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Legault’s Tax on the Unvaccinated a Brazen Political Deflection Ploy

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Legault’s Tax on the Unvaccinated a Brazen Political Deflection Ploy
Quebec Premier Francois Legault (R) and then-public health director Horacio Arruda leave a news conference in Montreal on Dec. 30, 2021. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
Peter Stockland
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It’s impossible to choose the foulest aspect of Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s appalling, cynical vow that he will use the provincial tax system as punishment for those unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Peter Stockland
Peter Stockland
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Peter Stockland is a former editor-in-chief of the Montreal Gazette and co-founder of Convivium magazine under the auspices of the think tank Cardus. He is also head of strategic communications for Ottawa’s Acacia Law Group.
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