Former federal Official Opposition leader and veteran politician Preston Manning announced Nov. 2 that he will spearhead a National Citizens’ Inquiry (NCI) into the government’s handling of COVID-19.
Lockdowns were unprecedented in nature and magnitude, Manning told The Epoch Times.
In a national opinion survey conducted by the NCI in mid-October and published Nov. 1, three out of four respondents reported being hurt or injured by health protection measures put in place by governments during COVID.
“These were not people hurt by COVID,” he said. “They were hurt by lockdowns.”
The survey of more than 1,500 Canadians suggested that isolation was the top harm respondents selected. Twenty-five percent of those polled said they were affected by government restrictions, citing examples such as being prohibited from attending a funeral, being unable to visit sick or other loved ones, education impacts on students, and increased divorce and marital disharmony….