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Around 20 residents arrived on the historic church's front lawn to protest during a community barbecue event organized by The United People of Canada, which has been occupying the church and has ties to the Freedom Convoy.

The current purchase of a historic Ottawa church slated to become an embassy for a group affiliated with the Freedom Convoy has fallen through, according to documents obtained by CTV News. But The United People of Canada director said it was his understanding the deal was still in place.

The United People of Canada's future in a Lowertown church is being called into question after what appears to have been an attempt by St. Brigid's owners to evict their tenants on Wednesday evening.

"The nature of who has been commissioned and what role is not something we’re disclosing. Our private security force is private,” TUPOC director William Komer said. “But the public should be aware it’s simply a lawful security force."

The United People of Canada says it has had to establish its own security force to protect its home base at St. Brigid's in Lowertown because police are failing to respond quickly enough to its complaints of vandalism and theft.

An Ottawa community says it wants the city to intervene on the recent sale of a local church, which now belongs to a group with suspected ties to The Freedom Convoy. 

The United People of Canada (TUPOC) are calling the new property, located at the corner of St. Patrick Street and Cumberland Street, their "Embassy."

Ottawa protest organizer Tamara Lich has been freed on bail after a judge ruled a previous detention order was based on errors of law and fact.

Concerns are being raised about the United People of Canada, a self-described not-for-profit social enterprise organization behind developments at a deconsecrated Ottawa church.

A representative for The United People of Canada denies any link with the Freedom Convoy, but at least one of the organization's directors has shared posts about it and getting answers about the group isn't straightforward.