Quebec Expands COVID-19 Passports to Big Box Stores

Quebec continues its heavy-handed COVID-19 response comparable to places like Australia and Austria.

The province recently enacted a strict 10 p.m. curfew and introduced considerations for a tax against unvaccinated Quebecers.

Residents across the province already had to show proof of COVID-19 inoculation before entering bars, restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues, and liquor & cannabis stores.

On Sunday, the Quebec government announced additional locations where residents must provide proof of COVID-19 inoculation.

The requirement expanded to big box stores, such as Walmart and Costco. If unvaccinated individuals want to visit a pharmacy inside a retail store, they need employee supervision.

Starting tomorrow, the unvaccinated in Quebec will not be allowed in retail stores over 1,500sq meters.

Unvaccinated individuals who want to go to a pharmacy in a Walmart or Costco will need to be accompanied by an employee, as per the government decree.https://t.co/AonylMzrZT pic.twitter.com/VeFk4ZCJ8D

— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) January 24, 2022

Residents described the lunacy of the latest COVID-19 measures enacted by the Quebec government.

Starting today, the unvaccinated in Quebec will not be allowed in retail stores over 1,500sq meters.

Unvaccinated individuals who want to go to a pharmacy in a Walmart or Costco will need to be accompanied by an employee, as per the government decree.https://t.co/zF2JsePXVD https://t.co/IW03w3NEhI pic.twitter.com/PQgkU1be3v

— Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) January 24, 2022

Starting tomorrow, I and people like me will face even more discrimination as we will be BANNED from even MORE PLACES. Take a listen and share #Canada #Quebec #Montreal #Freedom pic.twitter.com/7cpF5x6FbF

— Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) January 23, 2022

These little plexiglass prisons inside the Quebec Walmarts are where they confine the unvaccinated while they wait for a security escort which will follow them around to make sure they aren't putting any non-pharmaceutical items their cart. https://t.co/mOFwV5qpB9 pic.twitter.com/XwccQJC7Bn

— FRANCIS ☣️ BULLBITCOIN.COM (@francispouliot_) January 24, 2022

The measure comes as Quebec Premier François Legault continues to target unvaccinated residents in an effort to curb COVID-related hospitalizations, which soared in recent weeks but have now declined for the past four days in a row.https://t.co/FFP2A78naX

— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) January 24, 2022

Ministerial Order 2022-007 states:

“THAT, despite subparagraph 4.2 of the third paragraph, a person not adequately protected against COVID-19 who enters a pharmacy situated in a wholesale or retail trade outlet that has a sales area of 1,500 square metres or more to receive a pharmaceutical service be accompanied at all times while moving through the outlet by an employee of the outlet, of the pharmacy or of any other person mandated to that effect by the outlet or pharmacy, and not be able to purchase products other than those related to the pharmaceutical service being
received;”;

THAT the measures set out in this Order take effect on 24 January 2022.

In addition to the latest Orwellian measures, the Quebec government announced a new campaign to target unvaccinated residents.

CTV News explained:

Quebec will launch pop-up clinics and a phone line to reach unvaccinated citizens in an effort to increase first vaccinations in regions where rates are lowest.

Junior health minister Lionel Carmant made the announcement on Monday.

“We want to go meet people in the field. We want to explain the pros of vaccination by using a positive approach,” said Carmant.

Carmant said a phone line will soon be up to answer concerns about the vaccine for those who are hesitant.

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Beginning Thursday, a pop-up clinic will open at the CLSC Sainte-Catherine in Montreal’s downtown core.

“Over the next few weeks other clinics will open up,” said Carmant.

In Quebec, about eight per cent of the population has not received a first dose of vaccine.

Carmant said it is not only anti-vaxxers that have not received a dose, and that marginalized and vulnerable populations in addition to those who are afraid of getting a dose are among the unvaccinated.

“Several actions have been undertaken over the past few months to reach these populations, but I believe that it’s necessary to do more,” he said.

The new plan will work in cooperation with McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine. Med students will help identify neighbourhoods in which to intervene.