FOLLOW THE MONEY: Your Tax Dollars Are Promoting Big Pharma — While the Injured Are Left Behind
Canadians are being forced to fund the advertising campaigns of multinational pharmaceutical corporations.
Through the Immunization Partnership Fund (IPF), the Public Health Agency of Canada is pouring millions of taxpayer dollars into projects designed to increase “vaccine confidence” and “uptake.”
Let’s be clear.
This money is not for treatment.
It is not for hospital beds.
It is not for injured Canadians.
It is for promotion.
For messaging.
For campaigns.
For coercing targeted populations to comply.
And the pharmaceutical companies whose products are being promoted? They don’t have to pay for that advertising.
You do.
Then you pay again when the federal government purchases the products.
Then you pay again to administer them.
Then you pay again to counter so-called “hesitancy.”
This is a publicly funded marketing machine for private, for-profit corporations.
Government-Funded Demand Creation
According to federal documentation, the IPF supports projects aimed at increasing vaccine uptake among:
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Parents
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Indigenous communities
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Racialized populations
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Seniors
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Youth
Community organizations are funded to design culturally tailored messaging, host outreach events, create toolkits, and develop campaigns to influence medical decisions.
This is not neutral public health information. Not informed consent.
This is strategic persuasion — financed by taxpayers.
In any other sector, government-funded promotion of a specific commercial product would trigger immediate outrage.
Why is this different?
Industry Ties and Conflicts
In researching IPF-related networks, we identified CANImmunize, a digital immunization platform that publicly lists partnerships and support from pharmaceutical manufacturers, including Pfizer and Sanofi.
CANImmunize is also listed within the Vaccine Safety Net of the World Health Organization.
When organizations promoting vaccine uptake are partnered with vaccine manufacturers, Canadians have every right to ask:
Where is the firewall?
Where is the independent oversight?
Where is the conflict-of-interest protection?
Or is this simply regulatory capture hiding behind the banner of “public health”?
The Injured Are Still Waiting
While millions are spent pushing uptake, Canadians reporting serious adverse events following COVID shots continue to face delays under the federally administered Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP), overseen by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Families have reported:
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Endless processing delays
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Lack of communication
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Financial hardship
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Claims sitting unresolved for months — even years
How much has Ottawa spent promoting vaccines compared to compensating the vaccine injured?
Nothing is “Free”
Canadians are repeatedly told these dangerous products are “free.”
They are not free.
They are financed at every stage by public funds — manufacturing contracts, purchase agreements, promotional campaigns, administration infrastructure and injury programs.
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical manufacturers retain liability shields and profit margins.
If any other industry received government-funded advertising, publicly financed product distribution and limited liability protections, it would spark investigations.
Why is this normalized in healthcare?
Canadians Deserve Answers
Is it appropriate for the same federal authority to:
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Purchase pharmaceutical products
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Fund campaigns promoting those products
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Counter public skepticism
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And adjudicate injury claims from those products
Does this structure protect Canadians — or protect industry?
These are not extreme questions. They are basic accountability questions.
Public health should not operate as a taxpayer-funded marketing arm for multinational pharmaceutical corporations.
And injured Canadians should not be waiting while millions are spent convincing others to roll up their sleeves.
Follow the money. 💰
Demand transparency.
And ask your elected officials why your tax dollars are promoting harmful products from some of the most profitable corporations on earth — while injured Canadians are left behind.
Sources: Government of Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada — Immunization Partnership Fund (IPF) Overview • Public Health Agency of Canada — Call for Applications: Immunization Partnership Fund • Public Health Agency of Canada — Community-Based Projects Expanding Access to Vaccinations and Credible Information International Listings
• World Health Organization — Vaccine Safety Net Member Listing: CANImmunize Organizational Information
• CANImmunize — Official Website and Partner Information
For transparency, readers are encouraged to review the federal IPF documentation directly, including funding objectives, eligibility criteria, and publicly announced project recipients.
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