To enter the Elk's Hall in Terrace, BC on this January Tuesday night
is to enter an alternate reality.
You notice about vaccine, the word vaccine in quotation marks here
because you know it's not a vaccine right.
The draw is two BC doctors arguing against COVID-19 vaccines
their presentation has the polish of a Ted Talk and the fervour of a tent revival.
I think this is the biggest lie that's ever been told to humanity.
That's Stephen Malthouse, a family physician from Denman Island
and that's Charles Hoffe a GP from the BC interior
both are fully licensed doctors with no official record of discipline
from the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons.
And all of the fully vaxxed people are wearing masks
and the COVID rips through there is the clearest evidence
that the shots don't work and the masks don't work.
The doctors share misinformation to support their argument
that COVID-19 vaccine harms even kills people.
They have held meetings in 14 communities
across BC since mid-December, the presentation resonates.
I think it was excellent information.
I think it was very informative.
90 percent of the people are vaccinated
and it's much worse than what it was, right, so.
Most of my nieces and nephews have been jabbed
and I suspect that within a couple years
couple of them will be dead.
We love Terrace.
A new day a new audience
here the media is portrayed as complicit
our questions part of a giant cover-up.
Both of your presentations doctors here is contrary
to the overwhelming public scientific evidence
that the vaccine is indeed safe and effective
and I would like you to respond to that.
Yeah I think that comes a question of what we've taken as scientific
and what we've taken as experts.
They're just telling lies.
Dr. Alistair McAlpine is a pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases
he is one of 13 doctors who complained
to the College of Physicians and Surgeons
about Dr. Hoffe spreading misinformation last December.
Nothing's happened at least not publicly.
Lives are at stake.
People are being harmed.
The public is being harmed
and the fundamental mandate of the college is to protect the public
and in my opinion they're simply not doing that at the moment
and ongoing silence and inaction in the face of the actions
of these physicians is just not acceptable.
Those false diagnoses of COVID right positive
We know there is an investigation into Dr Malthouse too
but only because of court documents he's filed.
A petition filed in the BC Supreme Court says the College of Physicians and surgeons
instructed Malthouse not to speak on COVID-related topics back in May 2021.
Malthouse argues that violated his right to free speech
and maintains his statements are based in science.
I think this is also where he's talking about the idea that there's actors
playing patients in the ICU.
We asked Professor Timothy Caulfied who specializes in medical misinformation
to count the false statements we recorded at the Terrace meeting.
I just couldn't believe the degree to which every one of his conclusions to some degree
was based on misinformation or conspiracy theory
And it's not just the road trips prompting investigations
Stephen Malthouse has been linked to the website Enable Air
it's being investigated by the RCMP for offering fraudulent vaccine exemptions.
These are the exemption letters from Stephen Malthouse
one exemption letter signed by Malthouse made its way to Duncan Mcintosh in Hamilton, Ontario.
Mcintosh owns a sports facility and was checking exemptions from participants.
The letter looked suspicious so he called Malthouse
and it didn't take him more than five seconds
to go on about what I should do to get exemptions
and how the process worked and which organizations you go to
to get the exemption and what sort of things you talk about
it was pretty clear that this wasn't legitimate.
He says Malthouse told him exemptions could be obtained on the website
I asked him how it is that a person in Hamilton would get the, the exemption
and he said well you go to Enable Air and you follow through them
and then there he's the one who issues the document
after you've made the dealings and the business arrangement with Enable Air.
I did report it to the British Columbia College of Physicians and I never heard anything back.
I was really disappointed in not even a return phone call or email.
We repeatedly asked the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons for an on-camera interview
it replied we are unable to discuss the actions of individual physicians
or confirm whether they are being investigated.
When we asked if physicians could be suspended on an interim basis while an investigation is ongoing
it said extraordinary action must be necessary to protect the public
based on a real risk that cannot be speculative.
If this isn't an extraordinary time and if these
doctors are not directly placing the public at risk
then I don't know what is and then I think that there would never be a situation
where the college would step in and it would then be rendering itself obsolete in my opinion.
Stephen Malthouse didn't answer our questions about the college investigation.
I think you'll have to ask the college about those investigations that you're referring to
and with regard to renewing our licenses, well, we're both practicing physicians
we both have active licenses right now.
Are you deceiving people, Dr.?
No, I will I will never deceive people, I do what I do because I love my patients.
It's not just the people who come to see the doctors who hear their message
it's all live streamed on the internet, after a few photos with fans the doctors get on their bus
it's on to the next town and the next eager audience.
So, Lyndsay is there any other way to prevent doctors from spreading misinformation
besides complaining to the College of Physicians and Surgeons?
Well, going to the courts could be one route but lawyers we spoke to said that
that would take a long time and the courts could be reluctant to step in
where professional colleges have jurisdiction
the physicians who are upset with the college say
they believe the college is relying on the wrong tools for this moment
a slow methodical approach may make sense when you're
dealing with a specific incident in a hospital say
but in a pandemic with social media and everything changing so quickly
these physicians want faster and more public action to counter misinformation.
And I'm sure some people watching are wondering
whether there's a link between these meetings across BC and the convoy protests.
It was really interesting because we were there two weeks ago when that
convoy was just beginning to go across the country
and at the beginning of each of the meetings we attended
there would be an update about where those trucks were
and the kind of support they were getting as they drove through the country
and that was really met with big cheers in the meetings we attended
for the people there this really does tie into what they believe it means to be Canadian
and they believe that vaccine mandates are un-Canadian.
Alright, Lyndsay.
Thank you.
You're welcome.