Free menstrual products will be available in on-reserve schools 'very soon,' the federal Indigenous Services minister said on Friday. Her announcement came amid criticism that First Nations schools were excluded from an Ontario government partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide menstrual products to school boards. British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia have similar programs.
Free menstrual products will be available in on-reserve schools "very soon," the federal Indigenous Services minister said on Friday.
Her announcement came amid criticism that First Nations schools were excluded from an Ontario government partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide menstrual products to school boards. British Columbia, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia have similar programs. "Young people attending First Nations schools have high needs for these products but they are being excluded," Mamakwa told the legislature.
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