Independent MLA Nadine Wilson (Saskatchewan Rivers) has called for the Saskatchewan government to have an independent inquiry into the adverse effects of the COVID-19 vaccines and related issues.. COVID-19 vaccinesCOVID-19 vaccines .“Will the Premier call for an independent inquiry into the full extent of the adverse effects from the various SARS-COVID vaccines and all related issues, including lockdowns, discrimination, and provincial response to the COVID pandemic regarding policies related to social, economic, health, and educational wellness? Thank you,” asked Wilson in the Saskatchewan Legislature. .Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman rose to defend the government’s COVID-19 response and said that both the federal and provincial governments did not have a vaccine mandate..“And I just want to make clear, there was no vaccine mandate put out by the federal government or by this provincial government that people had to get vaccinated,” said Merriman..“We had a very clear policy, Mr. Speaker, of people that had to get vaccinated or they had to show proof of a negative test because that was an option that this government provided the people of Saskatchewan.”.However, Merriman had to rise again and amend his statement as the federal government had a vaccine mandate and shut down the idea of an inquiry.. Children getting vaccinated .“Just a point of clarification was that actually the federal government did have a vaccine mandate. My apologies for saying that they didn’t. This province certainly didn’t, Mr. Speaker. We always had an option,” said Merriman. .“As far as a general inquiry, we’re not pursuing that at this time.”.After the Saskatchewan Party government denied Wilson’s inquiry request, she started a petition to keep attention on having a COVID-19 inquiry..In an interview with the Western Standard, Wilson asked how can we learn from this pandemic if we do not learn what happened and how to better respond to the next health emergency..“Here in our new world, we’re living in. History does repeat itself, and I don’t understand why we don’t learn from those lessons. So it’s hard lessons, but we need to learn from it,” said Wilson..Wilson’s petition calls for an investigation into the “existing provincial Emergency Plan in place to respond to a pandemic, and whether it was followed.”.Wilson wants to know “what information the Government of Saskatchewan relied upon in its pandemic response and in making public health decisions, including allowed/disallowed treatments, lockdowns, masking, vaccine mandates, and the Governments’ rationale for placing trust in that information.”.Other parts of the petition include looking at the different stakeholders and interference from various forms of government and companies..Wilson said the province has not adequately followed up and examined vaccine injuries.
