While menstrual products are available in many Nunavut schools and health centres, these don't reach everyone, and the cost in the territory where boxes of 40 tampons can run near $20 can be a barrier.
Posted: Apr 17, 2021 2:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 17
A worker cleans the door handle of a downtown office building. Current wage subsidy programs don t meet the needs of workers who do not have employer-sponsored benefits and who cannot afford to miss work due to mild symptoms if they will lose income, Dr. Anne Huang writes.(Andrew Lee/CBC)