INVESTIGATINGHealth & PharmaAs of April 1, 2026, Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program became the 'Vaccine Impact Assistance Program.' The word 'injury' scrubbed. Government took over administration from a third party the same day.
“As of April 1, 2026, Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program became the 'Vaccine Impact Assistance Program.' The word 'injury' scrubbed. Government took over administration from a third party the same day.”
On April 1, 2026 — and no, this isn't a joke — Canada's Vaccine Injury Support Program officially became the Vaccine Impact Assistance Program. The word "injury" was removed. Replaced with "impact." Because "impact" sounds like a feature, not a harm.
The previous name was clear: Vaccine Injury Support Program. It acknowledged that vaccines can cause injuries and provided support for people who experienced them. The new name — Vaccine Impact Assistance Program — removes any suggestion that vaccines cause harm. "Impact" is neutral. "Impact" could mean anything.
On the same day as the name change, the Canadian government took over direct administration of the program from the third-party organization that had been running it. The name was changed and control was centralized simultaneously. When a government changes what something is called while taking direct control of it, the goal is narrative management.
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Vaccine injuries are vaccine impacts." The technique is as old as propaganda: change the language and you change how people think about the thing. If there's no "injury" in the name, people stop associating the program with injury.
Canada acknowledged that vaccines can cause injuries by creating a program to compensate victims. Then they renamed the program to remove the word "injury." They didn't stop compensating victims — they just stopped calling them victims. The harm is the same. Only the language changed.
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