Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu announces that free menstrual products will be coming to schools on reserves. She says period poverty shouldn’t be a barrier to attending school
The federal government plans to provide free menstrual products for students who attend on-reserve schools.She says period poverty shouldn’t be a barrier to attending school and that menstrual products will available in on-reserve schools “very soon.”
The news comes after criticism that First Nations schools were excluded from an Ontario government partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide menstrual products to school boards. NDP member Sol Mamakwa, who represents a riding covering northern Ontario First Nations, raised the issue in the provincial legislature last month, pointing out that products like tampons are more expensive in the north.
A spokeswoman for Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce at the time said questions about support for on-reserve schools should go to the federal government because it funds and regulates them. Our Morning Update and Evening Update newsletters are written by Globe editors, giving you a concise summary of the day’s most important headlines.
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