Miriam Bohemier
0:06 In 26 years old, you have an undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences. 0:11 Do you only swear that you'll say the truth and nothing but the truth? Miriam Bohemier translating for Patrick Provost
0:33 I swear. 0:34 Okay. 0:35 From the top. 0:36 So Professor Povot, you are the father of four children aged 20 to 26 years old. 0:41 You have an undergraduate degree in biochemical sciences. 0:47 You have another degree in cellular biopathology and a doctorate in medical science. 0:54 Is that right? 0:56 Yes, that is right. 0:56 And you have a postdoc degree, a five-year degree. 1:02 could you remind me what that is on in molecular biology from a swedish institute and you were under the under professor bank samuelson a nobel prize winner 1:23 in medicine and physiology. 1:26 Yes, that's exact. 1:28 You were also a professor at the University of Laval at the medical faculty for 22 years, and you are an expert in the mRNA technology and in nanoparticles. Miriam Bohemier
1:47 Yes. 1:52 So, Miriam Bohemier translating for Patrick Provost
1:54 your domains of expertise are the two main components in the mRNA vaccines, is that correct? 2:01 Yes, I am a specialist in mRNA vaccines and the nanoparticles that were two of the main components in the COVID-19 vaccine injections. 2:16 You also penned numerous scientific articles 2:22 and have been cited in medical journals and scientific articles. 2:29 You have about 10 discoveries under your belt. 2:35 So as I published hundreds of articles in medical journals or scientific journals that were peer reviewed at three different occasions, I was deemed to having done the discovery of the year. 2:52 My works have been quoted 18,000 times. 2:56 52 of my articles were cited at least 52 times. 3:00 And so my record speaks for itself. 3:10 I am well qualified to talk about COVID vaccines today. 3:15 Our expert testimonies 3:20 will focus on the 42-day window that is used by public health to consider 3:32 unwanted effects from vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines. 3:37 Can you tell us about this process within public health and what impact it has on notifying 3:54 So that's part of my personal experience. 3:58 I've received my first COVID vaccine in July 2021. 4:05 And I've noticed different symptoms that I'd never had before. 4:09 So it started with pain in my eyes one week after the vaccine. 4:14 And then I wondered if there was a link with the vaccine. 4:18 Then I felt better. 4:21 rash on my arm. 4:22 I had a dry cough for weeks and I felt vibrations internally that I couldn't explain. 4:34 And then my diabetes was dysregulated in a way that I hadn't seen in 15 years. 4:41 So I was concerned. 4:45 It was a red flag for me. 4:47 I contacted my 4:50 hormone specialist and rather than help me he recommended a second dose so i talked to my family doctor who was more much more empathetic i asked how if i could be helped doctors didn't know how to notify um 5:17 impacts of vaccines so they're the one i'm the one that completed the form and then i sent it to public health then a nurse contacted me a few weeks later to confirm what was in this form the nurse said that they would only consider one impact which was the ophthalmic migraines 5:46 because that's what happened within 42 days after the vaccine. 5:50 Thanks to my expertise and experience, I tried to explain that 42 days does not apply to these vaccines because this 42 day window is only for traditional vaccines and not mRNA. 6:12 And these products can stay in 6:17 in the body for weeks, months, or years. 6:24 When you say that this product can persist in the body, so there's a mRNA that is, and also there's the nanolipid particles. 6:44 These two components have a long-term impact 6:47 on the body and on biodistribution. 6:53 The authorities could have done a better job in explaining what those gene injections were. 7:01 We call them COVID-19 vaccines. 7:03 They're mainly composed of nanoparticles that have mRNA that's modified. 7:13 So they've talked about mRNA 7:17 But to me, this something that is in the body and will disintegrate, but the one that is modified, which is the one that's in vaccines, it was modified by a process where one of the four nucleotides is modified and it's almost indestructible as a result. 7:40 This modified mRNA is 7:44 in human bodies for a long time after vaccines. 7:52 And I don't agree with the authorities when they say that the injection stays in the shoulder and that the mRNA disintegrates in a few days, it's wrong. 8:08 Because of the lipid component, it will distribute throughout the body. 8:13 That's why we have over 1,200 side effects from vaccinations. 8:22 Pfizer itself has noticed those different effects that are due to the modified mRNA. 8:34 I'd like to continue my answer. 8:39 This can enter in any of our cells 8:44 and cause the production of spike proteins for a long-term period, our cells become spike protein producers, which is concerning when we know that this can lead to side effects. 9:08 So if I understand well, the mRNA, 9:13 is in a container that's in nanolipid particles that are injected in the body. 9:20 And this vessel can cross the blood-brain barrier in different parts of the body and to go throughout the body and create that spike protein over and over again. 9:40 Is that what you're saying? 9:41 Exactly. 9:42 Exactly. 9:43 The technology was created for genetic therapy or gene therapy. 9:50 They were looking for a gene that would not degrade and be distributed as widely as possible in the body. 10:02 These characteristics are not what we're looking for in a traditional vaccine. 10:10 I need to mention 10:13 to Canadians that COVID injections are not traditional vaccines. 10:18 Traditional vaccines are stimulating an immune response. 10:27 COVID injections are genetic, so they contain a gene that's put in the body. 10:35 The only thing that is 10:39 in common between those two types of vaccines is the fact that they're injected in a shoulder. 10:46 So you realize that public health does not consider side effects beyond 42 days. 10:57 You wrote on that topic. 11:01 You wrote scientific journal articles. 11:07 And 11:08 you've talked about general side effect declaration or notification, and that was before COVID. 11:22 Can you tell us what the fact that we're only looking at side effects within 42 days and the under notification of side effects 11:37 Beyond 42 days, so because the virus under notification, a study was looking at, was done by a, 12:06 people in pharmacies that they were noticing from those formations were looking at changes in their pharmacy files. 12:24 So only a quarter of those changes were within the 42 days. 12:29 Three quarters of the side effects happened after 12:35 that 42 days, and they're not taking it into consideration by public health. 12:40 This study that should be done at a larger scale, well, it showed that side effects should be multiplied by three or four. 12:55 You talked about the Lazarus study that was cited by Senator Johnson previously. 13:04 So the 13:05 unwanted side effects are under-declared both in the U.S. and in Canada, well, the official public data should be multiplied by 300 or 400 so that we have the real 13:29 we have a better look at what's happening. 13:32 So we need to look into that and take into consideration side effects that occur while the product is still in our bodies. 13:48 It was also sent a study from Dr. McCullough and other scientists that shows 13:57 that what's in the vaccine can stay in the body up to three years. 14:04 It's very concerning. 14:06 That study was just published. 14:08 It still needs to be peer reviewed. 14:11 There's a patient that was subjected to different tests and they noticed that the vaccine, the spike protein and the 14:29 More than three years after the last injections was still in the body. 14:35 Public health only looks at the first 42 days. 14:41 So they can't have a true picture of what's happening. 14:46 It raises questions on the use of that technology. 14:50 of the modified mRNA that the industry tries to push forward. 15:00 It has several risks associated and those risks are not considered in the right way. 15:13 So I'd like now to talk about your personal experience that is similar under notification. 15:22 On July 7, 2025, almost four years after receiving the vaccine with Pfizer in your case, you have now a stage four colon cancer. 15:43 Do you think that there's a link between this diagnosis 15:53 And the Pfizer vaccine. 15:56 We don't know. 16:01 My surgeon that removed this cancer from my colon, well, I asked him to check for the spike protein because I suspected that it could be linked to the vaccine. 16:18 But he refused to do so. 16:27 So I contacted American scientists that analyzed biological samples that I gave them. 16:39 And they concluded that the cancer was likely caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. 16:55 So if we look at how things went in Canada, I asked an analysis to my surgeon who refused to move forward despite my scientific points. 17:11 And normally the surgeon should have looked into it deeper and that wasn't the case. 17:22 Health professionals 17:25 not at ease with that when we're asking questions with regards to the vaccine well they're not looking at it because those professionals are humans like us and they've heard that these vaccines were really effective so when 17:47 what they believe is confronted, they don't feel like doing this. 17:56 So the American scientists that analyzed your tissues have concluded that 40% of your genome was dysfunctional, right? 18:08 So they looked at my genes and 40% of my genes 18:15 were not well regulated. 18:18 Those that were, they were over or under regulated. 18:23 They've analyzed the gene expression from other victims of the vaccine that had developed a cancer. 18:35 And there's a correlation with what's been observed in those other patients. 18:40 So there's a correlation that was established. 18:43 So the cause needs to be investigated. 18:47 It's important to look for the truth and we're all here for that. 18:51 We want to seek the truth. 18:55 We need to be open-minded and we need to be free to do so. 18:59 And I believe that doctors and health professionals are not able to do so. Miriam Bohemier
19:04 With regards to freedom, you are well known in Quebec. Miriam Bohemier translating for Patrick Provost
19:17 you have launched an alert on COVID vaccination for 5 to 11-year-old children when it was approved in November 2021, and you were targeted by Laval University, your employer at the time. 19:36 Can you tell us about this? 19:41 All this started when I spoke publicly on risks for vaccines 19:48 for children that were five to 11. 19:54 Laval University disciplined me. 19:56 It was eight weeks suspension without income. 20:05 So that was my first ever disciplinary action. 20:10 Then I continued to speak on the topic because I wanted to give information 20:17 so that people could give informed consent and children should not receive that vaccine because of the risks. 20:25 So I continued to speak on the topic and Laval University wanted to shut me out. 20:36 And I believe that as a professor at University of Laval, 20:48 So I had the highest level of professorship and I had a permanent job. 21:00 And these professors should be able to express themselves freely on different issues. 21:08 Laval University continued to sanction me. 21:14 So for over six months, 21:18 And in 2024, I was fired because I shared my expertise and my knowledge to Canadians to inform so that they had better information so that they would have information through media, but also so they could see the other side in media. 21:42 It was underestimated by authorities. 21:46 The message was not balanced. 21:51 I felt that this should be public. 21:56 Thank you, Professor Provo. 21:58 The MPs can now ask you questions if they have any. MP Dean Allison
22:05 Sure, I'll ask a question now. 22:07 Do I address you as a professor or doctor? 22:10 I'm currently retired, so I'm a retired full professor. 22:15 Listen, I just want to thank you for your testimony. 22:18 I think it's so important for people to hear this. 22:20 I don't think people understand in this country, if you have a difference of opinion, that you can be punished in a way that costs you your job. 22:28 I mean, we deal with this in Parliament all the time. 22:31 And the reality is, you know, we're trying to talk about free speech or talk about ideas 22:38 You know, some topics you're allowed to talk about, sometimes you aren't. 22:40 You're a great example of an expert in their field who's got lived experience, not only the academic, but the actual lived experience. 22:50 And yet somehow your opinions don't cut the mustard. 22:54 They're not valid. 22:55 We don't want to hear them. 22:57 And I just want to say thank you. 22:59 Thank you for sharing. 23:00 Thank you for stepping out. 23:03 And I think it's important that Canadians understand that. 23:06 You know, in this country we call Canada, you know, how free are we if we are not allowed to debate, not allowed to have conversations, not allowed to talk about difficult subjects, right? 23:17 And I feel that, you know, we continue to go down a pathway where we limit debate. 23:23 And as the Senator said, you know, we need more talk, right? 23:27 We need more talk. 23:28 And I think that's, so I love your comments on that. 23:32 Effectivement, je vais poursuivre en pratique. Patrick Provost, translated by Miriam Bohemier
23:35 I would like to continue on this vein and in French, if you'd allow me, please. 23:39 I did experience these attacks by Reval University. 23:44 And we have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allows my freedom of expression. 23:48 And in Quebec in June 2022, the National Assembly of Quebec adopted a law that protects academic freedom. 23:58 And that's even a broader subject because it allows professors to express themselves publicly 24:03 without the fear of reprisals. 24:07 And what happened to me was the exact opposite. 24:10 It's as if there was no charter and no law that could protect me. 24:15 And yet I spoke out with the best of intentions. 24:20 I was looking for a dialogue and debate with people who may have a different opinion to mine. 24:25 But Laval University always denied me the possibility of meeting complainants. 24:35 I was not allowed to meet with ordinary citizens to explain my point of view and why I had expressed the opinions I had expressed. 24:44 So what I was saying went against what the government and the media was putting out there. 24:50 And that can, of course, be shocking to ordinary Canadians. 24:54 But I was available and I sought to meet with them. 24:58 But Laval University chose to weaponize science. 25:02 And they brought me into a disciplinary process that was 25:05 very heavy-handed. 25:07 I was given five disciplinary measures that I appealed in front of a mediator. 25:17 But this is a very long process with a lot of red tape. 25:20 It took several years just to assess two of my appeals. 25:30 And so I had 25:32 reams of paper to support my position and I couldn't defend myself in a process that was unfair. 25:39 So I could go on about justice for quite some time. 25:47 I think I might leave it at that because I don't want to move away from this particular subject, but this is a dark period that we all went through that we continue to go through now. 25:58 And I want to thank you 26:00 Mr. Allison, for your courage in convening this event. 26:07 We heard Senator Johnson and experts such as myself, and we are there to shine a light where people don't want to look. 26:19 And I think this process is important, and I'd like to salute your courage for striking this, for putting this commission together. 26:29 Because I think it's important for us to talk, if we want to live together, all together, you can't take vaccine injuries and set them aside and pretend that they don't exist. 26:41 COVID injections have risks that are underestimated, that are true risks for population health for the coming years. 26:50 So thank you. MP Ted Falk
26:55 Thank you, Dr. Provost. 26:56 Can I just ask you, first of all, I want to thank you for your voice. 27:00 Thank you for your research. 27:01 And thank you for being here today. 27:03 I think your testimony is important. 27:04 And for those of us that also experienced persecution at different levels for being perhaps skeptical or hesitant, your voice means a lot. 27:14 So thank you and the sacrifice you made in your career. 27:18 But you said that the mRNA was designed to last a long time and to spread throughout the body. 27:25 Is there any way to eradicate it? Patrick Provost, translated by Miriam Bohemier
27:29 Well, actually, I cannot answer you. 27:37 I don't know, and there is no current research to understand exactly how mRNA works, how it distributes, how it is eliminated from the body, 27:55 and which means are available to us to get rid of mRNA. 28:02 There is no research on this topic. 28:04 So academic research is largely funded by governments. 28:12 And so anything that would undermine government discourse is not encouraged in that research. 28:19 So it is 28:21 an area of research that I had interest in as a professor when I was an employee of Laval University. 28:28 There were actually volunteers who gave me COVID vaccine vials. 28:35 And I had the vials. 28:36 I was prepared to analyze them. 28:38 And I asked the provincial government to give me other vials. 28:43 And I also applied for $100,000 to research and 28:49 to undertake these analyses, but I was never granted the funds. 28:53 And a few weeks after I made this application to the health minister, I was fired. 29:00 So there is research that is required to really know what's in the vaccine and how the human body responds, how you can explain adverse effects. 29:18 Because the nanoparticles really spread the mRNA throughout your body. 29:23 And the product is very stable. 29:26 So it is almost indestructible. 29:28 And it really makes our body a spike protein producer. 29:39 And so I could go on about this for a very long time. 29:41 But at any rate, I wanted to thank you for being here at the commissions. Miriam Bohemier
29:48 Thank you, Professor Provo. Shawn Buckley
29:58 I realize that I forgot to properly introduce Miriam Bohemier, who is a lawyer volunteering with the inquiry. 30:05 And Miriam, we will be calling all of the French-speaking witnesses. 30:08 And Miriam, we sure appreciate you.