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Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, aims to address backlog
The Public Health Agency of Canada will manage the vaccine impact assistance program to address a backlog and improve transparency after 3,557 claims were filed by December 2025.
- On Tuesday, the Public Health Agency officially assumed administration of the federal vaccine injury program following the expiration of the contract with third-party manager Oxaro.
- Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an accelerated audit of the program last year "following allegations of mismanagement by the third-party company," as Global News reported $33.7 million of the $50.6 million paid to Oxaro went toward administrative costs.
- Data from The Vaccine Injury Support Program shows 3,557 people submitted claims as of Dec. 1, 2025, with 252 approved for compensation, collecting more than $21 million.
- PHAC confirmed that all applications will transfer to the new system automatically while working to "address the existing backlog of applications, while improving the consistency and transparency of the claims process."
- Evaluations found that Quebec and other jurisdictions successfully manage similar programs without third-party administrators; following analysis by Kumanan Wilson, bringing administration in-house aligns Canada's federal system with these international standards.
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Public Health Agency of Canada announces it is taking over vaccine injury program
The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered an audit of the program following complaints about its administration.
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Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, aims to address backlog
OTTAWA - The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that compensates people who have been injured by vaccines, months after Health Minister Marjorie Michel ordered
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The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that provides compensation to people who have been injured by vaccines.
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