Canada: legal challenges threaten to derail truck blockade leaders’ trial

Trial initially scheduled to last 16 days facing mounting delays amid challenges over the admission of certain evidence

The trial of two protest leaders who encouraged a truck blockade of Canada's capital is facing mounting delays as legal arguments threaten to derail the closely watched case.

Early last year, the month-long Freedom Convoy'" protest paralyzed Ottawa after hundreds of large vehicles blocked key thoroughfares. Initially meant as a challenge to coronavirus public health measures, the protests soon morphed into a broader collection of political grievances against the governing Liberal party.