Michelle Worton
Day 2 · September 9, 2026 · 0:35:55
Key points Michelle Worton, 47, a former dental hygienist practice owner and regulatory board member, co-founded CanRISE, a support organization for vaccine-injured Canadians. She says British Columbia's health-professional vaccine mandate led her to be vaccinated in late 2021, framing it as coercion and a moral injury. She reports that within 48 hours of her second dose she developed severe neurological symptoms including vision problems, burning pain, incontinence, tinnitus, and dizziness, initially blamed on menopause. She describes multiple neurological and autoimmune diagnoses, brain lesions, and cystic masses across her body, including a brain cyst causing compression. She says she had to travel to the United States for private brain surgery costing about $148,000 US, with over $300,000 spent on care overall. She testifies that Canadian specialists refuse to treat patients once they learn the injury is vaccine-related, forcing her to hide that history to get referrals. She says her VISP claim was rejected and her appeal has dragged nearly two years, calling the federal program a failure and citing survey data showing high rejection rates.
Shawn Buckley
0:01 So our first witness today is Michelle Worton. 0:05 Michelle, welcome to the Allison Inquiry. 0:08 Will you take the Bible in your right hand, please? 0:14 Yeah, it's on. 0:16 Michelle, do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Shawn Buckley
0:26 I'm wondering, you've heard the opening comments, and 0:31 You're part of an organization called CANRISE, which is the largest organization in Canada, which is a community of vaccine-injured persons. 0:41 Before we go into your story, do you mind sharing why it's important for vaccine-injured persons to be able to tell their stories? Michelle Worton
0:52 Yes, of course. 1:03 when you're vaccine injured in Canada, you're abandoned. 1:12 That's a reality. 1:16 And a significant amount of my experience has been exactly that for close to three years, almost exactly three years from the time I was injured 1:32 until I found other injured Canadians like myself. 1:36 I walked this road alone. 1:40 And to your point, abandonment, isolation, medical gaslighting, censorship, moral injury, dismissal by dental colleagues. 1:58 I was a highly esteemed dental professional. 2:01 nationally recognized, friends, family, community members, doctors, you name it. 2:09 So for me to have been very grateful to find Julie Woods, my co-founder, who will be testifying tomorrow, CanRise19 was founded. 2:25 And what 2:26 I couldn't find being a regulated dental professional and a healthcare professional in the country was a scientific evidence-based organization that offered peer support groups. 2:38 And so initially that's where Julie and I started, was establishing ourselves as a registered nonprofit in Canada, offering formal support groups four times a year. 2:49 And then we moved on now to having, sadly, again, this is a reality in Canada, 2:56 an underground medical provider list that we will not share and cannot share because Canadians cannot get access to medical doctors to help them improve their health. Shawn Buckley
3:08 Can I just slow you down there? 3:10 Because I think you're saying something that is tremendously important. 3:14 And you can leave your mic on, that's fine. 3:17 So CanRise is an organization, a vaccine organization, 3:23 COVID-19 vaccine injured persons that have formed because they need support. 3:29 And the kind of collective experience is that we can't get medical attention by regular doctors. 3:39 But there's that odd outlier out there that actually will treat us, that will not dismiss us. 3:50 you don't want to get them into trouble. 3:52 So it's a secret list because it's a valuable resource. 3:57 And I think that in itself is an entire story that vaccine injured persons have to protect those few doctors that are willing to treat them as human beings. Michelle Worton
4:09 It's one of the only resources we have. Shawn Buckley
4:11 Okay. 4:12 So let's go into your journey because it's quite compelling. 4:17 I'm just going to talk very briefly about 4:19 who you are to save time. 4:21 So you're 42. 4:22 You're the mother of two, Joshua and Paige. 4:26 Your partner, Dave, is here to support you. 4:28 And thank you for being here, Dave. 4:30 You were a business owner. 4:32 You basically built up a dental hygienist practice. 4:35 I think you had like 2000 clients. 4:38 Highly successful. 4:40 You were on the regulatory board, the National Regulatory Board for your profession. 4:44 You physically, you were extremely active, hiking, 4:48 You've played soccer, you coach children's soccer, zero health problems before this journey that you're going to speak to us about. 4:56 Can you share with us now your journey with the COVID-19 vaccines? Michelle Worton
5:02 Yeah. 5:03 Now 47. 5:04 So I was injured at 42. Shawn Buckley
5:07 Sorry about that. 5:08 And, you know, because people, especially females, hate it when we say they're younger than me. 5:13 So I apologize. Michelle Worton
5:16 I don't mind at all because I've earned these five years. 5:22 I've fought for every moment these last five years. 5:36 When Michael spoke yesterday, he spoke of moral injury and I have not yet heard anyone 5:46 explain it quite to the degree that absolutely echoes my experience. 5:56 I was not vaccinated until December of November was my first dose, my second December 2021. 6:03 And a underlining factor to me receiving those injections was being a member of our regulatory board. 6:12 So I served on the College of Dental Hygienists. 6:15 And in British Columbia, Bonnie Henry not only mandated government employees, but she wasn't satisfied. 6:24 So she extended that and began to extend that to all regulated healthcare professionals in the province. 6:28 And that meant me. 6:31 And so when the email confidential mandatory vaccine requirements came along my inbox, my life changed. 6:40 I sat at the board table. 6:42 discussing risk versus benefit, informed consent, bodily autonomy. Shawn Buckley
6:47 And I'm going to fast forward to your injury, just because I think that's more important with the time. Michelle Worton
6:52 Of course. 6:55 So that's ultimately what led me to receive these injections. 6:59 Within an hour of my first dose, high heart rate, erratic blood pressure, tightness of my chest, shortness of breath, generally just unwell, subsided somewhat. 7:12 I perhaps wanted to relate that more to moral injury than physical injury. 7:17 I was wrong. 7:19 And my second injection, within 48 hours, severe neurological onset. 7:27 Blurred tunnel, double vision, hot spots in my legs, urinary incontinence, tinnitus, dizziness, imbalance, inability to regulate, hot and cold, 7:41 And my first appointment with a physician was roughly about three weeks. 7:46 That's when I could get in. 7:48 And when I explained the serious acute onslaught of neurological symptoms, he blamed it on menopause. Shawn Buckley
8:00 As I understand it, I mean, you're having vision problems, like serious vision problems, basically blurred and tunnel vision. 8:09 When you're talking about pot, 8:10 burning like really severe pain burning you actually lost some incontinence you were having incontinent issues um chest tightness dizziness and vertigo that's actually affecting your ability to walk and you're told this is menopause that's correct how did that make you feel having been someone that worked in the medical profession for over two decades um Michelle Worton
8:40 The level of medical gaslighting I had never anticipated. 8:45 I received these injections because I was told they were safe and effective and coercion is not consent. 8:54 And then I'm injured and that's how I'm treated. 8:58 And we're here now in 2026. 9:01 I would spend my life in and out of the emergency room being treated for migraines and 9:08 laughed at, mocked at, condescending. 9:13 Often they'll talk to Dave, not to me, because I'm a female. 9:18 So this is something that people need to realize is that to have chronic illness and be a female does absolutely set you apart for the type of care you receive, because it's very easily displayed and, you know, anxiety, stress, of course, being a business owner, navigating the pandemic, 9:38 I must have been very stressed. Shawn Buckley
9:40 And can you share with us about the cystic masses and then what that led to? Michelle Worton
9:44 Yeah. 9:46 So not only have I been diagnosed with multiple neurological and autoimmune conditions, I have roughly eight white matter brain lesions that continue to form. 9:58 I have cystic masses in my liver, pancreas, cervix, breasts, brain. 10:07 And as we fought for healthcare in Canada, ultimately in 2023, we had to resort to traveling to the United States. 10:17 I presented with a brain cyst seven months after my second vaccination, which was causing brain compression. Shawn Buckley
10:23 I just want to repeat what you said, because I think it's really important for people to understand this. 10:30 So you're having these cystic masses over your entire body, but that includes cancer. 10:35 on your brain, you have one inside your skull and it's getting so large, it's actually compressing your brain, which I'm not a doctor, but that's a fatal condition once you start getting brain compression. 10:47 And they're not willing to operate on you in Canada. 10:50 So they see it, they know it's there, they know it's compressing your brain, but you can't get a surgery in Canada. 10:58 So what do you do? 10:59 Because you did get a surgery. 11:01 Can you share us what you as a Canadian vaccine injured person had to do 11:06 to still be alive and be able to tell us your story today? Michelle Worton
11:11 Ultimately, because of my symptoms and financial burden, I sold my dental practice. 11:23 Our assets were sold. 11:28 All savings gone. 11:31 And crowdfunding. 11:35 To pay for my life. 11:37 And health care is free in Canada. 11:44 $148,000. 11:49 We paid for the surgery alone. Shawn Buckley
11:51 And that's U.S. dollars for brain surgery in the United States. Michelle Worton
11:54 I was Canadian. Shawn Buckley
11:55 Oh, Canadian. 11:56 But you had to travel to the United States to pay for private brain surgery so that you could still be alive. Michelle Worton
12:04 To date, we're over $300,000 spent on medical care. 12:11 And we're not done. 12:13 I returned back to the United States in 2024. 12:16 Again, no one would help me in Canada. 12:18 And within 36 hours, I was diagnosed with numerous immune and neurological conditions, given a treatment plan that's available in Canada, and it's heavily gate-kept. 12:31 We just got denied 12:34 The last treatment in July, which is blood filtration, plasmapheresis. Shawn Buckley
12:38 And I just want to explain to everyone what you mean by gatekeeping. 12:42 Correct me if I've got it wrong. 12:43 So the treatments are available. 12:46 You live in British Columbia, but the provincial government will approve them for certain conditions. 12:52 So the specialists and doctors can access those treatments for patients who have certain conditions. 12:58 But those conditions don't include vaccine entry. Michelle Worton
13:02 I'm lucky, Sean, if I can get my foot in the door. 13:06 As soon as specialists see vaccine onset, irrelevant of the fact that I have neurological and autoimmune conditions, they won't see me. Shawn Buckley
13:18 Can you give us a little more detail about that? 13:21 Because it's an important point that seems to be coming up that most people don't understand that you actually could be treated one way in the hospital system until they find out 13:32 That it's vaccine entry and it's like a switch goes off. Michelle Worton
13:34 It is. Shawn Buckley
13:35 So can you share maybe an example of that that comes to mind? Michelle Worton
13:42 In order for me to have access to, we have had access to a couple of treatments. 13:48 Sadly, the specialist in the United States in August of 24 was very clear. 13:52 He sent a letter to my family doctor saying, if you do not help her, she will get worse. 13:57 I am substantially worse. 14:01 And so I did not see a neurologist in person in Canada until May of 2025, last year. 14:10 I've never seen an immunologist. Shawn Buckley
14:12 I just want to stop you there because it was on December 18th, 2021, where you started having neurological symptoms that are clearly neurological symptoms, vision, hot spots, tinnitus, incontinence, dizziness. 14:27 So 14:28 You mean to tell us that it's basically five years after the onset of very serious neurological symptoms that you're able to access a neurologist? Michelle Worton
14:40 In person. 14:41 No one had laid hand on me. 14:44 And so in order for me to see an immunologist, the lengths that we've had to go through, and if I didn't have the medical background I did have, I would have given up. 14:54 We know Canadians that have given up. 14:57 They're accepting MAID. 14:59 They're being offered made. 15:00 And so in order to even get a referral accepted to an immunologist in British Columbia, we left out vaccine injury. Shawn Buckley
15:09 Well, you basically have to hide the truth. Michelle Worton
15:11 Absolutely. Shawn Buckley
15:11 To be able to try. 15:12 And so not only do doctors have to be kept secret, but you actually have to withhold part of your diagnosis. 15:20 So I want to show some photos that you have sent to us. 15:26 And maybe we'll pull those up. 15:29 David, if you can pull up those photos. 15:32 Can you share with us, this is a very happy photo. Michelle Worton
15:45 And I hope the camera's off the photo. 15:57 I loved what I did. 16:04 To not get to decide when my career ended was heartbreaking. 16:24 That was my dental practice. Shawn Buckley
16:27 So this is a photo of you before vaccination at your dental practice that you 16:34 spent years and years building up. Michelle Worton
16:36 That's correct. Shawn Buckley
16:37 So can we move to the next photo? 16:41 Can you share with us what this is a photo of? Michelle Worton
16:51 What people don't realize is that these injuries don't just touch the injured. 17:00 My children were 8 and 10 when this started. 17:04 We were living an extraordinary life in the mountains. 17:11 And my children and my spouse have had to become my caregivers. 17:17 My children have had to grow up faster than any child should. 17:24 And they've had to witness far more than any child should ever witness. Shawn Buckley
17:32 Can we go to the next photo? Michelle Worton
17:34 That was 2019. Shawn Buckley
17:38 And this photo is around the same time? Michelle Worton
17:41 No, that was the summer of 2021. Shawn Buckley
17:48 Next photo, please. 17:52 Can you share with us what these four photos represent? Michelle Worton
17:58 We don't know why my skin changed. 18:01 takes on that mottled appearance, but that's what happens with sun or heat exposure now. 18:09 And it takes roughly an hour for that to go away. 18:12 It's not normal. 18:18 It's just one of the many symptoms that I present with. Shawn Buckley
18:21 We have the next photo, please. 18:24 What is this photo of, Michelle? Michelle Worton
18:31 with Dave's employment and someone has to work, I'm often, no one can leave me home alone. 18:40 And so my mom actually drove from Edmonton to pick me up and bring me home with her while Dave was gone. 18:48 And I just arrived in Edmonton. 18:50 And when I talk migraines, at this point, I still have the brain cysts, so just extraordinary head pain and pressure. 18:59 pressure behind my eyes just crippling. 19:01 And I was admitted into the ER. 19:05 And again, nothing but gaslighting. Shawn Buckley
19:09 And move to the next photo. 19:10 And this is a photo of your scalp after they knew that brain surgery. Michelle Worton
19:15 That's right. 19:16 They had to remove a cyst from the very center of my brain. 19:20 And I have another brain cyst in a different area of my brain. Shawn Buckley
19:24 Thank you. 19:24 And so we'll be finished with the photos. 19:28 Is it 19:29 Am I correct? 19:29 My understanding is actually you don't know how long you're going to be alive. Michelle Worton
19:33 We have no long-term treatment. Shawn Buckley
19:36 And you're not getting better, you're getting worse because you're not getting the treatments that you're supposed to be getting according to the specialists in the United States. Michelle Worton
19:44 I needed it five years ago. Shawn Buckley
19:54 Can we actually, David, pull up the next slide? 19:57 No, let's 19:58 Let's pull that down. 20:00 I'm actually going to finish my questions in case I ask you a question. MP Mike Dawson
20:07 Through the whole process, have any doctors at all been supportive or been on your side with telling your story or being behind your story with your children? Michelle Worton
20:28 I have had one doctor who's in, so we live in British Columbia. 20:33 I've had one doctor, he's a general practitioner in Alberta. 20:37 And my first experience in British Columbia when they blamed it on menopause, I knew I was in trouble. 20:44 And a close friend of mine recommended him. 20:46 And thankfully he took me on as a patient. 20:50 I never say his name out loud. 20:52 He's been ostracized from peer groups in the province. 20:56 simply because he had experience with roughly 14 patients that had adverse reactions. 21:04 His hope was that in time I would get better. 21:09 Two and a half years later, obviously we realized that I was not, and he was ultimately who signed my claim for the Vaccine Injury Support Program. 21:18 But because he's in a different province now, 21:21 there's a lot of hurdles interprovincially in accessing medical care. 21:24 So he tries to help me where he can, but there are a lot of barriers in Canada. MP Mike Dawson
21:32 How has your not-for-profits, how has it helped yourself and other people so far since you've established it? Michelle Worton
21:43 It's a lifeline to be able to have individuals like myself 21:50 like your next witness, be able to share and lean on each other, to not feel isolated, to not be abandoned, to be heard and to be seen is incredible. 22:03 We're in the process at this point right now where we've submitted our charitable status application, so we're hoping that we can get that approved. 22:13 We're stepping in where the government hasn't. 22:16 And so if anyone thinks that the Vaccine Injury Support Program or the new program is assisting Canadians, it is not. 22:23 The new program is no different than the Vaccine Injury Support Program. 22:27 And so our goal is to create a medical care fund so that we can pay for Canadians to get health care. MP Mike Dawson
22:35 Have you applied to the new program? 22:39 Or do you know anyone that has? Michelle Worton
22:42 Certainly. 22:43 So my claim was rejected. 22:45 submitted April 2023, rejected September 2024, and I have confirmation of vaccine entry. 22:56 We have been in the appeals process. 22:58 September 16th will be two years. 23:03 We are now waiting, and I had to submit paperwork via mail, not email, to plead my case on why my appeal should be considered. 23:14 with the Public Health Agency of Canada, even though it was already approved as an appeal with VISP. 23:22 Our organization has engaged countless times with members of Parliament, with the Public Health Agency of Canada, with VISP, offering program recommendations. 23:32 The program is a dismal failure. 23:36 It's a bureaucratic nightmare. 23:39 My mom had to be added to my file before I went for brain surgery. 23:44 I absolutely could not navigate this without her. 23:48 They make it so difficult. 23:52 And this is not my story alone. 23:55 Thousands of Canadians are experiencing the same. 23:59 Medical gaslighting, a federal program that's failed, financial hardship, moral injury, spouses that are caregivers. 24:09 When I say we're abandoned, we are absolutely abandoned in this country. 24:15 And we were told that no one would be left behind. 24:18 We have been left behind. 24:20 No one wants to talk about us. 24:25 The pandemic is over. 24:27 The pandemic is not over for us. 24:30 We cannot relive this again. MP Mike Dawson
24:32 I want to thank you for telling your story today. 24:40 I don't have any more questions, but I do want to apologize for 24:44 what you've had to deal with through the parliament in general and the government. 24:52 So thank you for being here. Michelle Worton
24:54 Thank you for being here. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
25:00 Thank you for sharing your story, for coming up and for being courageous enough to not let it go or to give up on it. 25:10 You said that, can you, if you know that, 25:14 You say that no specialist takes the vaccine injury patients. 25:20 Do you, from your experience with them, what stops them from taking vaccine injury patients? Michelle Worton
25:26 Their regulatory body. 25:30 Those that they hold their license with. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
25:32 What stops them? Michelle Worton
25:35 Concerned about being penalized. 25:37 If you listen to Dr. Charles Ha. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
25:40 Penalized by the regulatory bodies? 25:41 Absolutely. Michelle Worton
25:42 Absolutely. 25:43 When I first was vaccine injured, I served on my college board. 25:49 I resigned from my college board in a very short period of time because I would not have my name assigned to a college that would mandate their registrants and then be injured like me. 26:01 And I was afraid to talk about my injury as a regulated health care professional because I was afraid of being reported to my college for telling the truth. 26:11 Doctors cannot openly talk about vaccine injuries in Canada because their regulatory bodies will penalize them. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
26:18 What bothers me as an MP is, why would they penalize professionals for helping patients, be it vaccine injury or otherwise? Michelle Worton
26:27 It's a very good question. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
26:30 Do you have anything to say on it? 26:33 Nothing, then. Michelle Worton
26:39 The ideology around vaccinations is one that you cannot contend with. 26:47 And there's a very large difference between being an anti-vaxxer, which is insulting because I'm vaccine injured, and ensuring that we have robust safety approval for vaccines in Canada. 27:03 That's what we need. 27:05 Safety surveillance, accurate reporting, 27:08 Because if we don't have any of the above, Canadians will not get assistance. 27:14 And this will happen again. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
27:19 Can you also tell us, you said that there is another system, another part of your brain. 27:24 So what happened with that? 27:26 Is it still there? Michelle Worton
27:28 We're monitoring it. 27:31 And that was somewhere between... 27:38 In 2023, my pituitary gland was normal. 27:42 That's in your brain. 27:44 And my MRI from January of 2026 showed a cystic mass or a, it's called an adenoma in that area of my brain. 27:57 And my vision is getting significantly worse. 28:01 So I actually see tunnel vision. 28:02 So my peripheral sight is permanently damaged. 28:06 Additionally to that, 28:08 and again, this comes back to me being a medical provider, is that I understand how to read labs and I understand how to read imaging. 28:15 And it's me reviewing my imaging that I noted that somewhere in 2024, I had a stroke and no one told me. 28:26 They repeated the imaging in 2026 and confirmed that I had a mini stroke. 28:31 And I'm wondering why my cognition is declining, why my 28:36 executive function is declining, why my cognitive faculties are declining. 28:41 I was a healthy, thriving healthcare professional, and this is our life now. 28:47 This is not just my life. 28:51 My life has been destroyed by a Health Canada approved medical product, and no one is here to help us. MP Jagsharan Singh Mahal
29:04 Once again, I'm sorry to hear that. 29:06 Thank you. 29:07 Thank you for being courageous enough. MP Dean Allison
29:11 Michelle, thanks. 29:14 I want to thank you again. 29:15 You made this trek before, and you were at our first press conference, and I don't think anyone appreciates how far you've come. 29:22 You've come on planes, trains, and automobiles. 29:25 You've come from a long distance in northern D.C. And I, Dave, also want to thank you for being here as well, and very nice meeting you. 29:35 I have a couple questions, but 29:36 You know, when we chatted and just, you know, you're here today and the challenge with, I think, a lot of vaccine is people look fine, but internally they're gutted, they're destroyed. 29:50 Talk about, you know, the recovery. 29:51 I mean, you traveled a great distance to get here. 29:54 I don't know how many hours it took, but I know our colleague Bob Zimmer, it takes him five, six, eight, 10 hours, 12, depending on stuff. 30:03 How long did it take you? 30:04 Like, this is going to really 30:06 kick the crap out of you for the next couple of days. 30:08 You're going to be the time to recover for what would be normal for most people. 30:14 I think you should explain, you know, this comes at a cost for you to be here. Michelle Worton
30:19 It definitely does. 30:22 Without care, my conditions are getting progressively worse. 30:25 And so that includes burning, tingling, electric shocks, jolts everywhere. 30:32 As I'm sitting here, it's everywhere. 30:34 My brain, it's on fire. 30:37 and any kind of level of activity or exertion, even staying upright, this is challenging. 30:43 I spend 90% of my time in bed. 30:46 My ligaments can't keep me upright. 30:49 And even yesterday, knowing that, you know, individuals would be testifying, I wanted to be here and I had to leave early. 30:56 And I spent the rest of the day in bed taking rescue medications for, you know, brain inflammation, pain, nausea, 31:06 And that's what every day looks like. 31:07 And so I can't tell you for certain how long it will take to recover, but today will be the same. 31:12 Tomorrow will be the same. 31:14 And that's just what life looks like now. 31:17 And we have to do what we have to do. 31:19 This is important. 31:21 I would not not be here. 31:23 So I'll make do. MP Dean Allison
31:25 Yeah. 31:26 Oh, and we appreciate you making the effort, but not once, but twice. 31:30 I think we should show a few of the slide, you know, just talking with some of the stats and, 31:33 that you guys have from Can19. 31:36 Someone was asking about, can you just go through that slide for us in terms of the data that you're receiving from your organizations, from the individuals? 31:45 How many people are a part of that organization? Michelle Worton
31:47 So we have 2,000 members that access our resources. 31:50 We have roughly 300 registered members. Shawn Buckley
31:53 And this is some of the stats from that? Michelle Worton
31:54 Yes, our data points are from our members who we send surveys to. 31:58 And so this was this was submitted in part for us to be able to provide not only this, but the Public Health Agency of Canada with data points to reflect the inefficiencies of this. 32:12 And so for our members in particular, as you can see above, you know, 46 percent of our members had no idea that the pro or I'm sorry, couldn't apply because they couldn't get doctors to sign their application forms. 32:26 You imagine that. 32:28 So when we're looking at stats from the federal government, 58,000 injured, 11,000 serious, roughly 4,000 tried to apply. 32:35 So think about that for a second. 32:39 That could be 8,000 people that didn't apply or couldn't apply, right? 32:44 24 were ineligible because they couldn't get medical support in time, in a three-year time frame. 32:49 Roughly 30% not even aware that the program existed. 32:53 And of the applicants, one of which is myself, 32:56 Again, you can see roughly 7% approved, 7%, 93% rejection rate in a program that was supposed to help serve Canadians that were injured. 33:09 Make that make sense. 33:12 43% rejected, 50% remain in the process. 33:15 Five years we've been waiting. 33:19 We don't have five years. 33:22 Like we can't wait another five years for a program that is not working. 33:26 And when I listen to you engage in the House of Commons, and Maggie Chee, is that correct, responded that we've developed a program, we've transferred it to the Public Health Agency of Canada. 33:39 It's not working. 33:40 It's no different. 33:41 It's an illusion of a federal program just to save face. 33:47 We know. 33:48 Injured behind me know. 33:50 It's not working. 33:52 And you know what the cost is? 33:53 My life. MP Dean Allison
33:56 I just have one more comment before I turn it off. 33:59 This is why these testimonies are so important. 34:01 I know you're reliving, and that's brutal. 34:04 But the reality is we see numbers like 60,000. 34:07 We know that's a lie. Michelle Worton
34:08 It is a lie. MP Dean Allison
34:09 Right? 34:09 Because people don't actually get a report. 34:11 Dr. 34:12 Pop talked about that. 34:12 He said, like, I can't even get things. 34:16 And he's one of the good guys. 34:17 Like, he's one of the guys who wants to help. Michelle Worton
34:19 Do you know that my AEFI has never been reported by a doctor? MP Dean Allison
34:22 Yeah. 34:23 Yeah. Michelle Worton
34:24 Ask doctors to report it. 34:25 They've never reported it. MP Dean Allison
34:28 Yeah. 34:28 So the stats are tremendously under, and the program is woefully underfunded. 34:33 And even if you were able to get access, chances are you're going to get stuck in this revolving loop that never ends. Michelle Worton
34:39 Well, something to highlight for myself is that two of the three medical panel experts agreed that there was a temporal relationship between my injection timeline and onset of symptoms. 34:52 They didn't feel like my conditions are from the vaccine. 34:55 They blamed it on age. 34:57 They tried to blame it on my brain surgery, even though the symptoms started within 48 hours. 35:02 Like you name it, they've tried to blame it on anything but the vaccine. 35:05 But the problem is, and Senator Ron Johnson spoke to that specifically yesterday, if these conditions are not reported in the clinical trial, there's no causation. 35:17 So we're doomed. 35:18 Pfizer didn't disclose the safety signals. 35:21 Post-marketing, it's not disclosed. 35:23 So we have globally individuals showing up with these symptoms and these conditions. 35:29 And again, our data is showing. Shawn Buckley
35:30 Michelle, I'm sorry. Michelle Worton
35:33 Conditions are common, more common than you'd think. Shawn Buckley
35:35 It's just we don't want to have to say to a witness at the end of the day, they don't have time. 35:42 I know it's going to be physically punishing on you to be here, but we're really, really thankful. 35:49 you came and shared with us. 35:50 This is super important. 35:51 Thank you. Michelle Worton
35:52 Thank you for having me.