We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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5 reasons feminine hygiene products should be free

July 20, 2018

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No one chooses to have periods.

Periods are biological, it’s not something we can control and we have no choice in the matter. Why do we have to pay all this money (feminine hygiene products are expensive!) for something we didn’t ask for?

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Who's in charge here?

The government constantly tries (and sometimes succeeds) at placing tough restrictions on reproductive rights. If they are regulating our lady parts, they might as well pay for costs relating to those parts.

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There's free condoms everywhere!

You can get free condoms from anywhere but something that it is supposed to help women feel better is more expensive that it should actually be which is upright disgusting and annoying.

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Let's talk about hygiene...

Having sex is a choice, you don’t need a condom but women can’t do without tampons or pads because if we don’t wear them, we have to face the consequence of staining everything and making others feel uncomfortable. Having us bleed all over the place doesn’t sound very hygienic.

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We can't live without them.

If women didn’t have periods, mankind would literally vanish. So, I don’t think we would be asking too much to reduce the cost of feminine products or make them free.

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