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Allison Inquiry | Thor Hart | Day 2 September 9th, 2026
A 55-year-old Ontario General Motors group leader and strongman-level bodybuilder describes being unable to stand three days after his second Pfizer dose, taken to keep his job under an employer ultimatum. He recounts doctors telling him he now had arthritis, over a year of emergency-room painkillers, and being forced onto long-term disability.
Thor Hart, 55, of Ingersoll, Ontario, was a General Motors group leader and father of four who had done kung fu since he was 14 and was training for a strongman competition, lifting heavy weights and training his sons. He says he was hesitant about the vaccine, but GM told him to be vaccinated by December 12, 2021 or be terminated. After two Pfizer doses in November, the second on November 25, he says aches worsened for three days until he could not stand and had to crawl to the bathroom. In the ER he says doctors recorded an adverse drug reaction, prescribed arthritis medication and, when he said he had no arthritis, told him he did now. Days later, with swollen legs and pain, another ER doctor told him blood work showed muscle breakdown and advised a vaccine injury clinic. Hart says his doctor diagnosed vaccine injury, he went on disability leave, was later dropped by his family doctor as out of area, and that the clinic wanted to study rather than treat him, leaving him relying on emergency visits and painkillers for over a year. He says doctors feared losing their licences by documenting treatment and that a specialist said causation was beyond their scope. Hart is now permanently disabled, walks with a cane and knee brace for short distances, has painful flare-ups, and says GM refused accommodation and forced him onto long-term disability. He describes being labelled anti-vax and the toll on his family. MPs question him.
Thor Hart, 55, of Ingersoll, Ontario, was a General Motors group leader and father of four who had done kung fu since he was 14 and was training for a strongman competition, lifting heavy weights and training his sons. He says he was hesitant about the vaccine, but GM told him to be vaccinated by December 12, 2021 or be terminated. After two Pfizer doses in November, the second on November 25, he says aches worsened for three days until he could not stand and had to crawl to the bathroom. In the ER he says doctors recorded an adverse drug reaction, prescribed arthritis medication and, when he said he had no arthritis, told him he did now. Days later, with swollen legs and pain, another ER doctor told him blood work showed muscle breakdown and advised a vaccine injury clinic. Hart says his doctor diagnosed vaccine injury, he went on disability leave, was later dropped by his family doctor as out of area, and that the clinic wanted to study rather than treat him, leaving him relying on emergency visits and painkillers for over a year. He says doctors feared losing their licences by documenting treatment and that a specialist said causation was beyond their scope. Hart is now permanently disabled, walks with a cane and knee brace for short distances, has painful flare-ups, and says GM refused accommodation and forced him onto long-term disability. He describes being labelled anti-vax and the toll on his family. MPs question him.
