National citizen survey report to be released soon

More than a month after the end of the National Citizens’ Inquiry (NCI), which examined the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the lead attorney says a report detailing the findings will be released soon and that the group considering other ways to keep spreading the word.

“The intent really was just to hold the hearings, see what recommendations the commissioners come up with, and then try to implement them, if appropriate,” said Shawn Buckley, Buckley and Company’s chief attorney and chief counsel for the commission. NCI.

“We didn’t expect the whole adventure to appeal so much. So we’re really trying to figure out, should we continue and what does that look like?

The NCI describes itself as a “citizen-led, citizen-funded initiative that is completely independent of government”. Over the course of several months, it held hearings in cities across Canada to examine how the pandemic measures taken by all levels of government affected Canadians across the four categories of health, fundamental rights and freedoms, social well-being and economic prosperity. .

Masks, lockdowns, vaccine damage

More than 325 Canadians – including doctors, journalists, lawyers and ordinary citizens – testified about the damage caused by government policies such as lockdowns, mask mandates and COVID-19 vaccines.

Several doctors, researchers and professors have been highly critical of COVID-19 vaccines, arguing that they had not been properly tested and had led to many injuries and deaths. Canadian researcher Jessica Rose said pharmaceutical companies rush their vaccine trials and fail to consider factors such as long-term data and safety and efficacy; mRNA pioneer Dr. Robert Malone said COVID vaccines have been shown to damage the brain, as well as the recipients’ endocrine and reproductive systems; and dr. Joseph Fraiman showed that Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines were associated with an increased risk of serious side effects of particular concern in about one in 565 people.

Meanwhile, several medical professors testified that potential treatments for the disease were ignored or actively discouraged. Alberta physician Daniel Nagase claimed success in treating COVID-19 patients with ivermectin, but Health Canada disagreed, stating that there was no evidence of ivermectin’s effectiveness and that it was not authorized for that use , and he was later relieved of medical duty after administering ivermectin to his last patient. Psychiatrist Greg Passey also questioned the lack of emphasis governments and public health authorities placed on potential treatments for COVID-19, such as ivermectin.

The Canadian news media was heavily criticized during the NCI hearings. Rodney Palmer, a former multi-outlet journalist, labeled the news media’s coverage of the pandemic as “propaganda,” arguing that they strongly favored stories from the federal government and corporations. Marianne Klowak, a former CBC reporter of 34, also accused the network of silencing one side of the COVID-19 debate while portraying it as “dangerous” and spreading misinformation.

Report will be released soon

Buckley said at the hearings that he was “constantly learning and at times totally surprised” by what he heard. “Ultimately you just have a completely different picture. It’s almost like it’s this big jigsaw puzzle and some of the pieces started to get put together. I mean, there are still blank parts that aren’t finished, but that was pretty incredible,” he said.

As the hearings progressed, Buckley said he saw a sense of community emerge among people who felt encouraged by what had been revealed. “Everyone felt like, ‘Wait a minute, I’m not the only one. There are many of us and we’ve all been scared, but we can get through that.'”

“There is something very meaningful, satisfying and affirming about being able to tell a story about something very personal that has touched you. I didn’t understand that until we started, how meaningful that was, and how therapeutic it was for people listening, to participate in these stories.

Buckley said that despite the end of the hearings, there are a number of important developments underway. The NCI commissioners are expected to issue a report on the findings shortly, outlining the findings of the hearings and “perhaps figuring out how to implement them by whoever they apply to.” The NCI will also start a campaign in July to encourage people to view the online testimonials by handing out flyers.

“The small group that started [this] had no idea how much of a colossal undertaking it was going to be,” said Buckley — to appoint four independent commissioners, march them across the country for 24 days of hearings and arrange 325 witnesses.

“So the fact that it happened at all is kind of a miracle of people wanting to get involved and do things. That was so cool about this.”