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QUEBEC, Jan 12 — Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get Covid-19 vaccinated pay a “health contribution” in a move likely to spur a debate about individual rights and social responsibility. Premier Francois Legault told reporters at a...

QUEBEC, Jan 12 — Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province, is planning to force adults refusing to get Covid-19 vaccinated pay a “health contribution” in a move likely to spur a debate about individual rights and social responsibility.

Governments globally have imposed movement restrictions on the unvaccinated and few have levied fines on the elderly, but a sweeping tax on all unvaccinated adults could be a rare and controversial move. Provinces across Canada are tackling an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases that has forced tens of thousands of people into isolation and burdened the healthcare sector.

 

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