Conservative leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis Responds to criticism from CBC regarding her position on the World Economic Forum

BY PAUL JUNOR

There have been many obstacles that Conservative Leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis faced in her second attempt at the leadership race. It was revealed that she accused her former campaign manager John Mykytyshyn of  “Misappropriating resources, deliberately badmouthing her and using her 2020 leadership run to fund his own interests, rather than hers.” John responded by launching a counterclaim in March 2022 alleging that she had failed to pay the bills that he incurred from working with her.

In an email from Leslyn on May 20^th, 2022, she launched a petition that states, ”Canada should protect its healthcare sovereignty, and prepare our own pandemic response rather than negotiating a pandemic treaty with the unelected, unaccountable World Health Organization.”

She expressed concerns that with the World Health Assembly meeting the following week to vote on amendments to the International Health Regulations this could have serious implications with respect to how pandemics are declared for any signatory nation. She states, “If action is required to deal with pandemics, then local, provincial or federal politicians should be accountable for decisions that are made. Full stop.”

Leslyn had concerns about Canada signing the amendments for the International Health Regulations. Her question to the Prime Minister was, “Why did the Prime Minister not establish a public health inquiry into our COVID response before considering signing amendments to the international health regulations?”

In his response he states, “We will continue to be active, strong participants in the international forum around health while always respecting and protecting Canada’s sovereignty and choices to make the right decisions for its own citizens.”

CBC News responded by dismissing her concerns as “fear mongering.” The article by Catherine Cullen titled, “Legal experts accuse Leslyn Lewis of ‘fear mongering’ over WHO pandemic pact,” described how Leslyn during a Facebook live and Twitter feed stated that, “If Canada signs an international pandemic treaty, Canadians’ travel and medication choices could be restricted, the Constitution could be suspended, and it could all pave the way for a global government.”

Professor Steven Hoffman of York University told CBC News, “This is just nonsense. This is not all that is being discussed. It’s just trying to get people to be mad at a non-issue. This is really just a conspiracy theory that we’re seeing unfold in front of our eyes.”

Professor Timothy Caulfield of the University of Alberta goes further and states, “This is nothing more than fear mongering. There is nothing to support these strong assertions. There is no treaty the WHO could negotiate that would suspend our Constitution. They just don’t have the power to do that.”

Leslyn states explicitly in her email, “If this document is passed next week, then I believe it lays the foundation for the transfer of powers from nation states to the unelected WHO during pandemics – thus legitimizing the drafting and potential passage of the Global Pandemic Treaty.”