Today on the Rachel Parker Show, Rachel is joined by Coutts trio member Alex Van Herk, who is speaking out after his friends were jailed for their role in the Coutts border blockade.
Marco Van Huigenbos was sentenced to four months in jail on Friday. George Janzen received a three-month conditional sentence, which is to be served in the community.
Van Herk explains why he was not yet sentenced and discusses the lasting impact of the freedom movement.
Rachel is a seasoned political reporter who’s covered government institutions from a variety of levels. A Carleton University journalism graduate, she was a multimedia reporter for three local Niagara newspapers. Her work has been published in the Toronto Star. Rachel was the inaugural recipient of the Political Matters internship, placing her at The Globe and Mail’s parliamentary bureau. She spent three years covering the federal government for iPolitics. Rachel is the Alberta correspondent for True North based in Edmonton.
