 17-year-old boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing a new charge of assaulting a peace officer. ...

The youth, who cannot be named because he is a minor, is also facing charges of providing or making available property or services for terrorist purposes; participating in the activity of a terrorist group; and facilitating a terrorist activity.

“We’re talking about terrorism offenses, more specifically gathering or collecting goods,” said Cigana. “We call it financing terrorism, gathering, collecting goods for the purpose of committing a terrorist activity. Facilitating terrorist activity and participating in a terrorist group and that was the Islamic State.”

He appeared in court on Friday, surrounded by three security guards. He remained impassive and stared straight ahead during the brief hearing, while his mother sat in the audience.

Prosecutor Cigana said he would seek that the teenager be convicted as an adult on all charges if convicted. The young man faces a much heavier sentence than the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

“Those charges are serious enough that we believe that it was the opportune decision to seek an adult and the judge will decide if there’s going to be found guilty or if he’s guilty, there would be a hearing to determine if in fact he will be treated as an adult at the sentence stage,” said Cigana.

Defence lawyer Tiago Murias has asked Judge Éric Beauparlant for more time to prepare his client’s case, which includes developing a plan for a possible release.

 

And now: 

One of the organizers of the convoy protest that snarled downtown Ottawa in 2022 faces a Canada-wide warrant after failing to appear in court earlier last week.

James Bauder, a 55-year-old from Calgary, was charged with mischief to obstruct property, disobeying a lawful court order and obstructing/restricting a peace officer in February 2022.

Bauder is the founder of Canada Unity, an organization that gathered signatures for a petition that called for governments to end all vaccine mandates, passports and other “discriminatory regulations and initiatives” and for a “cease and desist order” to be issued to elected members of parliament.

According to posts on his social media account, Bauder fled to the U.S. earlier this summer and filed an asylum application on Aug. 5. He claims he is being politically persecuted and is raising money for his legal fees. His GIveSendGo campaign has raised US$13,040 as of Sunday, Aug. 31.

 

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