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JUNE 2026:
(100) A New Development: Supporting the People with Disabilities Advisory Committee
For nearly four years, I have been documenting the experiences of federal public servants affected by the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. During that time, I have heard from hundreds of employees. Recently, however, I was contacted by a group whose perspective is particularly important.
Members of our agency’s People with Disabilities Advisory Committee reached out to ask whether I would help them collect and organize evidence relating to trends they have been observing within the Agency and public service.
What makes this significant is that these individuals are not speaking from speculation. They have been monitoring official agency data and the growing number of employees requiring disability-related support as part of their work.
The first observation they shared with me comes directly from official agency statistics. According to the agency’s own records, COVID-19 cases increased sharply during the period following the mass vaccination campaign. They pointed out that this trend was the opposite of what employees had been led to expect. At the time, vaccination was promoted as the means that would substantially reduce COVID-19 cases in the workplace. Yet the official data they have collected shows a dramatic increase in reported cases during that period.
Their second observation concerns disability within the workforce. They have documented a substantial increase in employees requiring disability-related support
coinciding with the vaccination mandate. While they recognize that some conditions—particularly psychological and mental health issues—may have multiple contributing factors, they have also observed increases in employees with cardiovascular and other serious medical conditions. They believe these trends deserve careful, transparent, and independent investigation.
For the members of the Advisory Committee, this is not simply an academic discussion. Their committee exists to support employees living with disabilities. They told me that they are now serving a substantially larger population than before the pandemic and that many of the cases they encounter raise questions that have never been adequately addressed. They are concerned that some of these health outcomes may be associated with the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and believe that the available evidence should be examined openly rather than dismissed.
They also expressed concern about possible long-term effects that may not yet be fully understood. In their view, continued monitoring is essential—not only for the benefit of current employees, but also to ensure that any future health consequences are identified promptly and investigated objectively.
Perhaps most striking is that they told me they have been raising these concerns since 2021. They have brought them to health and safety committees and other government bodies, seeking acknowledgment that these observations warrant serious attention. Four years later, they believe many of their questions remain unanswered despite the accumulation of additional evidence.
The committee members explained that they became aware of my work through my advocacy for public servants affected by the federal vaccine mandates and through my ongoing FPSLREB hearing. They had followed my efforts for some time before deciding to contact me.
I was honoured by their confidence and have agreed to assist them.
My role will be to help collect, organize, and analyze the available evidence from official documents, scientific literature, and other relevant sources. Wherever the evidence ultimately leads, it should be examined openly, honestly, and without fear. Public servants deserve transparency, accountability, and an evidence-based discussion of these important questions.
Over the coming weeks, I will share some of the official documents and data that have been brought to my attention. I encourage readers to examine the evidence themselves and draw their own conclusions.
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