Overview

• Donna Kellway said political commentary and media criticism of prosecutorial decisions amount to an affront to the rule of law and undermine prosecutorial independence.
• Several Conservative MPs, including Pierre Poilievre, have publicly challenged Crown proposals for seven- and eight-year sentences and truck forfeiture for Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.
• Tamara Lich and Chris Barber remain unsentenced after their April mischief convictions for coordinating the three-week blockade around Parliament Hill, with a unified sentencing decision set for October 7, 2025.
• Kellway highlighted a Toronto Star opinion piece that questioned the role of female counsel in the Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial as a sexist attack on fundamental justice.
• She urged Canadians to guard against the politicization of the judiciary seen in the United States and to protect the independence and credibility of Canada’s legal system.