Quebec premier scraps idea of taxing province's unvaccinated

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Quebec — which started to reopen on Monday — will no longer proceed with a plan to impose a tax on people who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19.

Premier François Legault said during an afternoon briefing that he heard that there was opposition to the idea and he didn’t want to cause further division. 

“When we see what’s happening in our society and on social media, I have a certain worry about seeing Quebecers divided,” Legault told reporters in Quebec City.

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The premier announced on Jan. 11 he planned to make the unvaccinated pay a significant financial penalty because they were overrepresented in the

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