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“There is a probable causal association between the injuries sustained and the vaccination,” Federal Vaccine Injury Support Program

Photographer: Daniel Schludi

Starting April 1st, 2026, Canada’s government will officially begin the VIAP Vaccine Impact Assistance Program for people who suffered life- altering injuries from the COVID-19 injections.

Those who are deemed eligible can collect up to $493,000 in compensation. Since late 2025, the previous program has already paid over $21 million in compensation. This much-awaited program now operates directly under the Public Health Agency of Canada.

How long have these programs been running unofficially, and have they been of any meaningful help to these Canadians who are damaged by these COVID-19 injections? Let’s have a look.

Since the inception of the COVID injections injuries Canada has been dodging being held accountable. Case in point is Kayla Pollock, a 37-year-old from Mount Albert, Ontario, who was compelled to get vaccinated to ensure she could continue visiting her father in his long-term care facility.

After receiving her booster shot on January 11th, 2022, Kayla began experiencing alarming symptoms, culminating in her complete paralysis less than two weeks later. Little did she know her battle with the system had only begun.

From skepticism from emergency department staff to being offered MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) which she refused, the system tried tirelessly to avoid accountability.

Back then, even though Kayla attempted to secure compensation through Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP), her application faced numerous delays and was pending. She had to depend on public donations to get by while Canada’s government, the one that ordered her to be injected, did nothing.

Then there was Ross Wightman, a former pilot and realtor who was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), which is a rare disorder in which your body’s immune system attacks your nerves.

In April 2021, after receiving a first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID-19 injection, Wightman became partially paralyzed from the waist down and suffered full facial paralysis after being diagnosed with the disease due to the COVID-19 injection.

After putting up a resistance, the federal Vaccine Injury Support Program caved and admitted some responsibility, saying, “There is a probable causal association between the injuries sustained and the vaccination.” The 40-year-old father from British Columbia was one of the first people in Canada to be compensated after suffering an adverse reaction connected to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Before being compensated, he described the service he was receiving as appalling.

There was a total of 1,299 claims submitted to the Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) between June 2021 and December 1 of 2022. By 2023, Health Canada had only approved 50 claims of serious and permanent injuries caused by vaccines.

A whopping 1,250 claims were either rejected or pending review while these injured Canadians suffered. This was how hell-bent the government was about proving themselves right and the injured wrong.

Imaging while the Canadian government was busy denying claims from sufferers like Kayla Pollock, they had money to order 13.6 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 injections, which had to be destroyed later due to a lack of demand at home and overseas. How much did these injections cost taxpayers? Why were these injections rejected worldwide? It is because of blood clotting after it was administered.

Now, let us fast forward to see if much has changed. Right out the gate, I was met with a lie on Canada’s government website. “Vaccines used in Canada must meet strict safety standards and continue to be monitored after approval.” When all the animals that the COVID-19 injection was tested on died, was that due to strict safety standards? I think not.

The Canadian government continues to push COVID-19 injections even though it is public knowledge that this product has deadly side effects.

Let us examine who can apply for compensation according to this Canadian government website.

Who can apply

You may be eligible if:

  • You experienced a serious and permanent injury because of receiving a Health Canada-authorized vaccine and
  • The vaccine was administered in Canada (except for Quebec) on or after December 8, 2020

A serious injury is one that is life-threatening or life-altering. It may require hospitalization and result in long-term disability, ongoing health problems, or death. An injury is considered permanent when medical evidence shows that it’s not expected to significantly improve over time.

For the purposes of this program, vaccines are considered to have been given in Canada if you are a deployed:

  • member of the Canadian Armed Forces (and your dependants)
  • employee of the Government of Canada (and your dependants)

Timelines

You must submit your application to the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program within 3 years after the date:

  • of vaccination or
  • of death or
  • when an injury:
  • first became apparent or
  • When credible sources first established a link between the injury and a vaccine
  • Credible sources include the treating physician, and public health authorities.

For more information on this topic, please refer to the link below.

.Vaccine Impact Assistance Program – Canada.ca

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