The Alberta government said Friday that everyone not covered by the province will have to pay up with a $100 “administration” fee for the COVID-19 shot.

People in the first phase of the program will be able to book appointments for the shot on Oct. 1, with phase two beginning Oct. 20 for everyone else, which will cost a $100 administration fee.

The province says appointments will remain open for booking for both phases “as long as supplies last or until the end of the respiratory virus season.”

The plan was announced in June, saying anyone not immunocompromised or on social programs will need to pay for the shot.

Additionally, after pushback from groups such as public health experts and health-care unions, who called it irresponsible to force front-line workers to pay for protection in

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