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

“We are dealing with a health contribution for every one of the grown-ups who are declining to get vaccinated” on the grounds that they are a “monetary weight for all Quebecois,” Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday, as indicated by news.

Somewhere around 10% of the inhabitants in Canada’s second-most crowded area are unvaccinated, however they make up portion surprisingly in concentrated consideration, he said.

A little more than 85% of the occupants had gotten something like one portion by Jan. 1, as per government data refered to by the media.

Legault said Tuesday that the sum that will be gathered has not yet been chosen, yet noticed that it will be “significant.”

“I think right presently it’s an issue of reasonableness for the 90% of the population who made a few penances,” Legault said. “I think we owe them this sort of measure.”

He added: “I feel this discontent as to the unvaccinated minority which, taking everything into account, clogs our hospitals.”

Altogether, 2,742 COVID-19 patients are hospitalized and around 255 are in serious consideration in Quebec, which has around 8 million residents, as per media.

Legault said people who have not gotten punched for clinical reasons will be absolved from the tax.

On Dec. 30, Quebec reported the arrival of specific limitations, including a 10 p.m. time limit and a restriction on private gatherings.

Eric Duhaime, the top of Quebec’s Conservative resistance, pounced upon the planned tax, saying it would as it were “divide” Quebecois.

Dominique Anglade, who heads Quebec’s Liberal party, considered the tax a “distraction,” however she is supportive of mandatory vaccinations.