CANADA’S COVID VACCINE INJURY PAYOUTS SET TO EXCEED BUDGET – Payouts for COVID-19 vaccine-related harm continue to rise sharply, according to a Health Department memo
Canada’s vaccine injury compensation program is bracing for a budget overrun as payouts for COVID-19 vaccine-related harm continue to rise sharply, according to a Health Department memo.
Launched in December 2020 after the federal government granted legal immunity to vaccine manufacturers, the Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) was initially allocated $75 million over five years, with $9 million earmarked annually thereafter. But internal documents warn that rising demand could push costs well beyond projections.
“Demand remains at very high levels,” the memo stated, noting that the final cost depends on the number of claims and compensation awarded.
To date, only 219 of the 3,060 claims filed have been approved, resulting in over $16 million in compensation — and counting.
Despite repeated government claims that the COVID vaccines were “safe and effective,” thousands of Canadians have come forward citing severe side effects, including heart inflammation in healthy young men, blood clots, miscarriages, and strokes.
Official data shows that since the onset of the pandemic, COVID-19 has been listed as the cause of death for fewer than 20 children under the age of 15 across Canada — out of a total population of six million in that age group. Meanwhile, a peer-reviewed study from Canadian researchers found a “definite causal link” between mass vaccine rollouts and spikes in all-cause mortality across 17 countries.
