Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis warns Canadians of threat to health care if nation signs WHO treaty
‘If a pandemic is declared, the WHO takes over the global health management of the pandemic.’
(LifeSiteNews) — Conservative MP and leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis says Canada should “not” give away the “sovereignty” of the nation’s health care by signing a World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic treaty, the text of which is currently being written.
“Canada must not sign away our sovereignty on health care, but that is exactly what some of Canada’s leaders are trying to do. And there is tremendous pressure from around the world to make us do it,” Lewis wrote in a recent message posted to her campaign website.
“The (WHO) treaty includes 190 countries and would be legally binding. The treaty defines and classifies what is considered a pandemic and this could consist of broad classifications, including an increase in cancers, heart conditions, strokes, etc. If a pandemic is declared, the WHO takes over the global health management of the pandemic.”
The International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, or what is known as the WHO Pandemic Treaty, is due to be signed in May 2024 by many world governments.
This past December, the WHO’s World Health Assembly agreed “to kick-start a global process to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement or other international instrument under the Constitution of the World Health Organization to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.”
The group will meet again on August 1 to draft the exact wording of the treaty, which will legally bind signatory nations under international law to follow the conventions articles.
According to the WHO, it will hold public hearings to “inform its deliberations” and then deliver a progress report to the 76th World Health Assembly in 2023, and then “submit its outcome for consideration by the 77th World Health Assembly in 2024.”
In May 2024, the treaty is due to be signed.