Preserving The National Citizens Inquiry
The National Citizens Archive (NCA) is a permanent digital repository preserving the sworn testimony, reports, and historical record of the National Citizens Inquiry into the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Citizens Archive preserves the sworn testimony of witnesses, full day video recordings of the hearings, interviews, complete transcript records, submitted exhibits, Commissioners’ reports and other documentary and visual evidence. Together, these materials form a comprehensive and enduring record intended to serve future generations of Canadians and to support ongoing research, study, and understanding of the COVID-19 era in Canada.
Toronto, Ontario Hearings
Witness Testimony Archive
March 30 –April 1, 2023
Day 1 : March 30, 2023
Toronto Day One: Full Day Testimony
Allegations that CBC shifted from independent journalism to coordinated public health messaging during COVID-19.
Personal experiences of visitation restrictions, hospital segregation, vaccine coercion, and post-vaccination health effects during COVID-19 policies.
Termination, social ostracism, and denial of employment insurance following refusal of COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Clinical trial critique of COVID-19 vaccines for children, arguing lack of demonstrated necessity, efficacy, and adequate safety testing.
Denial of essential caregiver access in retirement and long-term care homes and the resulting physical and cognitive decline of her father.
Critique of mRNA vaccine safety, manufacturing quality, pediatric risk–benefit, and allegations of coordinated psychological operations during COVID-19.
Impact of COVID-19 government policies on small and medium-sized businesses, including labour distortion, supply chain disruption, and policy inconsistency.
Testimony describing his brother’s health decline following COVID vaccination and denial of hospital visitation during his final days.
Testimony regarding workplace testing requirements, vaccine passport discrimination, social division, and observed increases in cardiac emergencies following vaccine rollout.
Impact of Canadian travel restrictions and economic measures on an expatriate business owner living in Japan.
How delegation, judicial deference, and Charter interpretation enabled expansion of the administrative state during COVID-19.
Testimony describing her daughter’s suicide and the mental health impact of prolonged school closures, isolation, and campus restrictions.
Termination, coercion tactics, and denial of employment insurance following hospital COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Allegations that CBC shifted from independent journalism to coordinated public health messaging during COVID-19.
Day 2 : March 31, 2023
Toronto Day Two: Full Day Testimony
Testimony regarding political coercion, caucus pressure, and legislative process concerns surrounding COVID-19 vaccine mandates and emergency powers.
Observed changes in death patterns, reduced autopsies, and unusual fibrous blood clots following vaccine rollout in 2021.
Testimony regarding municipal beach closure enforcement, arrest for shoreline access, business loss due to lockdowns, and employment termination over vaccine disclosure refusal.
Testimony regarding vaccine mandate compliance despite exemption attempts, subsequent neurological injury diagnoses, and barriers to medical recognition and disability support.
Testimony describing pressure to vaccinate due to possible MS diagnosis, subsequent neurological and hormonal injuries, financial burden of treatment, and challenges with adverse event reporting.
Frontline nursing observations of post-vaccination patient trends, hospital vaccine education claims, and termination for refusal framed as professional misconduct.
Long-term care lockdown effects, vaccine mandate employment consequences, and observed resident health impacts during COVID-19.
Paramedic observations of reduced 2020 call volumes, increased 2021 system strain, post-vaccine medical event patterns in younger adults, and mandate-related employment termination.
Legal challenge to medical regulatory colleges’ prosecution of physicians for COVID-related speech and treatment decisions, and alleged judicial deference to administrative bodies.
Impact of prolonged church closures, vaccination-based segregation, and compliance decisions on Christian congregations in Ontario.
Corporate vaccine mandate implementation, exemption denial process, and termination despite mandate not applying to retail staff.
Termination from college employment over vaccine mandate opposition, leadership role in the Freedom Convoy, and financial account freezing under the Emergencies Act.
Arrest and alleged excessive force during enforcement of mask mandate despite medical exemption and documented disabilities.
Frontline nursing observations of early hospital capacity, vaccine mandate staffing losses, exemption denials, and long-term healthcare system impact.
Restrictions on pastoral visitation in hospitals and long-term care homes and the impact on end-of-life ministry and funerals.
Aviation vaccine mandate impact, suspension without pay, telemedical extensions, and alleged safety risks from reduced in-person pilot medical screening.
Day 3 : April 1, 2023
Toronto Day Three: Full Day Testimony
Impact of prolonged school closures, remote learning, masking, and pandemic restrictions on children’s academic performance, mental health, and social development.
Scientific critique of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy claims, safety data transparency, pediatric risk–benefit analysis, and professional repercussions for dissent.
Testimony describing termination for vaccine refusal despite natural immunity, cultural shift in healthcare toward hostility against the unvaccinated, questionable COVID case classification practices, and frontline concerns about informed consent.
Frontline emergency physician testimony alleging suppression of early treatment protocols, misinformation regarding vaccine safety and efficacy, and professional retaliation for dissent.
Testimony describing neurological symptoms, systemic bruising, and bleeding following AstraZeneca vaccination, initial anxiety diagnosis, and later hospital apology.
Testimony describing coercion to receive second COVID-19 vaccine dose following adverse reaction to first dose, resulting in progressive neuromuscular decline and muscle atrophy.
Testimony describing severe multi-system health deterioration following COVID-19 vaccination, alleged medical dismissal of symptoms, and subsequent family health crises.
Testimony describing the sudden death of his 17-year-old son following COVID-19 vaccination required for sports participation and unresolved autopsy findings.
Testimony alleging police abandonment of constitutional duties, media–government narrative manipulation, and failure to investigate potential criminal conduct during pandemic response.
Testimony describing severe multi-system neurological and sensory symptoms following COVID-19 vaccination, hospital access barriers, and unsuccessful exemption and adverse event reporting attempts.
Impact of vaccine mandates, school closures, masking policies, and long-term care employment termination on her family, children, church life, and business.
Termination from Ontario Power Generation for refusing vaccination disclosure and testing compliance, including industry-wide employment ban and trespass notice.
School closures during COVID created a large population of “third bucket” children who received little or no education, resulting in long-term societal harm.
Testimony drawing parallels between pandemic-era treatment of the unvaccinated and historical fascist regimes, and describing emergency room discrimination based on vaccination status.