A National Betrayal: How Ottawa's $50M Vaccine Injury Program Became a Sick Joke

During the pandemic, the Canadian government made a solemn promise: get vaccinated for the good of the community, and if you are one of the very rare few who suffer a serious, permanent injury, we will support you. The Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP), with a $50 million fund, was that promise. Today, that promise is in tatters, and the program has become a national scandal—a cruel bureaucratic nightmare that has abandoned the very people it was meant to help.

A recent Global News investigation has blown the lid off this catastrophic failure. Of the nearly 3,000 claims filed by Canadians suffering from debilitating, life-altering injuries post-vaccination, less than half have even been processed. Those left waiting are trapped in a maze of delays and denials, their lives ruined while they fight for help. Stories are emerging of a private company, given millions to administer the program, fostering a "playground environment" where serious claims are treated with contempt. People have lost their homes, their careers, and their health, only to be ignored by the very system created to be their safety net.

This is more than mismanagement; it's a profound breach of public trust. The government asked Canadians to step up, and they did so by the millions. In return, the government has outsourced its moral obligation and allowed those who were harmed to be revictimized by incompetence and indifference. Politicians are now scrambling to demand audits and apologies, but for the hundreds of families whose lives have been destroyed, it's far too little, far too late. This isn't just a failing program; it's a betrayal of a sacred pact.