Public Health’s delayed takeover of the Vaccine Injury Support Program is a scandal of inaction

The plan arrives far too late for the ballooning number of Canadians who placed their trust in the hollow mantra of “safe and effective” — promised protection, but left to face the consequences of mandated vaccines alone.

Tamara Ugolini
  |   September 10, 2025   |   News Analysis   |   1 Comment

 

The Canadian Press / Justin Tang

For four long years, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has sat idle while thousands of Canadians languished in pain from vaccine injuries, their lives upended by the relentless "safe and effective" mantra peddled during the COVID-19 era. Now, PHAC is finally stepping in to administer the Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP), wresting control from Ottawa-based OXARO Inc., whose contract ends in March 2026, as revealed by The Globe and Mail.

It's a move that reeks of too little, too late — a bureaucratic shuffle that really does nothing to erase the government's abject failure to support its own citizens, as promised by the Liberal government under the leadership of then-prime minister Justin Trudeau.

“By getting vaccinated, we protect one another and our way of life,” reads the December 2020 announcement of the program. “The chances of this are extremely rare — less than one in a million — and we have a duty to help if this occurs.”

“Canadians can have confidence in the rigour of the vaccine approvals system, however, in the rare event that a person experiences an adverse reaction, this program will help ensure they get the support they need,” said then health minister Patty Hajdu.

Finally launched in June 2021 amid the pandemic frenzy, VISP was meant to provide financial aid for serious, permanent injuries from Health Canada-approved vaccines administered after December 8, 2020. Yet, from the outset, it was woefully underestimated and thus underfunded.

Officials originally projected a mere 40 claims annually, but reality delivered a deluge: 3,317 applications by June 2025, with only 234 approved by a medical board confirming a "probable link" to the vaccine.

Delays stretch to 12-18 months or longer, leaving some applicants in limbo for years, and leaving them to fundraise online to survive while battling life-altering conditions like neurological disorders or prolonged hospitalizations.

Worse, OXARO (formerly Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton) was handed $80.8 million over five years for administration and payouts, and they’ve pocketed roughly 60% of the funds that should have gone to vaccine-injured Canadians!

My exclusive investigations and appeals of redacted government documents show that of the initial $32.3 million budget, only $12 million went to victims, while $20.3 million lined the pockets of the conflict-of-interest consultancy firm that marketed vaccine compliance tools to this same government.

Former OXARO employees have blown the whistle on a cesspool of incompetence and dysfunction, where claims were botched and desperate applicants were left to fend for themselves. Far from offering support, VISP has spiralled into a full-blown scandal — a grotesque betrayal that funnels millions to consultants while Canadians, injured by government-mandated vaccines, are left to suffer in silence.

Horrifyingly, some vaccine-injured Canadians who have been denied timely aid have been offered Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) as an alternative.

When desperate claimants attempted to contact their members of parliament for help, they were advised against speaking to the media by at least one Liberal MP, so as not to tarnish the program's image or their chance of a successful claim— further stifling voices and delaying justice.

PHAC's overdue audit of OXARO ramped up this summer after pressure from Conservatives and a media that once blindly championed mass vaccination. Health Minister Marjorie Michel called the issues "unacceptable" in July, yet the government dilly-dallied for years.

Though heralded as a lifeline for Canadians harmed by mandated vaccines, this program has devolved into a shameful betrayal that enriched consultants with millions while offering suffering citizens little more than delays, denials, and the morbid suggestion of euthanasia over justice.

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Tamara Ugolini

Senior Editor

Tamara Ugolini is an informed choice advocate turned journalist whose journey into motherhood sparked her passion for parental rights and the importance of true informed consent. She critically examines the shortcomings of "Big Policy" and its impact on individuals, while challenging mainstream narratives to empower others in their decision-making.

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  • Bruce Atchison
    commented 2025-09-10 19:55:43 -0400
    Shame on the government for using high-price consultants. They give the government the con and then live like sultans.