Commentary
A handful of headstrong and ethically courageous B.C. doctors have stood up and voiced their concerns about the potential harms associated with provincial COVID-19 policies. These doctors, Charles Hoffe, Stephen Malthouse, Daniel Nagase, and Kevin Sclater, have all run afoul of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. In the interest of brevity and clarity, the reflections that follow will be confined to a single case—that of Dr. Hoffe, who was one of the first, if not the first, B.C. physician to be censured by the college.
According to The Epoch Times, a citation for Hoffe issued by the college in February 2022 alleges that his online comments around April 2021 “contravened standards imposed under the Health Professions Act, including but not limited to the Canadian Medical Association’s Code of Ethics and Professionalism.”…