Hold the Line

Hold The Line is Tamara Lich’s personal account of her role at the heart of the 2022 Canadian Freedom Convoy, the truckers’ protest against vaccine mandates that occupied Ottawa and galvanized a worldwide movement against pandemic restrictions. Lich, who became one of the most recognizable faces of the protest, tells her story from the inside.

The book chronicles how a bartender from Medicine Hat, Alberta, became instrumental in organizing one of the largest protests in Canadian history. Lich details the grassroots origins of the convoy, the solidarity among truckers and supporters from across Canada, the challenges of maintaining a peaceful protest, and her arrest and imprisonment by Canadian authorities under the Emergencies Act.

With a foreword by Rupa Subramanya, Hold The Line presents the Freedom Convoy from the perspective of its organizers and participants, offering a counter-narrative to mainstream media coverage. The book became a sensation among those who viewed the convoy as a legitimate stand for individual liberty against government overreach.