How Canada Failed Covid, WCH Country Council Update + a Christmas Poetry Reading
The time for feeling alone is over. We must overcome our fears. We are unique and united.
Written by World Council for Health Correspondent Alice Ashwell, PhD.
On Monday 18 December, World Council for Health (WCH) steering committee members Emma Sron and Dr Mark Trozzi hosted the final Better Way Live (BWL) episode of 2023. What an accomplishment for the WCH team!
It was a very busy day for WCH, as Dr Tess Lawrie and colleagues from the London office were at the very same time attending the Parliamentary debate on the proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations.
This was the result of a petition started by Dr Lawrie, which garnered over 100,000 signatures, the number required to justify such a debate.
Citizen-led Inquiry Puts Canadian Government on Notice with Damning Report
Dr Mark Trozzi introduced fellow Canadian Shawn Buckley, a constitutional lawyer who has fought for more than 29 years to protect individual rights, particularly in the area of health.
Shawn was instrumental in setting up and acting as lead counsel for the National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) into Canada's response to Covid-19. The NCI involved 24 full days of hearings in eight cities across Canada, hearing from 305 witnesses, including 94 expert witnesses. It was an unprecedented opportunity for private citizens to give testimony.
The Commissioners Report released on 28 November 2023 represents the most extensive, organised, and thoroughly documented evaluation of the Canadian government's actions to date. Mark observed that, after the Freedom Convoy that was started by truckers in January 2022, this was Canada’s second big contribution to the global truth and freedom movement.
A short video on the NCI set the scene for Shawn’s presentation.
Planning and managing the NCI
The NCI was established in response to the desire for a national dialogue. Initially, about a dozen citizens came together and decided that an independent inquiry was needed into how all levels of government had handled the Covid-19 event. Despite the group lacking experience and having no funds, they started planning and, in time, were able to appoint four independent commissioners.
The Inquiry took the form of a government commission and its goal was to come up with positive recommendations on how to do things differently in future. The NCI was organised, run, and funded by Canadian citizens. It had no large donors and depended almost exclusively on volunteers.
From the outset, independence was an essential feature of this initiative. The commissioners had to be able to set aside their biases, and were also completely independent of the NCI administrators, who were responsible for the logistically demanding job of setting up the hearings. This strict independence leant credibility to the final report.
About 12,000 to 15,000 volunteers plus a couple of paid support staff were responsible for the inquiry process. The volunteers handled almost every aspect of the work, from producing the video (above), to selecting media clips for circulation on social media, to preparing and editing extremely reliable transcripts of the hearings, and editing the final report.
It was volunteers who decided that each of the 305 witnesses needed a separate page in the final report. This was done, with each page including a link to a high-definition recording of their testimony, plus the transcript, and any exhibits presented. This is the largest and most reliable repository of the Covid experience anywhere in the world. The pages are currently being made searchable, allowing anyone to search the report for keywords on the NCI website.
Had this been a government inquiry, there would probably have been a $100 million dollar budget and a large writing team working on the report. Instead the NCI had just four lay commissioners who went through the evidence of the 305 witnesses, decided what to accept, and came up with recommendations in a report of over 600 pages. And thanks to the multitude of volunteers, each three-day period of hearings probably cost less than $35,000, with the total cost being less than $650,000.
In addition to the salaries of the couple of administrative staff, the only professional fees went to the audio-visual team that recorded the hearings. Additional costs included venue hire, and travel and accommodation for the four commissioners, the senior counsel, and the AV team.
The NCI – a profound experience
Non-Canadians may be unaware of the climate of fear that was created around Covid in Canada, which suffered one of the worst lockdown experiences in the world. Measures put in place were so draconian that many Canadians still feel afraid. In the middle of the Covid period, for example, there were threats that the government would send the army door-to-door to drag unvaccinated people out of their homes and forcibly jab them.
By the time the NCI started on 16 March 2023, some witnesses were still so fearful of reprisals by employers or further ostracism by families that they refused to testify. As Shawn said, “We were totally beaten down.” The NCI was an extremely moving and difficult experience. At times, as a witness was testifying, everyone in the room would be weeping. But it also became an opportunity to start overcoming the climate of fear.
Shawn, as lead counsel, was responsible for giving the opening statement at each of the hearings. Early on, he felt a clear sense that he should not prepare anything to say but rather trust God for the opening message. Every morning, just in time for him to write it down, he would receive an outline of what to say. Two very important messages came through: firstly, that people should not feel alone, and secondly, that they needed to overcome fear. Citizens needed to recognise that they were the majority and that they were strong. Through the NCI process, God has started building a community that, while they have experienced fear, they have come to terms with it, and know that they can overcome it the next time they are threatened with a crisis.
For Canada as a nation, the experience of listening to one another's voices and experiences has been profound. It has brought people together and given people courage. As Mark Trozzi commented, “It has been the birth of true governance in Canada ... people coming together … in a very organised fashion, examining the evidence, doing everything that the … government is supposed to do.”
The information war is a spiritual war
It has become clear over the past four years that we are in an information war. Friends and family members have been divided by this process, with sceptics being labelled ‘conspiracy theorists’, and those accepting the narrative refusing to listen to any information that comes from ‘the other side’. But the NCI became an opportunity to start breaking down these barriers. As a formal, independent process, in which witnesses swore an oath to tell the truth and were questioned by commissioners, people who had previously refused to question the narrative started watching the Inquiry, opening opportunities for dialogue. This has been one of the beauties of the NCI.
This information war is the manifestation of a spiritual war that threatens everything, including our grandchildren’s future. Canada was once a complacent nation, but it is no longer possible to sit on the sidelines, waiting for a comfortable retirement in a cabin on a lake. If we sit still, we will lose this war but if we stand up, we will win. Shawn recognises this as a beautiful point in history. We have been given the gift of choice: to fight for good and freedom, or to acquiesce to and participate in something evil.
Where to now?
We are now at the point where everyone has to accept personal responsibility, whatever form that takes. We need to stop being afraid to speak and start engaging people in conversation. We must move past the fear, start praying, thinking, and figuring out what part each of us can play in this information war. We also need to support those in the freedom movement who have lost their jobs and now contribute to positive change by hosting podcasts, for example. We can get a group together to regularly mass mail our public representatives with our demands. Anyone, at any age, can fight this war because it is an information war. We just have to figure out creative ways to start changing the narrative.
And the NCI process can spread to other countries. Shawn has offered to share the Canadian experience with anyone wanting to replicate it. Their team is willing to set up three days of virtual hearings as a test project, with their lawyers and commissioners working with commissioners from the other country who successfully complete their vetting process. This is an excellent opportunity to see if there is appetite for the process.
The NCI has shown us that there is a better way to conduct public inquiries – one that builds community, courage, and compassion. As Shawn said, “We really want a world ruled by the people – a government by the people, for the people – and the NCI is a big step forward and a big example for the world.”
WCH Country Councils: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Being the final BWL episode of the year it was a good opportunity to reflect on the work of the WCH Country Councils. Francesca Havens, WCH translations coordinator, provided an overview of the development of WCH’s decentralised country councils, and Rev. Dr Wai Ching Lee homed in on the activities of the Asia region.
Francesca Havens - WCH Country Council Overview
In contrast to current efforts to cede control of sovereign individuals and nations to supranational bodies like the World Health Organization (WHO), the WCH offers a decentralised alternative. Since the beginning of 2023, the Country Council project has gone from strength to strength, creating a powerful network of unique and united voices, from diverse cultures, healing traditions and wisdoms. Francesca explained that the Country Council project is based on the Better Way Charter, which steering committee members of the country Councils sign up to. Individual health freedom and sovereignty are at the heart of the better way.
The strategy of WCH operates at individual, community, and country levels. At the country level, the goal is eventually to facilitate 194 autonomous country councils to underpin an integrative approach to health, and counter monopoly power. The role of Country Councils includes promoting integrative health freedom and sovereignty; developing country-specific policies; creating country-specific websites and initiatives; educating for integrative health; accrediting health centres and providers; regulating health products and practices; and establishing centres of excellence for integrative health.
In the event of future pandemics or other public health emergencies, Country Councils will collaborate on emergency guidance. They take a strong stance on determining how sovereign nations will address their health care needs.
Already twelve countries have created Country Councils: Australia, Estonia, Germany, Grenada, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Malta, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, and St Lucia. Council members come from a wide range of backgrounds, including medical, legal, educational, scientific, technical, and business fields. The have in common a love and respect for humanity and the earth.
Recently Denmark, Lebanon, Turkey, and twelve Central and South American countries have also decided to join, making a total of 27 activated countries, with others showing an interest in launching in 2024.
Already Country Councils are taking action, including:
Estonia, which held a conference in November with Philip Kruse and Dr Meryl Nass, after which 11 MPs in the Estonian parliament wrote a letter of rejection to WHO.
Ireland and Germany, which have been holding talks and meetings, and creating websites and social media groups. WCH Ireland also published a book.
South Africa, where WCH steering committee member Shabnam Palesa Mohamed has been involved in numerous activities.
Francesca remined us that we are unique and united, and invited people interested in establishing a Country Council to write to her at countrycouncils@worldcouncilforhealth.org.
Rev. Dr Wai-Ching Lee – WCH Asia Overview
Dr Wai-Ching Lee shared the WCH Asia logo, comprising the four original country members plus two new ones, namely Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
The Asia group developed out of a meeting between Wai-Ching and Dr Marivic Villa from Philippines during the Better We Conference in June 2023. Their discussions led to a free online symposium on an Asian view of health, which took place from 10-12 November 2023. It focused on the need for indigenous, natural, and innovative medicine in restoring our health in the face of the current crises at this time, and also the need to connect to ancient wisdom to evolve our humanity.
This was the tone, flavour, and joy of the Asian symposium, a colourful and mystical event where wonderful wisdom was shared by medical doctors and natural healers.
The symposium has resulted in two ‘Asian Huddles’, one focusing on the World Mosquito Program, and the other on excess deaths in Asia. This was the first time that these countries had come together to provide mortality data for Asia. People are welcome to tune into WCH Asia Huddles to hear speakers share about what's happening in Asia.
Wai-Ching then shared updates from Country Councils in the region:
Philippines:
In the last six months there has been a 43% increase in excess deaths, excluding COVID deaths. Many of the WCH members were able to bring these data to a congressional hearing.
They were able to reject the WHO, prior to the deadline. A letter was sent to WHO by the Chairman, Congressman Dan Fernandez. Another letter on behalf of the Filipino people was successful as a Change.org petition, and was also part of the congressional hearing. Filipinos posted full-page adverts in newspapers in major cities rejecting WHO, and letters were sent to senators, congressmen, and other politicians, stating why we should reject the WHO.
As a result, the highly criticised Senate Bill 1869 containing the WHO/IHR amendments was not enacted by the Senate. And because of the protests and criticisms, the Philippine Department of Health is not allocating any budget for Covid vaccine procurement.
Malaysia:
On 25 August 2023, in a landmark court case, the Court of Appeal of Malaysia ruled that doctors have the right and autonomy to dispense ivermectin, even if this goes against a Ministry of Health prohibition. However, the government is appealing this decision in Federal Court, based on advice from Ministry of Health officials. The hearing has been scheduled for February 2024. Let us pray that this decision will not be reversed.
The Malaysian Council for Health is a powerful group. On 26 September 2023, a protest called ‘Exit the WHO’ was held outside the entrance of the Royal Palace of Malaysia's monarch, the Agung, in Kuala Lumpur. Protestors included lawyers, ex-police commissioners, and leaders of Islamic consumer groups, medical doctors, and healthcare practitioners. They held placards reading ‘Exit the WHO’. Then, on 7 November 2023, they held a press conference to create awareness and to object to the IHR 2005 amendments as well as the WHO pandemic treaty.
Japan:
Member of the WCH Japan steering committee, Dr Atsuo Yanagisawa, gave a pre-recorded video update from Japan. Dr Atsuo met Dr Tess Lawrie at a conference in Manila in February 2023. At the launch of WCH Philippines the following day, Dr Atsuo accepted an invitation from Tess to establish WCH Japan. On returning home, he gathered potential steering committee members and by April 2023, five members were selected, all of whom had been involved in activities opposing the Covid-19 vaccine.
Dr Akinori Fujisawa, for example, served as the chairman of the Volunteer Medical Association in which over 800 doctors opposing Covid-19 vaccinations participated. The committee holds weekly Zoom meetings, and in June 2023, two members participated in the Better Way Conference in Bath, UK.
On 14 July 2023, WCH Japan officially registered as a non-profit general incorporated association, which allows them to collect donations. Their website was launched on 15 August 2023, enabling them to disseminate information, and their launch event was held on 9 September in Tokyo. Between in-person and online participants, more than 1,000 people attended! Since then about 9,000 members have registered, including 400 volunteers.
The volunteers began organising activities in November. An organisational structure has been designed, which has facilitated coordination, enabling WCH Japan to expand its presence nationwide across all eight regions. Activities include social media, movie production, and flyers and cartoons promoting ‘Exit WHO’ and introducing WCH Japan. They have even had an electronic signboard promote WCH Japan on a building in northern Japan.
In Fukushima prefecture, where a nuclear accident occurred, an mRNA vaccine factory is being constructed. WCH volunteers have been silently marching around this factory. Peaceful marches raising awareness about the risks associated with mRNA vaccines are taking place in various locations.
In November, a meeting of the cross-party WCH parliamentary group was held in the House of Representatives building led by MP Kazuhiro Haraguchi. A second meeting took place in December and videos of these events have been circulated on the Internet nationwide.
WCH Japan plans to gather one million registrants by next spring, after which they hope to start a petition campaign. In a country of 120 million people, obtaining one million signatures will send a clear message to the Japanese government that we the citizens and monitoring their actions.
In addition to exiting WHO, they also need to urgently address issues related to food, 5G, and human trafficking. To achieve this, they plan to collaborate with the Asian Council and councils from various countries around the world.
Dr Atsuo ended his presentation on a personal note, sharing that he had been receiving the word love, L-O-V-E, in his mind that week and wanted to infuse the message of love into all WCH Japan's activities.
Indonesia:
On 12 November during the Asia Symposium, representatives from Indonesia presented explosive information about the World Mosquito Program (WMP). This resulted in pushback against the programme in Bali and an exposé of the releases of these bioengineered mosquitoes, funded by the Gates Foundation, in Java, Singapore, Polynesia, Africa, and the USA.
If this program actually improved the dengue situation, it might be acceptable, but in fact conditions have worsened everywhere that the mosquitoes have supposedly been released, and other health hazards have emerged as well. This topic was discussed in the Asian Huddle and the information can be made available to those who are interested.
They are in the process of writing a legal letter to the Minister of Health in Jakarta. Research is ongoing to expose the WMP around the world. More data is needed following the release of the Wolbachia mosquitoes, especially about the health hazards.
Thailand:
The Thai Senate has started a hearing on the origin of Covid, and Dr. Thirawat has submitted a request to the Parliament Health Committee ordering them to start the hearing process immediately. On 13 December, he presented evidence to the Senate Committee.
There have been many articles in well-known Thai news agencies about topics such as the origin of Covid and vaccine injuries and these articles have been shared widely in Thailand.
“What Do I Want For Christmas?” – A poem by Tom Shaw
The final Better Way Live show of 2023 ended on a very special note. We were joined by Tom Shaw, a Council member of WCH Coalition partner Over to the Youth.
They are a community of conscious individuals with a shared vision of creating a harmonious world with meaningful, soulful, and resilient relationships between one another and our environment. Together, they choose to be the change we wish to see, fostering health and self-empowerment and building bridges between mentors and mentees.
Tom shared his poem:
What do I want for Christmas?
What do I want for Christmas?
I want the fighting of our brothers to stop.
I want us grounded in stable communities,
planting the seeds to grow our own crops.
I want families free from digital manacles
and indoctrination from the media channels
with children who know themselves,
mothers who know their children,
children who know their fathers
and fathers who know themselves.
What do I want for Christmas?
I want the health of humanity restored.
I want the toxins out of the water
and fake medicine off the smorgasbord.
I want us reconnected to the earth,
its energy clearing the poisons in our veins.
For there is no reason to sterilise its beauty,
to geoengineer or 15-minute city it.
Its natural law can give us peace
and a space in which we can just be.
What do I want for Christmas?
I want the assault on life to end.
I want the wannabe tyrants
to loosen their grip and reverse their current trend.
Their banker's wars and unjust laws,
satanic vices, compliance prizes,
fake divides and genocides,
all of that, it should suspend.
I want us all to breathe again.
to hold close to us our loved ones
standing firm in the face of fake threats
so that our children can cherish our assets
sovereignty
our lives as our own
is that too much to ask for?
Maybe it is
Maybe I should stay at home,
stop the spread, muzzle myself,
get to the shots, eat the bugs,
scan the pass, give in, own nothing,
be happy enough to destroy my body
and murder my offspring,
all because of climate change.
Santa Claus isn't real anyways.
Or maybe he is.
Maybe he doesn't wear a red coat,
one designed by Coca-Cola.
nor declare himself to be the naughty or nice Ayatollah.
Maybe he is a saint,
one that lives in every one of us,
who's called to the void of injustice
and fills it with gifts of unconditional love,
asking for nothing in return.
I don't want anything for Christmas.
Not if it's lies or virtue signalling.
Not if it's a mask or a phony facade.
Nor anger and rage from a broken heart.
I'm not here to go out begging for presents.
I'm here to give out the ones I have already.
I'm bringing the things fake money can't buy.
Honesty, integrity, empathy.
And I will meet you where you are at
with no strings or agendas attached.
I'll share what is helping me with you.
For that is what will get us through.
What do you want for Christmas?
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Let each of us allow the inner self to emerge as sweet and altruistic a person as Dr. T.L. From this point, can we glimpse the end of materialism? What a relief, to give up the effort of keeping our heads above the turgid river of stuff that the PTBe would have us believe constitutes the Good Life! Love, family, self-sufficiency, health, resilience--THAT's the Good Life!