Quebec has cancelled planned health tax on the unvaccinated following mounting backlash. The exact amount of the tax was unknown, although it was speculated to be around $100 and $800 per unvaccinated individual.
Citizens who decline the experimental COVID vaccine will no longer be charged a tax or "health contribution" by the Quebec government.
In such a news briefing this afternoon, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said that the contentious proposal will be scrapped. In January, Legault declared that the French-speaking province would levy a charge on all residents who are unvaccinated for "non-medical reasons."
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Despite staying adamant that vaccination is the best way to avoid the pandemic, Legault acknowledged that the tax's introduction was received with strong opposition, exacerbating society's already profound divisions.
“I understand that this [tax] divides Quebec...