# Source note — Allison Inquiry / covidtestimony.com

Date captured: 2026-09-07

## Source lead

- User URL: https://covidtestimony.com/
- Site title: Allison Inquiry / Listening to Canadian Covid-19 Vaccine Injured
- Main claim from site: Sept. 8, 9, 10 and 11, 2026 hearings to listen to Canadians who say they were injured by a COVID-19 vaccine, broadcast live from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
- Chair named by site: Member of Parliament Dean Allison.
- Organizer/legal vehicle named by site: Covid Testimony Association, federally incorporated not-for-profit.
- Public contact visible on media page: info@allisoninquiry.com.

## Core assessment

The event and website are real, and the timing/location/chair/organizer claims are supported by covidtestimony.com, CPAC’s August 13 page, CBC, CTV/CP24-type coverage, and the inquiry’s posted rules. The careful label is **MP-chaired / organizer-run public hearings**, not a formal House of Commons committee or government statutory public inquiry unless a Parliament/OurCommons record later says so.

## What the rules themselves say

The rules say the purpose is to provide a neutral forum for Canadians to share personal experiences of injuries to themselves or others from COVID-19 vaccines. They also say the Inquiry may hear experts for context and may hear testimony about the Vaccine Injury Support Program or Vaccine Impact Assistance Program. Crucially, the rules say the Inquiry is not to make findings of fact or reach conclusions.

## Supporting official/neutral context

- PHAC says the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program provides support to people in Canada assessed as having been seriously and permanently injured as a result of receiving a Health Canada-authorized vaccine.
- PHAC statistics for the former Vaccine Injury Support Program, June 1, 2021 to Nov. 30, 2025, list 3,557 claims received, 252 Medical Review Board approvals, and $21,474,722 paid to claimants. PHAC warns categories may overlap and should not be added together.
- CTV reports the inquiry is not sanctioned by the federal government and lacks the powers/resources of an official probe, while also reporting Allison’s position that people need permission to speak publicly and access support.
- CBC reports Canada’s chief science adviser Mona Nemer supports an evidence-informed, apolitical reflection on Canada’s COVID response and says public trust needs rebuilding.

## Main URLs preserved

- https://covidtestimony.com/
- https://covidtestimony.com/about/
- https://covidtestimony.com/rules/
- https://covidtestimony.com/media-centre/
- https://covidtestimony.com/press-release-may2026/
- https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/conservative-mps-update-on-inquiry-into-covid-19-vaccine--august-13-2026?id=1896ecd6-5628-47d5-b308-987c351fd656
- https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/why-one-conservative-mps-push-to-probe-covid-19-vaccine-injuries-is-prompting-concern/
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/covid-19-response-canada-reflect-inquiry-dean-allison-chief-science-adviser-mona-nemer-9.7300026
- https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccines/vaccine-impact-assistance-program.html
- https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/immunization-vaccines/vaccine-impact-assistance-program/statistics-data.html

## Editorial boundary

This source package verifies the website/event/contact route and the existence of Canada’s injury-compensation framework. It does not verify any individual injury, diagnosis, causality claim, witness-selection decision, medical record, compensation decision, or political allegation.