Tue May 30, 2023 – 9:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A British Columbia man has launched a lawsuit against AstraZeneca, the federal government of Canada, the provincial government of his province, and the pharmacy at which he was injected after receiving what he considers inadequate compensation from the country’s Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP).
Ross Wightman, 41, who is from Lake Country, British Columbia, received the AstraZeneca shot in April 2021 and shortly after became totally paralyzed. He was subsequently diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).
He was one of the first citizens in Canada to receive federal financial compensation due to a COVID vaccine injury under VISP.
In a lawsuit submitted to the B.C. Supreme Court, Wightman noted the reasoning for his lawsuit, saying, “What was being offered by the government is so inadequate for people like myself who have been injured.”
Wightman said, as per The Epoch Times, that he was not given enough time to make an informed decision as to the risks associated with the COVID jabs.
His lawsuit names AstraZeneca Canada, B.C. Interior Health, the federal and provincial government, Verity Pharmaceuticals, Hogarth’s Clinic Pharmacy, and the name of the person who injected
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