The mother of Tim McLean, the man murdered on a Greyhound bus in 2008, made an emotional speech to supporters at a rally to protest more freedoms for the man who killed her son.

"It's very good to know I'm not alone because I'll tell you it's a long and lonely road,” said Carol de Delley.

Vince Li murdered Tim McLean on that bus near Portage La Prairie and a court found him Not Criminally Responsible for the crime because of severe schizophrenia.

Now, seven years later, Li will be granted more freedoms and will soon move out of the hospital and into a group home in Winnipeg.

"It's what I've been saying has been coming,” said de Delley about the latest development. “It doesn't come as a surprise but it doesn't make me feel any better than it did six years ago knowing that it was looming."

De Delley addressed a crowd of 40 people gathered at the Manitoba Legislative Building who say they want Li to remain in a secure facility.

"He's already lived more than twice the life Tim ever got to live. Why should he get all of his freedoms again? He took all of that away from my brother,” said Kendall de Delley.

Knowing she could encounter Li on the streets of Winnipeg leaves de Delley uneasy and she says she has no confidence that he will continue to take his medication once he leaves the hospital.

"We all know what happens when he doesn't take his meds but the fact that that decision is left to him, that ought to terrify everybody,” said de Delley.

Schizophrenia Society of Canada CEO Chris Summerville has worked with Li and calls him a low-risk to re-offend.

Summerville says Li has a number of conditions on his re-integration into the community with one of them being a requirement to take his medication.

"Mr. Li is obligated by law and through the review board to take his medication and he will be monitored for that,” said Summerville.

Summerville also said that if Li violates any of his conditions, he will likely be returned to a forensic hospital unit.

Knowing Vince Li could soon be walking among them drew mixed reactions from Winnipeggers.

"If a doctor, in their opinion, thinks that he's ready to go out into the public and the community then I trust their judgement,” said Hailey Sharpe.

"I wouldn't want him living in my community,” said Tibor Nemeth. “He's going to be living in Winnipeg I hear. That's unbelievable."

For the time being, Li resides in a forensic psychiatric unit at Health Sciences Centre but soon he will begin his transition to the group home in the community.