Liberal MPs rejected a request to conduct a thorough review of COVID-19 pandemic (mis)management at a House of Commons health committee yesterday.

Instead, the Cabinet favoured a closed-door review by Health Minister advisors, as reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

Lib MPs reject public inquiry into pandemic mismanagement, opt for closed-door review by handpicked @GovCanHealth consultants:  "Canadians will never get the answers they deserve."  https://t.co/pIIydgxDgO #cdnpoli @DonDavies pic.twitter.com/qGvkUGFk11

— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) October 24, 2023

“We need to have an impartial, independent, public and properly resourced inquiry to undertake this work,” stated New Democrat MP Don Davies. This includes the “power to subpoena documents” and requiring federal authorities to testify under oath.

“Confidence has been tested and it has been shaken,” Davies elaborated, emphasizing that the only way to restore public confidence is to conduct a complete public inquiry into how the COVID-19 pandemic was managed.

Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith instead proposed Bill C-293, titled, 'An Act Respecting Pandemic Prevention,' which would establish an advisory committee for a two-year review of the COVID-19 response. Davies attempted to amend the bill so that a full judicial review could take place under the Inquiries Act.

Conservative MP Stephen Ellis condemned the Liberals for rejecting a full, transparent public inquiry.

Canadian taxpayers have paid out nearly $7 million to those suffering vaccine injury at the hands of the safe and effective narrative, by a program bogged down by bureaucratic red tape & administrative fees: https://t.co/2L39T2ia9e

— Tamara Ugolini 🇨🇦 (@TamaraUgo) July 12, 2023

“The Liberal government has chosen not to have a pandemic inquiry,” he said. “It would appear by this bill the Liberal government doesn’t wish to have a public inquiry, that they would be satisfied having a private member’s bill.”

A fully citizen-led, citizen-funded national inquiry took place earlier this year after the government failed to conduct or criticize its own pandemic response.

Terminated advanced care paramedic Sean Mitchell recently shared his COVID-related testimony during the second day of hearings on April first at the National Citizens Inquiry in Toronto, Ontario.

FULL REPORT by @TamaraUgo: https://t.co/lL40m6lr9H

— Rebel News Canada (@RebelNews_CA) April 5, 2023

The National Citizens Inquiry travelled across Canada for eight weeks from March until May to conduct a comprehensive and transparent review of government-imposed COVID-19 measures on its citizens.

An interim report published by the four commissioners responsible for moderating the inquiry spotlighted Health Canada’s lack of regulatory safeguards and called for a moratorium on the COVID-19 mRNA injections.