Testimony of Ken Drysdale | Allison Inquiry

🎙️ Testimony of Ken Drysdale — Allison Inquiry, September 10, 2026

📋 On September 10, 2026, Ken Drysdale — engineer and lead author of the National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) report — testifies before the Allison Inquiry.

He describes an independent citizen-led inquiry conducted in eight Canadian cities, which gathered 333 sworn testimonies on the government’s response to the pandemic. Witnesses faced family pressures and fears of exclusion.

He raises concerns about vaccine approval and presents the National Citizen Archive as an accessible research tool. 🔍

00:00 🎬 Introduction of Ken Drysdale
02:30 🏛️ What is the NCI — citizen inquiry on COVID?
07:00 😢 Intimidated witnesses, withdrawn, fearful
12:30 👴 Elderly people confined and isolated
16:00 📜 The reports and the Citizen’s National Archive
21:00 ⚠️ Regulatory changes to vaccine approval
25:30 ✅ Recommendations and conclusion

🏛️ Political context
🏛️ The NCI was a citizen-funded inquiry, independent of the government, on Canada’s response to COVID-19.
📋 Ken Drysdale wrote the main report, synthesizing 333 testimonies and thousands of pages of evidence.
⚠️ Without subpoena powers: ministers and health officials were invited, not compelled.
📅 The interim report was published in September 2023, two days after Health Canada approved the vaccine for children six months and older.

⚖️ Comparison of opinions
🟢 Drysdale states that the NCI offered an independent space for witnesses who feared speaking elsewhere.
🔴 He asserts that regulatory changes made vaccine approval subjective, creating in his view a conflict of interest.
🟡 Witnesses described significant deterioration among seniors during lockdowns, without adequate follow-up.
⚖️ These assertions are those of the witness, without counter-expertise during this testimony.

📢 Reactions and controversies
😰 Witnesses withdrew under family pressure — some feared losing contact with their grandchildren.
🏢 Some venues refused to host hearings in several cities, including Toronto and Montreal.
💳 Some participants feared bank account freezes linked to the 2022 emergency measures.
📣 Drysdale reports that a program in Manitoba encouraged reporting on neighbours — claim drawn from testimony, not independently verified.

📜 Legislative and social consequences
📁 The NCI produced three reports, including one exceeding 5,000 pages with 300 recommendations on civil rights, media, regulation, and vaccines.
🖥️ The National Citizen Archive centralizes videos, transcripts and evidence, with keyword search.
⚖️ Drysdale recommends restoring the requirement for objective proof of safety and efficacy for drug approval.
📢 These resources are presented as a supplement to the work of the Allison Inquiry.

❓ Key questions
1️⃣ Were the NCI recommendations reviewed by government bodies?
2️⃣ What regulatory changes has Health Canada made since 2021 regarding vaccine approval?
3️⃣ How will the Citizen Archive be maintained and funded?
4️⃣ Were witnesses who had been subjected to pressures able to testify later?
5️⃣ What follow-up will the Allison Inquiry give to the NCI reports?

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