Quebec Government's "Health Tax" For Unvaxxed Citizens Gets Global Attention (Update)

Here is Premier Legault in English on the upcoming "health contribution" that any adult Quebecer who is not vaccinated will have to pay.

Legault says the amount will be significant and details will be announced in the coming weeks #cdnpoli https://t.co/MztMudjpza pic.twitter.com/NlC5SNGvJu

— Mackenzie Gray (@Gray_Mackenzie) January 11, 2022

Zero Hedge: Quebec Government Becomes World's 1st To Impose Steep "Health Tax" For Unvaxxed Citizens 

It seems that throughout the pandemic the English-speaking countries of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have been in competition to see which respective government can impose the most restrictive, liberty-suffocating Covid measures on its population - all ironically in the name of "health" and "public safety". Anyone with friends or family in major cities of Canada, for example, might be used to picking up the phone and hearing stories of Canadians having to sneak out of their homes in the dead of night just to visit in-laws or grandparents under cover of darkness, on fear of getting ticketed by authorities for a lockdown violation. And recall, as another example among a seeming myriad of absurdities, that New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern less than two months ago actually addressed whether citizens were allowed to use the restroom in the homes of friends or neighbors. 

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WNU Editor: It is having in impact. There has been a spike in Quebec today on first-dose appointments .... Canada says vaccine mandates work as Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' leads to spike in first-dose appointments (CNN). Fortunately, Canada's other provinces are not going to implement such a tax.  

Update: Quebec is not the only place that is planning to impose a tax/fine for those who do not want a vaccine shot .... Austria rolls out vaccine mandate with fines up to $4,000 for those who flout it (FOX News). 

Quebec Government's "Health Tax" For Unvaxxed Citizens Gets Global Attention (Update)  

Covid: Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated Canadians -- BBC  

Quebec seeks to tax unvaccinated as health system struggles with Omicron -- France 24  

Quebec to tax unvaccinated amid omicron surge -- DW  

Quebec to impose "health contribution" tax on those who refuse COVID vaccines for non-medical reasons -- CBS  

Canadian province announces plan to impose fine on the unvaccinated -- FOX 

'This will set a dangerous precedent': Canadians react to Quebec decision to ask unvaccinated adults to pay up -- Yahoo News  

Quebec says it will tax those who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 without a medical reason -- Business Insider  

Quebec Tax on Unvaccinated May Be Lawful but Sets Risky Precedent - Experts -- Reuters