A Citizens' Hearing
A Citizens' Hearing is the name of an event held in Toronto, Ontario. It was a joint in-person/live streamed conference that took place from June 22-24, 2022 at Vantage Venues.[1] It was one of several events that preceded the formation of the National Citizens Inquiry (NCI).[2]
It was modelled after similar independent hearings held in the United States by Senator Ron Johnson and in Australia by Senator Malcolm Roberts.[3][4][5]
A report summarizing the event and its key proceedings was published in January 2023, authored by Liam Sturgess.[3:1]
Participants
The hearing was organized by the Canadian Covid Care Alliance in partnership with the Canadian Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS), Fearless Canada, United Health Care Workers of Ontario and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, among others.
A Citizens' Hearing was funded by a grant from the Institute for Freedom and Justice (IFJ) and the Canadian Covid Care Alliance.
Contributors
| Name | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sonya Anderson | Conception, planning and execution[3:2] | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Institute for Freedom and Justice |
| Preston Manning | Panelist | Canada Strong and Free Network |
| Susan Natsheh | Panelist, report co-author | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| David Ross | Panelist | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Citizens Inquiry Canada |
| Trish Wood | Moderator | - |
| Max Daigle | Next Steps Task Force, testimony | Canadian Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS) |
| Shawn Buckley | Next Steps Task Force, testimony | National Citizens Inquiry |
| Richard Girgis | Next Steps Task Force, testimony | Fearless Canada |
| Judy Stinson | Coordinator | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Rodney Palmer | Documentary interviewer | - |
| Liam Sturgess | Secretary, report author | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Campfire Wiki, Rounding the Earth, White Rose Intelligence |
| Maximillian Forte | Report contributor | - |
| Dale Andersson | Report contributor | - |
| Steven Pelech | Report editor, testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Kinexus Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia |
| Gloria Nardi-Bell | Report editor | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Jaiden Weinrauch | Testimony | - |
| Hayley Weinrauch | Testimony | - |
| Kayla Bishop | Testimony | - |
| Henry Lu | Testimony | - |
| Irvin Studin | Testimony | Institute for 21st Century Questions |
| James Kitchen | Testimony | Liberty Coalition Canada |
| York Hsiang | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Canadian Society for Science & Ethics in Medicine (CSSEM) |
| Susan van der Rassle | Testimony | - |
| Hugh Akogi | Testimony | - |
| Beverly Perley | Testimony | - |
| David Shaw | Testimony | - |
| Marjaleena Repo | Testimony | - |
| Janina Krienke | Testimony | - |
| Chris Schaefer | Testimony | SafeCom Training Services |
| Scarlett Martyn | Testimony | United Health Care Workers of Ontario |
| Greg Hill | Testimony | Free to Fly Canada (F2F) |
| Sergio Molina | Testimony | Posties for Freedom |
| Beau Bedard | Testimony | - |
| Leighton Grey | Testimony | Grey Wowk Spencer |
| Audrey Vanderhoek | Testimony | - |
| Allen Rouben | Testimony | - |
| Andrew MacGillivray | Testimony | Canadian Armed Forces |
| Harold Ristau | Testimony | Brock University, Veterans for Freedom (V4F), Canadian Armed Forces |
| Sam Presvelos | Testimony | Presvelos Law |
| Leslie Smith | Testimony | - |
| Chris Milburn | Testimony | Nova Scotia Health Authority, Eastern Memorial Hospital |
| Patrick Phillips | Testimony | - |
| Chong Wong | Testimony | - |
| Francis Christian | Testimony | University of Saskatchewan |
| Julie Ponesse | Testimony | University of Western Ontario, Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Brownstone Institute |
| Jenn Gilbert | Testimony | - |
| Jess Gilbert | Testimony | - |
| Eric Payne | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Deanna McLeod | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance, Kaleidoscope Strategic, Covid Sense |
| Keren Epstein-Gilboa | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Gail Davidson | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Annabelle Edge | Testimony | - |
| Gordon Polevoy | Testimony | - |
| Kelly-Sue Oberle | Testimony | - |
| Arlene Datto | Testimony | - |
| Kayla Jones | Testimony | - |
| April Crocker | Testimony | - |
| Maria Gutschi | Testimony | Canadian Covid Care Alliance |
| Louis Browne | Testimony | - |
| Tania Tavernier | Testimony | - |
| Nicole Minnikin | Testimony | - |
| Ryan Gassner | Testimony | - |
| Dan Hartman | Testimony | - |
| Myriam Bohemier | Testimony | RéinfoCovid |
| Karen Kobel | Testimony | - |
| Josh Shulman | Testimony | Smugglers Smoke House |
| Lyndie Hall | Testimony | Penticton & Wine Country Chamber of Commerce |
| Richard Schabas | Testimony | York Central Hospital, Cancer Care Ontario, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health |
| Dean Allison | Cross-partisan panelist | Conservative Party of Canada, Parliament of Canada |
| Nadine Wilson | Cross-partisan panelist | Saskatchewan United Party, Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Steve VanLeeuwen | Cross-partisan panelist | Township of Centre Wellington, End the Lockdowns National Caucus |
| Colin Carrie | Cross-partisan panelist | Conservative Party of Canada, Parliament of Canada |
| Brook Jackson | Testimony | Ventavia Research Group |
External links
Home. A Citizens’ Hearing. Retrieved June 21, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.06.21-154342/https://www.citizenshearing.ca/ ↩︎
About – NCI’s History. National Citizen’s Inquiry. Retrieved November 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221102191425/https://nationalcitizensinquiry.ca/nci-history/ ↩︎
Sturgess, L. (2023). A Citizens’ Hearing: Examining Canada’s Covid Response. Canadian Covid Care Alliance. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/sk3d5 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
On Mandates. Ron Johnson Senator from Wisconsin. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/vaccine-side-e#ects-and-mandates ↩︎
COVID under question: A cross-party inquiry. (2022, March 25). Malcolm Roberts. https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/covid-under-question-a-cross-party-inquiry/ ↩︎