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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries makes single-user washrooms all-gender, with free menstrual products

The change will apply to single-user washrooms in terminals and on most of its vessels.
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The Spirit of British Columbia arrives at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries’ Swartz Bay Terminal on Tuesday. Braille signs will also be installed on all the company’s washrooms to increase accessibility. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries is converting about 300 single-user washrooms in terminals and on most of its vessels into all-gender bathrooms with free menstrual products.

Braille signs will also be installed on all the company’s washrooms to increase accessibility.

“sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries has now officially joined United Way sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s Period Promise, which aligns with our commitment to expand the availability of no-cost menstrual products aboard our vessels and at our terminals, including now in all our all-gender washrooms,” said Lindsay Mathews, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries vice president of public affairs and marketing.

The United Way promotes making available free menstrual products.

Michael McKnight, president of United Way sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, said sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries is setting an example of corporate responsibility.

Work on converting about 300 public and employee washrooms will be complete by year’s end, the company said.

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