Ottawa Adds $36 Million to Vaccine Injury Fund

Published on April 24, 2024

The federal government has topped up its Vaccine Injury Support Program with $36.4 million in new funding over the next two years. The recently introduced federal budget sets aside 19 million for the program in 2024 and another 17 million in 2025. The Vaccine Injury Support Program (VISP) was launched in June 2021 following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that Canadians who experienced “a serious and permanent injury” due to any Health Canada-authorized vaccines had “fair and timely access to financial support.” VISP applies to all individuals vaccinated in Canada except for those vaccinated in Quebec, which has its own program. Payment management has been contracted to private-sector company Oxaro, formerly known as RCGT Consulting Inc....

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