thide was a drug introduced to the Canadian Market as both safe and effective on April 1st 1961 Now by December 2nd 1961 the drug had already been pulled from the German and British Markets after several doctors expressed concern that the drug was causing severe birth defects in babies born to mothers who had taken the anti nausea sedative since Canada brought theide to Market despite warnings and delayed its withdrawal many argued that the authorities had a moral duty to adequately comp St victims the government of Canada then introduced the extraordinary assistance plan or EAP in 1991 sadly it appears that the government and specifically Health Canada did not learn anything from this horrific tragedy or the Fallout of it that continues to plague nearly 100 Canadians 70 years later they shamelessly promoted and continued to promote novel still in clinical trial modified RNA drugs referred to as vaccines as safe and effective including for pregnant and breastfeeding women