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The most damaging report in Canada's healthcare system just became public:

Alberta Health Services blew $2 million to investigate their COVID response.

But REFUSED to cooperate with their own investigation!

I read all 269 pages.

Here's what they're trying to hide:

The report was released on Friday late afternoon.

They hoped no one would see it.

But the same bureaucrats who locked us down, closed our schools, mandated masks, and claimed to "follow the science" are now hiding from scrutiny.

It's not just suspicious—this is damning.

The task force's opening lines tell you everything:

"There appears to be a fundamental lack of transparency and willingness to reveal information and discuss decisions and actions taken by AHS during the pandemic."

Translation:

They're still covering up their mistakes.

Now compare this to the National Citizens Inquiry.

Regular Canadians—not politicians or bureaucrats—spent 24 days in 8 cities, gathering sworn testimony from 300+ witnesses.

5,324 pages of evidence.
No government funding.
Total transparency.

It's what truth-seeking looks like.

While citizens fought for answers, Alberta officials played a different game.

They had a pandemic plan, developed over years, tested and refined.

But they threw it away. Why?

Because following their own plan exposed their agenda.

And their message refuses to change...

Look at what happened to our children.

Kids who once loved school became anxious and withdrawn. Straight-A students fell behind. Social skills deteriorated.

All while officials claimed "children are resilient."

They weren't. They were sacrificed.

The mental health crisis was even darker.

Elderly parents died alone. Small business owners lost everything. Religious communities were torn apart.

Substance abuse deaths DOUBLED as people sought escape from isolation.

Officials knew. They just didn't care.

Their data system wasn't just broken—it was designed to confuse.

• 72-hour delays in basic statistics
• ICU numbers underreported by 20%
• 40% of cases had zero contact tracing
• 17 separate health systems that couldn't communicate

Perfect for hiding inconvenient truths.

The elderly paid the ultimate price.

Your grandmother, who survived war and depression, died alone in a care home.

No family allowed.
No final goodbyes.

Not because of COVID. Because of policies they still won't explain.

People saw through the lies.

From April 2020 to December 2021, confidence in Alberta's response crashed from 72% to 37%.

Where messaging was most manipulated, people stopped listening entirely.

Communities crumbled while officials hid behind "modeling" and "projections."

This wasn't incompetence. It was calculated.

They knew lockdowns were destroying mental health.
They knew substance abuse was soaring.
They knew isolation was killing seniors.
They knew businesses were dying.

They knew. And they did it anyway.

The task force exposed something darker than COVID mismanagement.

It exposed a government willing to sacrifice its people for political control.

It exposed bureaucrats who STILL won't answer for their choices.

It exposed a system that betrayed us all.

But here's what gives me hope:

While they hide from questions, citizens are demanding answers.

While they avoid accountability, communities are rebuilding.

While they cling to power, truth is emerging.

The truth is:

When government agencies refuse transparency, we all lose.

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