CBC faces protesters as the vaccine-injured testify at Allison Inquiry
Retired CAF major Mark Chapman describes his life after his third COVID-19 injection as demonstrators confront the public broadcaster steps away from the Allison Inquiry.
Calls for accountability over Canada’s handling of the COVID-19 era spilled beyond the hearing room in Ottawa this week, as protesters gathered outside CBC headquarters, a mere 33 steps away from the inquiry, while Canadians gave testimony at the Allison Inquiry.
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The four-day inquiry, chaired by Conservative MP Dean Allison, brought more than 50 witnesses before the hearings to discuss COVID-19 injection injuries. More than 1,200 Canadians had applied to testify.
The role legacy media played also emerged as a recurring issue.
Outside CBC, demonstrators accused the taxpayer-funded broadcaster of being complicit in pushing an injection on Canadians that ultimately ended up hurting so many, and demanded accountability for its coverage during the pandemic.
Those concerns were also raised inside the inquiry. Former CBC journalist Rodney Palmer delivered blistering testimony criticizing his former employer’s coverage and alleging that legitimate questions and emerging vaccine safety concerns were too often dismissed as misinformation.
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Former CBC News Producer and Investigative Journalist Rodney Palmer explains how he watched CBC morph into a Chinese-style propaganda arm for the Liberal Government. pic.twitter.com/Z5P4kVLpoO
For protesters outside CBC and witnesses inside the inquiry, the message was similar: years after the pandemic, they say their questions have not gone away — and neither has their demand for accountability.
Scarlett Grace
Anti-Discrimination Reporter
Scarlett Grace is a Canadian journalist and musician from Peterborough, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Trent University and has spent over a decade performing live and releasing original music.
In 2022, her involvement in Canada’s freedom movement marked a turning point in her career and public voice. She later joined Rebel News, where she works as an anti-discrimination journalist, reporting extensively on the rise of antisemitism in Canada and the Iranian uprising.
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