Dear OCLA Supporter,
This email is to update you on the Ontario Civil Liberties Association (OCLA)’s work so far in 2022.
OCLA’s scientific criticism of the Fisman et al. CMAJ paper alleging disproportionate risk to vaccinated people from unvaccinated people
OCLA researchers Denis Rancourt and Joseph Hickey wrote an incisive scientific criticism of a fundamentally flawed modeling paper that was published on April 25 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
The modelers claimed to show that unvaccinated people pose a disproportionate, “excess” risk to vaccinated people, which is increased when the two groups interact less often. The claims were widely covered in the Canadian media the day the paper was published, using a slant that amounts to an unjust mobbing of Canadians who declined COVID-19 vaccination.
As can be seen in the CMAJ’s Letters to the Editor section, many scientists have made valid critiques of the Fisman et al. paper, especially of the authors’ unrealistic use of certain input parameters. However, OCLA’s criticism is the only one that pinpoints the fatal mathematical flaw in the paper that explains why the authors’ claims are not even consistent with the results of their own model, irrespective of unrealistic parameter choices.
Denis presented OCLA’s criticism in a Zoom presentation to the Canadian Covid Care Alliance (video available here) and in a podcast interview with Trish Wood (formerly of The Fifth Estate) and immunologist Dr. Byram Bridle.
OCLA continues to examine the scientific errors in the Fisman et al. paper in view of making further public criticisms.
Letter to Members of Parliament and Senators opposing the federal government’s introduction of a new crime of “Holocaust denial” as part of the 2022 Budget
The federal government is proposing, as part of its 2022 Budget, to create a new crime of “Holocaust denial” in Canada.
In response, on April 22, OCLA sent a public letter to Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators asking them not to implement the proposed Criminal Code provision, since it is squarely contrary to international law and will damage Canadian democracy. All statements of fact and opinion about all historical events must be open to questioning in a free society.
OCLA’s efforts to oppose this new speech crime law follow on our past calls for the “hate speech” provisions of the Criminal Code to be repealed, as summarized in our blog post about the new Holocaust denial law.
OCLA’s statements condemning the government’s use of the Emergencies Act
The Freedom Convoy movement that arrived at Parliament Hill in late January was an outstanding example of effective peaceful protest against authoritarian government policy, in this case vaccination mandates that objectively violate the fundamental freedoms of religion, conscience, and life, liberty, and security of the person.
The Convoy’s successes were summarized in their Statement of Accomplishments, which OCLA posted on our site at the link here.
Throughout the Freedom Convoy’s presence on Parliament Hill, OCLA researchers attended and observed the protest, which informed our following two public statements in support of the protesters’ rights and against the government’s extreme and unnecessary use of the Emergencies Act:
- 2022-02-17: “OCLA Calls on MPs to Reject the Use of the Emergencies Act to Crush Peaceful Protest at Parliament Hill”
- 2022-02-15: “OCLA Statement on the Government’s Use of the Emergencies Act”
OCLA research report on vaccine adverse events (VAERS) data in the USA
Unlike in Canada, the USA maintains a large, public database of adverse events following injections with vaccine products, called the “Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System” (VAERS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The VAERS database is a rich source of data that can be used to deepen understanding about the adverse impacts of COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. OCLA researchers Joseph Hickey and Denis Rancourt authored a research report using the VAERS data entitled “Nature of the Toxicity of the COVID-19 Vaccines in the USA”, which can be read here.
The main findings of the research are that:
- the products are toxic (Janssen > Moderna > Pfizer)
- targeting vulnerable elderly people early in the roll-out harmed them disproportionately (including death)
- the distribution of days-to-death since injection displays a robust pattern giving insight about the nature of the toxic effect, and this pattern also exists for flu vaccines
- toxicity (number of deaths per dose) increases exponentially with age
- there is no evidence of batch-specific toxicity; rather, variability of harm is more likely due to age-dependent spread of vulnerability to toxin
- the toxicity (deaths per dose) for COVID-19 vaccines is about 27 times greater than for flu vaccines (ref: pg. 34/766 at the link here)
OCLA’s research was covered in Rebel News (here) and in an extensive interview (in French) on Science en Conscience with Jérémie Mercier (here).
OCLA continues to research the VAERS data, with plans to publish an updated and expanded version of our report.
OCLA in the media
- 2022-04-30: Interview about Fisman et al. CMAJ paper with Dr. Byram Bridle & Dr. Denis Rancourt, Trish Wood is Critical Podcast
- 2022-04-28: “Critics say widely shared study on mixing with unvaccinated contain ‘massive errors’”, Western Standard
- 2022-04-27: “Civil Liberties Group Raises Concerns Over Proposed Criminal Law Under ‘Antisemitism’ Title”, Epoch Times
- 2022-03-23: “Employee submits 766-page appeal to Bank of Canada’s mandatory vax policy”, Western Standard
- 2022-03-22: “What Did the Government Know? And When Did They Know It?”, Joseph Hickey interviewed on the Freedom Feature with Dr. Barry Bussey about the absence of any scientific basis for the COVID-19 measures
- 2022-03-06: “Quebec Email Revealing No Scientific Basis for Curfew Prompts Calls for Probes Into COVID-19 Measures Across Canada”, Epoch Times
- 2022-02-15: “Threat to Democracy: Canadian Civil Liberties Groups Slam Trudeau Use of Emergencies Act”, Breitbart News
All past media articles featuring OCLA’s work can be read here.
How to stay connected to OCLA
Website: https://ocla.ca
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oncivlib
MeWe: https://mewe.com/group/5f282c504c45c17d75d6ace4
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqbht2j2BPu4Wb2epM4BKw
Note about OCLA’s Facebook group: Our group, which had almost 10,000 members and was formed in September 2012, was unilaterally removed by Facebook during the Freedom Convoy in February 2022, with no explanation provided.
Donations
As an independent non-profit organization with a very small budget, we depend on donations to continue our work, and appreciate any contribution you can make. Donations can be made in three ways:
1) Through PayPal, by clicking the “Donate” button in the top-right corner of our site at https://ocla.ca.
2) With cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and other options) at the link here.
3) By sending a cheque to “Ontario Civil Liberties Association” to our (new!) mailing address:
Ontario Civil Liberties Association
28 Concourse Gate, Unit 105
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K2E 7T7
OCLA is not affiliated with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) or the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA). All three associations are separate and distinct.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Joseph Hickey, PhD
Executive Director
Ontario Civil Liberties Association (ocla.ca)
