Witnesses

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Allison Inquiry Hearings – Full Days

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Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Allison Inquiry Hearings – Opening & Closing Statements, Reading the Names

Day 1 – Opening Statements

Day 2 – Opening Statements

Day 2 – Reading the Names

Day 3 – Reading the Names

Day 4 – Closing Statements

Allison Inquiry Hearings – Witnesses

Allison Inquiry | Kelly Shorkey | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 54-year-old British Columbia nurse describes relentless itching and skin lesions after her second ...

Patrick Provost

Allison Inquiry | Patrick Provost | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

Former Laval University medicine professor and mRNA specialist Patrick Provost describes the eye pai...

Cameron Hitchcock

Allison Inquiry | Cameron Hitchcock | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 35-year-old Ontario supply chain coordinator describes waking up with a swollen face three weeks a...

Carol Messenger

Allison Inquiry | Carol Messenger | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 58-year-old retired Vancouver fire captain describes losing feeling and bladder and bowel control ...

Dawood Al-Janaby

Allison Inquiry | Dawood Al-Janaby | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 34-year-old Ontario software engineering student who trained at the gym describes spinal pain the ...

Allison Inquiry | Toni Lannigan | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 38-year-old Prince Edward Island nurse assistant describes an anaphylactic reaction within five mi...

Nicole Maurier For Abigail

Allison Inquiry | Nicole Maurier for Abigail | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

Nicole Maurier speaks for her only child Abigail, a 24-year-old cardiology technologist who took two...

Allison Inquiry | Patricia Leidl | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 64-year-old former World Health Organization communications director, an avid hiker, describes col...

Catherine Christensen

Allison Inquiry | Catherine Christensen | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

Alberta military and veterans lawyer Catherine Christensen describes vaccine injuries among Canadian...

Allison Inquiry | James Freeland | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

James Freeland describes his mother Donna, a healthy 60-year-old with well-managed diabetes, becomin...

Marylou Lavalle

Allison Inquiry | Marylou Lavalle | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

Marylou Lavalle speaks for her husband Dominic, a healthy 48-year-old HVAC technician who developed ...

Allison Inquiry | Noah Barclay | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 28-year-old Ontario electrician who was a fit hockey player describes chest pain and elevated hear...

Allison Inquiry | Michael Oesch | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A longtime artist and filmmaker who once walked across Canada describes losing the ability to walk a...

Allison Inquiry | Nathalie Barbe | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 50-year-old Quebec grandmother of six, required by her employer to take three Moderna doses while ...

Allison Inquiry | Kevin Street | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

A 54-year-old father of seven and top-ranked Canadian cell phone store manager describes collapsing ...

Allison Inquiry | Rodney Palmer | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

Journalist Rodney Palmer, a former CBC, Globe and Mail and CTV correspondent, argues that the CBC sh...

Allison Inquiry | Deanna McLeod (Part 2) | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

Recalled after running out of time on Day 3, research analyst Deanna McLeod presents more Ontario bi...

Allison Inquiry | Helen Grus | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

An Ottawa police detective who investigated unexplained infant deaths describes a doubling or tripli...

Allison Inquiry | Shannon Holmes | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 50-year-old Ontario movement therapist who walked up to 17 kilometres a day describes painful ting...

Allison Inquiry | Mark Chapman | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 66-year-old former Navy helicopter and offshore pilot with 47 years of documented good health desc...

Dr. Charles Hoffe

Allison Inquiry | Dr. Charles Hoffe | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A rural BC family doctor describes his empty emergency room during COVID, then the wave of neurologi...

Allison Inquiry | Adam Burgess | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

Adam Burgess testifies about his 36-year-old sister Kristi, a Yukon woman with lupus who collapsed s...

Dr. Gary Davidson

Allison Inquiry | Dr. Gary Davidson | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

Dr. Gary Davidson, a former emergency department chief who chaired Alberta's COVID-19 pandemic respo...

Allison Inquiry | Julie Ivan | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 50-year-old Ontario letter carrier and 30K runner describes tingling that climbed from her feet to...

Crystal Denomme

Allison Inquiry | Crystal Denomme | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 48-year-old personal support worker describes skin pain like road rash all over her body within 24...

Allison Inquiry | Michael McNair | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

A 41-year-old army communications specialist with 11 years in the Canadian Armed Forces describes be...

Dr. Crystal Luchkiw

Allison Inquiry | Dr. Crystal Luchkiw | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A palliative care doctor testifies for her brother Scott Gorrie, a 48-year-old Parliament Hill aide ...

Allison Inquiry | Jasmeet Grewal | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 35-year-old Toronto business development manager and multi-sport athlete describes leg cramping tw...

Allison Inquiry | Denis Rancourt | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

Physicist and former University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt presents CDC and Statistics Canad...

Allison Inquiry | Jasmine Comeau | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 22-year-old New Brunswick woman describes leg weakness and loss of feeling in the days after her s...

Allison Inquiry | Ken Drysdale | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

Engineer Ken Drysdale, who chaired the independent commissioners of the National Citizens Inquiry, d...

Allison Inquiry | Drue Taylor | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 36-year-old Alberta yoga instructor and massage therapist testifying by video describes a racing h...

Dr. James Thorp

Allison Inquiry | Dr. James Thorp | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

US maternal-fetal medicine physician Dr. James Thorp presents his analysis of the medical literature...

Allison Inquiry | Eva Caven | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A retired Canadian nurse describes her right eye turning red and filling with blood within days of h...

Carrie Sakamoto

Allison Inquiry | Carrie Sakamoto | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

The Inquiry's first vaccine-injured witness, an Alberta mother of three, describes a burning pain in...

Joseph Pritchard

Allison Inquiry | Joseph Pritchard | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 46-year-old former project manager describes high blood pressure, sweating and swelling after two ...

Allison Inquiry | Deanna McLeod | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

Research analyst Deanna McLeod, who runs an independent evidence-review firm, presents original anal...

Robert Denesiuk

Allison Inquiry | Robert Denesiuk | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 56-year-old British Columbia man describes his feet giving out about two weeks after his Pfizer va...

Allison Inquiry | Vienna Demeduk | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 63-year-old massage therapist and endurance athlete describes losing her sight and her ability to ...

Allison Inquiry | Lisa Lavoie | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 68-year-old retired nurse and driving instructor from Quebec describes fatigue and breathlessness ...

Dr. Jessica Rose

Allison Inquiry | Dr. Jessica Rose | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

Canadian researcher Dr. Jessica Rose presents her analysis of VAERS and Canadian adverse event data,...

Allison Inquiry | Jannine Duffy | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 66-year-old grocery cashier who walked two kilometres to work describes a numb thumb after her fir...

Michelle Worton

Allison Inquiry | Michelle Worton | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A British Columbia dental hygienist and co-founder of CanRise 19 describes severe neurological sympt...

Jamie R. Daniel

Allison Inquiry | Jamie R. Daniel | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 36-year-old Alberta advanced care paramedic describes severe back pain, saddle numbness and loss o...

Allison Inquiry | Thor Hart | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

A 55-year-old Ontario General Motors group leader and strongman-level bodybuilder describes being un...

Allison Inquiry | Lisa Watson | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 60-year-old Prince Edward Island woman who worked for the Canada Revenue Agency describes left arm...

Allison Inquiry | Nicole Sedore | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 50-year-old Alberta community support worker and elite masters swimmer describes a swollen hand wi...

Daniel Freiheit

Allison Inquiry | Daniel Freiheit | Day 2 September 9th, 2026

An Ontario lawyer who helps vaccine-injured clients apply for compensation explains what Access to I...

Dr. Peter Mccullough

Allison Inquiry | Dr. Peter McCullough | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

US cardiologist and internist Dr. Peter McCullough presents his view of the pandemic response and CO...

John Philip Grant

Allison Inquiry | John Philip Grant | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

A healthy 74-year-old Alberta builder and sawmill operator describes his platelets falling to zero w...

Dianne Spaulding

Allison Inquiry | Dianne Spaulding | Day 4 September 11th, 2026

A 61-year-old Toronto lab technician describes flu-like illness, a bleed and a falling platelet coun...

Allison Inquiry | Carole Avoine | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A Quebec mother of four describes half her face becoming paralyzed about three weeks after a lottery...

Stephanie GiguèRe

Allison Inquiry | Stephanie Giguere | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 46-year-old British Columbia psychotherapist describes numb hands, disorientation and 23 days of s...

Senator Ron Johnson

Allison Inquiry | Senator Ron Johnson | Day 1 September 8th, 2026

US Senator Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, presents hi...

Allison Inquiry | Julie Woods | Day 3 September 10th, 2026

A 29-year-old former college volleyball player and co-founder of CanRise 19 describes burning, crawl...