Status of Women committee  I have an additional comment, if I may. Plastic in products should absolutely be abolished. We see businesses that say they have bioplastic applicators. However, in certain cases, when you look carefully and read the fine print on the product, you discover that a percentage of t

Status of Women committee  I'll answer it, if I may. It's clearly worthwhile to invest in research, and we don't do enough of that in Canada, whether in materials or ultimately the development of new materials, which would be part of the circular economy. There has to be more investment in research if we

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Status of Women committee  That's right. However, one in four Canadians doesn't know what menstruation is, and I think one in three young women don't know how to manage it. There's clearly a lack of education. I'm going to tell you a story. In the last 18 months, we have worked with businesses, encouragin

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