Dartmouth Pharmacies Offer Free Menstruation Products - Member's Statement

CLAUDIA CHENDER « » : Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two pharmacies in Dartmouth: City of Lakes PharmaChoice on Portland Street, and Highfield Park PharmaChoice in north-end Dartmouth. Menstruation is pricey. For anyone, the cost of hygiene products can be a burden; for people experiencing poverty or living on a fixed income, that cost can be prohibitive.

Cassidy Bellefontaine and David Chiasson saw a need in their community and took the extraordinary step of making menstruation products available to those who need them, free of charge in their pharmacies.

Please join me in thanking Cassidy and David for taking period poverty seriously and working to reduce its prevalence in Dartmouth.