Starting in 2022, Ottawa will give $25 million over two years to create a national pilot that helps make menstrual products available to Canadians
Over six months since the Liberals committed to creating a menstrual equity fund, the federal government has proposed the pilot project in its 2022 budget.
The mandate letter for Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien tasked her with creating a fund so that non-profits and shelters could make products freely available to “vulnerable women.” MP Karen Vecchio, the Conservative critic for women and gender equality, said Tuesday that she does not support a subsidy for menstrual products, and would want to approach the problem differently.
Ien said on March 22 in the House of Commons that she is consulting with organizations about menstrual equity to inform their work.
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