Check It Out: Recognizing what’s at stake

By Joan Janzen

The taxi driver was telling his passenger, “What I like most about my job is the independence. I’m my own boss. No one tells me what to do; I make my own decisions.” The passenger interrupted him, “Take the next left.”

Like the taxi driver, we all appreciate and value our independence. However, our governing authorities make decisions on our behalf. Because the public is unaware of what is taking place, they also fail to recognize what’s at stake.

Joni Lamb interviewed Michele Bachman, a former US congresswoman, who said right now, a backroom deal is being worked on that could end the sovereignty of many nations. But it’s not being talked about, and the media is not addressing the issue.

At a meeting at the end of May, representatives from 194 nations will gather in Geneva, Switzerland. Bachman explained, “They are seeking to change the rules of the international health organizations so they can give full sovereignty of healthcare over to the World Health Organization (WHO).

What would be the result of such a decision? It would mean that one person, mainly Dr. Tedros, the Director General, would have authority over all 194 nations. He would have the authority to declare an emergency, restrict travel, and mandate restrictions, and Canadians would have no way to appeal. It would hand over power to the United Nations (UN).

“Once you give over power to the UN, it’s very difficult to get that power back,” Bachman said. The US administration has been working hard to get everyone on board. The US is also the largest financial contributor to the WHO, followed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and China. “If passed, our decision-making authority over healthcare would be gone,” Bachman noted.

Article 17 of the document being addressed at Geneva, Switzerland, concerns public health literacy. It says, “... conduct regular social listening and analysis to identify the prevalence and profiles of misinformation, which contribute to design communications and messaging strategies for the public to counteract misinformation, disinformation and false news, thereby strengthening public trust.”

David Bell, a public health physician and former WHO staffer specializing in epidemic policy, had this to say in an article in The Epoch Times. “They (the WHO) get to decide what is a health emergency, and they are putting in place a surveillance mechanism that will ensure that there are potential emergencies to declare.”

Some nations are proposing amendments to the document. Bangladesh is proposing an amendment regarding the change from ‘advisory to mandatory.’ Malaysia is proposing an amendment regarding ‘potential rather than actual emergency.’ On the other hand, India wants to strike out the words ‘human dignity, fundamental rights and freedoms’ from the document, so there would be no barrier for the power the Director General would have.

Every country gets one vote; 194 nations, whether big or small, all get one vote. Just a few nations could stop this from being ratified.

“Last year at the meeting at Geneva, Switzerland, an individual from Botswana, Africa said, ‘we’re not going along with this,’” Bachman said, “and so it bought us another year.”

So what can Canadians do? Bachman advised people from all nations to talk to their governing officials and tell them not to give up sovereignty over health care to the WHO. Tell them we want to keep sovereignty in our own country. And pray, because this is not about people’s health and well-being; it’s about controlling every person on earth.

Canadians who value their independence need to recognize what’s at stake.