Quebec to impose health tax on unvaccinated residents – New York Post

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The Canadian province of Quebec has announced that it will impose a new “health contribution” tax on people who are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

“We are working on a health contribution for all the adults who are refusing to get vaccinated” because they are a “financial burden for all Quebecois,” Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday, according to Agence France-Presse.

Only about 10 percent of the residents in Canada’s second-most populous province are unvaccinated, but they make up half of all people in intensive care, he said.

Just over 85 percent of the residents had received at least one dose by Jan. 1, according to federal data cited by the BBC.

Premier of Quebec François Legault says that the tax will be "Significant" though he did not disclose the amount. — Premier of Quebec François Legault says that the tax will be “significant” though he did not disclose the amount.

Legault said Tuesday that the amount that will be collected has not yet been decided, but noted that it will be “significant.”

“I think right now it’s a question of fairness for the 90 percent of the population who made some sacrifices,” Legault said. “I think we owe them this kind of measure.”

Child gets COVID vaccine — Only about 10 percent of the residents in Canada’s second-most populous province are unvaccinated.

COVID vaccine — Quebec officials have announced that anyone who is unvaccinated against COVID-19 would face a “health tax.”

He added: “I feel this discontent with regard to the unvaccinated minority which, all things considered, clogs our hospitals.”

In total, 2,742 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized and about 255 are in intensive care in Quebec, which has about 8 million residents, according to AFP.

Legault said people who have not gotten jabbed for medical reasons will be exempt from the tax.