The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms reports that excess deaths in Canada rose to an estimated 37,000 in 2022, a 75% increase from 2021.
The rise of excess and unexplained deaths in Canada | Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (Abstract):
August 25, 2023 "[E]xcess deaths in Canada continue to be a significant problem in 2022 for all age groups. Excess deaths in 2022 increased to an estimated 37,000 compared to an estimated 21,000 in 2021 – an approximate 75 percent increase. Further, as of June 2023, 24 percent of 2022 deaths from all causes were still categorized as 'information unavailable' or were attributed to 'ill-defined or unknown cause.'
"Canadian authorities cited excess deaths (when the cause was attributable to COVID-19) as justification for stringent pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Agencies such as Statistics Canada have provided little analysis of the causes of excess deaths occurring across Canada in 2022. Data releases and reports of causes of deaths have been subject to significant and inexcusable reporting delays. Further, it appears that deaths attributed to COVID-19 may have been overreported."
Read more: https://www.jccf.ca/published_reports/the-rise-of-excess-and-unexplained-deaths-in-canada/
Executive Summary
Canadians expect their governments to make data-informed public health decisions. Canadians should have access to the data underlying those decisions. Indeed, governments have a democratic obligation to make the scientific and evidentiary bases of their public health decisions transparent. Statistical agencies, such as Statistics Canada, play an important role in capturing, interpreting, and distributing that data.
The COVID-19 pandemic was described by many as an unprecedented epidemiological emergency. This claim arose from an analysis of (among other factors) excess deaths: more people were dying than had been anticipated, based on projections that considered past mortality statistics and reasonable adjustments (e.g., changing demographics). In August 2023, excess deaths continue to be a significant problem in Canada. More people are dying than statisticians had expected. And yet, excess deaths no longer occupy the attention of politicians, public health officials, media, or the broader Canadian public. Excess deaths appear to be “out of sight, out of mind.”
Deaths matter, whether they can be attributed to an epidemiological emergency or not, and deaths are particularly concerning when mortality rates are higher than expected. Canadian reporting agencies, politicians, and health authorities should care about any death, especially when those deaths are data points in a story of unexpected and unexplained mortality rates in Canada.
Excess deaths in Canada increased by an estimated 75 percent in 2022 over 2021. A reported 38,500 excess deaths occurred in 2022; 16,300 were attributed to COVID-19. Excess mortality rates are particularly high among Canadians aged 0-44 and 45-64.
The problem is more significant than excess deaths, however. With respect to causes of deaths, 24 percent of 2022 deaths (n=approximately 79,000) have been classified as “information unavailable” or “ill-defined or unknown cause.”
Further, as of the end of June 2023, Statistics Canada has not released its annual tables on detailed causes of death for 2021. (Statistics Canada usually releases its annual report in the November following the year under review.) The causes of a significant number of deaths are not being explored by statistical agencies.
Democracies do not function without access to data. Citizens must have access to vital statistics if they are to be expected to trust and accept government interventions of the kind seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governments, reporting bodies, and statistical agencies must begin to capture data about excess deaths and investigate their causes.
Read full report here: https://www.jccf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/The-rise-of-excess-and-unexplained-deaths-in-Canada_Justice-Centre.pdf
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