Allison Inquiry · Unofficial Archive

Key points

1. During a lunch break in the inquiry, organizers conduct a memorial reading of the names of people who applied to testify but could not be heard.
2. The host explains that over 1,400 people applied to appear before the inquiry and that it was impossible to hear them all.
3. A reader recites hundreds of individual names aloud, one after another, to acknowledge each applicant on the record.
4. The reading is presented as a way to honor and give recognition to the many vaccine-injured Canadians who could not present their own testimony.
5. The names include a wide range of individuals from across the country, some prefixed with titles such as Doctor.
6. Attendees are invited to stay or to leave quietly during the reading, which continues throughout the break.
7. The reading concludes with the closing words 'The silence is over,' underscoring the inquiry's theme of breaking silence.