COVID-19
New report exposes Canada’s Covid policy failures and rising unexplained deaths
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has released a new report, “Post-Covid Canada: The rise in unexpected deaths,” which analyzes recent Statistics Canada data on causes of death during and after the era of Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates. The report raises urgent concerns about the accuracy of Covid death reports, the harmful impacts of lockdowns and vaccine mandates, and the ongoing trend of unexplained deaths in Canada.
Canadians died at an alarming rate between 2020 and 2024. While public health officials and politicians claim that Covid was the cause, the data shows that Covid death statistics were inflated and that thousands of Canadians died due to lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and their downstream effects.
The report’s key findings include:
1. “Excess” or “unexpected” deaths were much higher in 2022, after lockdowns and after most Canadians had been injected with a Covid vaccine, than during the first two years of Covid. In Canada, there were 14,950 unexpected deaths in 2020, 13,510 unexpected deaths in 2021, and 31,370 unexpected deaths in 2022.
2. Covid deaths increased after the rollout of Covid vaccines. By the end of 2021, more than 80 percent of Canadians were fully vaccinated for Covid. In 2022, however, Covid deaths increased to an all-time high of 19,906 – a 22 percent increase over 2020 Covid deaths.
3. Up to 10,000 statistically expected deaths among seniors in 2020 and 2021 were misclassified as Covid deaths. Meanwhile, in 2020 and 2021, Statistics Canada reported 690 fewer deaths from respiratory and pulmonary disease; 3,270 fewer deaths from respiratory infections and lung disease; 6,100 fewer deaths from vascular and other dementia diseases; and 1,000 fewer deaths from Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system. The data is clear: deaths that would otherwise have been attributed to these illnesses were attributed to Covid.
4. Deaths from causes linked to lockdowns, such as drug overdoses, alcohol-related illnesses, hypertension, and delayed medical procedures and diagnoses, increased significantly during lockdowns.
5. Increasingly, Statistics Canada is attributing deaths to “unknown causes.” For instance, among Canadians under age 45 who died in 2022, more than 15 percent have not been assigned a cause of death.
Benjamin Klassen, Research and Education Coordinator at the Justice Centre and lead author of the report, stated, “This report shows that Canadians were seriously misled about Covid and about the safety and effectiveness of government lockdowns and vaccine mandates. Governments not only failed to protect lives but also contributed to thousands of preventable deaths with their freedom-violating policies.”
“Despite assurances that government policies would save lives,” he added, “the data reveals the opposite: lockdowns, delayed healthcare, and rushed vaccine mandates all appear to have significantly contributed to high numbers of additional and unexpected deaths from causes other than Covid. Higher death rates in Canada have continued to rise – especially evident among young Canadians.”
Three key recommendations flow from the report’s findings:
1. Provide timely and accurate death data. Statistics Canada and governments must address chronic reporting delays at the provincial and federal levels.
2. Investigate harms caused by Covid lockdowns and vaccines. Canadians deserve an independent and transparent inquiry into the short-term and long-term harms caused by government responses to Covid.
3. Protect freedom of expression for professionals. Canadian professionals need legislation that prohibits colleges of physicians and surgeons and other professional regulatory bodies from censoring and punishing professionals who express dissenting views on public health issues.
In 2021, the Alberta Law Society expressly delegated disciplinary proceedings against Mr. Carpay to the Manitoba Law Society regarding a matter involving surveillance of government officials, including a Manitoba judge. The surveillance was performed in June 2021, for no other reason than to illuminate a legitimate public policy question: were politicians and judges complying with the stringent Covid restrictions that they themselves had imposed on the public?
Mr. Carpay acknowledged that including a judge in the surveillance was a mistake. He publicly apologized for his error in judgment in July 2021.
In August 2021, the Alberta Law Society explained in unequivocal language that it was delegating disciplinary proceedings to the Manitoba Law Society, and that the Alberta Law Society was closing its file and taking no further steps.
The Manitoba Law Society proceedings against Mr. Carpay concluded in August 2023. Mr. Carpay was ordered to pay $5,000 and to respect a lifetime ban on practicing law in Manitoba.
In October 2023, Manitoba Crown Prosecutors stayed all criminal charges against Mr. Carpay, who was innocent of any criminal wrongdoing.
In December 2023, Mr. Carpay submitted his letter of resignation to the Alberta Law Society.
However, the Alberta Law Society then refused to accept Mr. Carpay’s resignation, and commenced new disciplinary proceedings against him, regarding the same conduct for which Mr. Carpay had already been disciplined and punished by the Manitoba Law Society.
A hearing before the Alberta Law Society finally took place on May 28, 2025 – nearly four years after the incident had occurred.
The Alberta Law Society’s decision to refuse Mr. Carpay’s resignation, and to commence brand new disciplinary proceedings over the same issues after delegating the matter to the Manitoba Law Society, is a vindictive and petty abuse of process.
Mr. Carpay has not practiced law for years. He last appeared in court on behalf of a client in 2015. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has no staff lawyers, and all legal work is done by outside counsel.
All legal costs related to this matter have been and continue to be covered entirely by Mr. Carpay.
Tuesday’s decision does not impact the vital work of John Carpay or the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms. We continue to defend the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Canadians.
From LifeSiteNews
James Bauder reportedly fled to the United States in early August, claiming he faces political persecution by the Canadian government.
A judge issued a nationwide arrest warrant for a Canadian man seeking asylum in the United States who is facing five charges for his role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy against COVID mandates.
James Bauder, 55, of Calgary, Alberta, was due to appear in an Ottawa courthouse on August 26 and 27. However, according to reports, he had already fled to the United States in early August. He has claimed he faces political persecution by the Canadian government.
The Democracy Fund (TDF), which is funding Bauder’s lawyers, Lawrence Greenspon and Eric Granger, was recently in court on his behalf. However, on August 31, Justice Kevin Phillips issued a Canada-wide warrant for Bauder’s arrest, as the court had demanded he be there in person despite his asylum claim status.
As noted by the TDF in a recent press release, Bauder says that he faces “political persecution by the Canadian government.”
According to reports, he filed an asylum claim in the United States on August 5. The TDF noted that under U.S. law, “if an asylum claimant returns to Canada while their U.S. asylum claim is pending, it may undermine the claim of persecution, thereby jeopardizing the asylum application.”
“Accordingly, on August 11, 2025, TDF lawyers brought an application to adjourn Mr. Bauder’s November criminal trial,” the TDF said.
Greenspon told the media last week that the “issue” is what would happen to Bauder should he “come back to Canada.”
“We know now, as of today, the first thing he’s going to be facing is an arrest warrant,” he said.
TDF litigation director Mark Joseph noted that this is an “extremely unusual case.”
“Mr. Bauder has filed an asylum application in the U.S. based on political persecution. While his asylum claim is proceeding, Mr. Bauder is afforded certain legal protections under international and U.S. law,” he said.
“Though we respect the decision of the Court, our position is that Mr. Bauder should not be forced to choose between his right to a fair trial and the viability of his U.S. asylum claim.”
For his peaceful role in the 2022 protests in Ottawa, Bauder is facing a total of five criminal offenses, including mischief, counseling mischief, intimidation, counseling intimidation, and obstructing police. His criminal trial is to be held on November 10.
Bauder had founded Canada Unity, a group that called for an end to all COVID vaccine mandates as well as vaccine passports as a result of the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests.
He currently has a GiveSendGo campaign, which has raised US $13,380 as of publication.
Despite the peaceful nature of the 2022 Freedom Convoy, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government invoked the Emergencies Act to clear out protesters, an action a federal judge has since said was “not justified.” During the clear-out, an elderly lady was trampled by a police horse and many who donated to the cause had their bank accounts frozen.
The sentencing trial for Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber took place in July in a hearing. Earlier this year, they were found guilty of mischief in their roles in the 2022 convoy.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, Lich revealed that the Canadian federal government is looking to put her in jail for no less than seven years and Barber for eight years.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled in their case for October 7 in Ottawa.
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