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From YouTube: NOV 3 2022 Statements Niki Sharma
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Vancouver
Hastings,
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker,
no
student
should
have
to
miss
school
and
no
employee
should
have
to
miss
work
due
to
financial
barriers
to
accessing
products
which
are
basic
and
necessary,
sometimes
referred
to
as
menstrual
Equity
period.
Poverty
occurs
when
British
Columbians,
who
menstruate
struggle
to
purchase
period
products.
Research,
tells
us
that
half
of
the
people
who
need
period
products
in
BC
have
struggled
to
pay
for
them
at
some
point
in
their
lives.
A
In
addition,
more
than
25
percent
of
them
have
gone
through
a
period
without
having
menstrual
products
at
all,
and
nearly
15
percent
grew
up
in
homes
where
they
didn't
have
access
to
Metro
products.
Imagine
the
monthly
bird
in
this
place
is
on
too
many
people
in
The
Province,
who
are
often
too
ashamed
to
speak
about
it.
A
Everyone
who
menstruates,
including
non-binary
and
transgender
people,
should
have
access
to
mental
menstrual
products,
so
they
can
fully
participate
and
thrive
in
daily
life.
Our
government
is
fully
committed
to
removing
barriers
for
British
Columbians
with
lower
incomes
in
2018
The
Province
provided
107
000
to
United
Way
BC
to
support
the
delivery
of
menstrual
products
through
12,
non-profit
agencies
across
the
province.
A
Since
2019,
all
public
schools
in
BC
have
been
mandated
to
provide
free,
menstrual
products
in
school
washrooms,
because
student
students
should
not
have
to
miss
school
extracurricular
activities
or
Sports
due
to
cost
in
May
2022.
The
minister
of
Social,
Development
and
poverty
reduction
announced
a
new
period,
poverty
tax
task
force
and,
as
we
speak
right
now,
it's
their
inaugural
meeting,
chair,
Nikki,
Nikki,
Hill
who's,
a
force
together
with
the
task
force,
members,
zebra,
Khan,
AJ,
loik,
Tiffany,
Ottawa,
Kate,
fish,
Jackie,
Jack
and
lorianne
Armstrong
are
gathered
together
in
Burnaby
to
begin
their
work.