771. The Government may, in a regulation made under sections 765 to 767,(1) prescribe the automatic indexing of all or part of the amounts fixed in the regulation, according to the index provided for in the regulation;
(2) prescribe a financial contribution which varies according to whether the user or person from whom payment of the financial contribution may be required is or is not resident in Québec, and define, for that purpose, the expression “resident in Québec”; and
(3) render liable for payment of the contribution any user lodged in an institution elsewhere in Canada who has retained their status as resident in Québec, and enable the Minister or the person designated by the Minister to collect such contribution.