OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Commons health committee opted for a closed-door review by Minister of Health advisers of how the Canadian government handled the COVID-19 “pandemic” instead of launching a public inquiry, according to information obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Confidence has been tested and it has been shaken,” New Democrat MP Don Davies said. “The only way to restore confidence in the public is to have the courage to have a full, broad, root to branch, transparent and searching public inquiry into how the Covid-19 pandemic was handled.”
Bill C-293, titled “An Act Respecting Pandemic Prevention,” was sponsored by Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith. The bill suggested that the cabinet “establish an advisory committee” to conduct a two-year review of the government’s pandemic management.
Davies sought to have the bill amended to further allow a full judicial inquiry under the Inquiries Act.
“We need to have an impartial, independent, public and properly resourced inquiry to undertake this work,” he argued, pointing out that the public inquiry would “have the power to subpoena documents” and force federal authorities to testify under oath.
However, Liberal MPs on the health committee voted 5-2 to reject the amendment and Conservative MPs abstained, dismissing the entire bill as flawed.
“The Liberal government has chosen not to have a pandemic inquiry,” Conservative MP Stephen Ellis said. “It would appear by this bill the Liberal government doesn’t wish to have a public inquiry, that they would be satisfied having a private member’s bill.”
Earlier, Conservative MP Ted Falk warned the Commons that Bill C-293 seemed pointless because “Canadians will never get the answers they deserve if the ministers who perpetuated or promoted many of the failures, abuses and violations of Charter rights that we have seen over the past two years are the same ones tasked with reviewing their own government’s response.”
In recent months, numerous reports have emerged revealing the Trudeau government’s mismanagement during the COVID-19 “pandemic.”
In a 2021 report Pandemic Preparedness, the Auditor General revealed that the cabinet was “not adequately prepared.”
Furthermore, Lessons Learned From The Public Health Agency Of Canada’s Covid-19 Response, an internal audit, condemned managers for “confusion,” “limited public health expertise” and “no clear understanding” of how to compile critical data.
Additionally, former Finance Minister Bill Morneau declared that spending programs to tackle COVID were prolonged and led to inflation under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership.
During the so-called COVID-19 pandemic, the Trudeau government issued billions to Canadians who claimed they needed Canadian Emergency Response Benefits (CERB) as they were not permitted to work under COVID regulations.
Recently, the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) has worked to take back the $3.2 billion from Canadians who filed for and were given CERB despite not being eligible to receive it. However, many are fighting in court to keep their government payments.