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Walmart Boycott Calls Mount in Canada on Quebec Vaccine Rule

New restrictions for some retailers are meant to persuade unvaccinated people to get the jab

A worker pulls shopping carts outside a Walmart store in Montreal, Quebec, on Jan. 24, 2022. — A worker pulls shopping carts outside a Walmart store in Montreal, Quebec, on Jan. 24, 2022.
Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg

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January 25, 2022, 6:52 PM UTC

A new vaccine requirement for Walmart locations in Quebec has prompted calls for a boycott among some Twitter users.

The protests from those opposed to Covid vaccinations, known as anti-vaxxers, follow the Canadian province’s move to bar unvaccinated patrons from entering government-run liquor and cannabis stores and large retailers — part of efforts to persuade more people to get immunized. Some essential businesses are exempt.