A federal government proposal to make free menstrual products available in federally regulated workplaces is garnering broad support.
At the heart of the plan is “a question of gender equality,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters., the proposal is expected to benefit approximately 40 per cent of employees in federally regulated workspaces – public servants, RCMP members and employees of banks, telecommunications and transportation companies.
NDP MP Matthew Dube agreed with Trudeau that providing free tampons and pads to women is a matter of fairness. Despite the widespread support, there was at least one detractor who believes that the idea insults and panders to women. Melanie Joly, the Minister of Tourism and Official Languages said that she didn’t think women would welcome “comments about how they should be taking care of their own hygiene coming from Maxime Bernier.”
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