43 Replies to ““Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.””

    1. I think this answers that question. If they will vote for that they are not leaving the safe Canadian nest.

      1. CBC radio this morning talked about using recyclable menstrual products to prevent climate change. They noted some women could not afford the initial cost of the recyclable products. Others worried about water usage to clean them. I’m not making this up.

        1. It’s just the disposable vs. cloth diapers bollocks from the 1990s. Turns out there’s no difference in impact once you factor in heating the water and the detergent effluent.

          The world needs to stop listening to women.

    2. Oh, c’mon now. Just think of the support you’d have for the Edmonton Lubers with their new logo.

    3. When I was growing up in the 60’s in Edmonton, Winnipeg and by extension, Manitoba was the Holy Grail – much more sophisticated and cosmopolitan. That was one of the many reasons I chose to go to University of Manitoba in the early 70’s. Sadly, because of poor governments and the NDP grifter attitude, it has steadily gone downhill in the last 50 years and Alberta/Saskatchewan has now ascended. NO, Manitoba should NOT be invited to join Alberta/Saskatchewan in a new federation BUT perhaps, northern MB could come to have access to the Port of Churchill in the late spring/summer months.

  1. Were I Canadian, and lived in Manitoba I’d be organizing a response to this. It would be called:

    “Here’s my grocery list. Pay up.”

    1. All the peoplekind in the Manitoba link appear to be natural born women, and now I know I’m not the only one thinking of all the menstruating guys who may feel marginalised by this

  2. Where was this back in the day before the transfolk required this extra accommodation. Certainly would have appreciated free sanitary products back then when I needed them.

    1. You might have a good point. There is more than one way to accomplish a goal. Stuff for free is prone to abuse.
      Maybe the Manitoba Government can submit the annual cost and it can be removed from the transfer payment tally.

    2. Ugh no, further butchering the tax code to hide spending is worse than outright spending.

    1. You better learn to stop moaning about AWFLs and start appealing to them. They aren’t going away and this is their world now.

      1. They were decidedly not in charge for eons, for the reason that physical strength gives one advantages in society, and they lacked it. And so they trained their sons and daughters that strength is bad.

        They are becoming ascendant, and, truly, they suck at it. It’s Mean Girls all the way down.

        They can only remain ascendant so long as they keep us convinced that physical strength – and violence – are bad and undesirable and to be shunned.

        And, so . . . . Men, you have your marching orders!

  3. Is it graft wearing the skin of a “special interest” program. Follow the money?

  4. What about deodorant? What about diapers for babies– or God forbid, old folks. Really, this is just the tip of the iceberg. The NDP is just getting started.

  5. I need some sexual lube … can I get that too? Oh! and will the Canadian govt. pay for my nut sacs to get waxed?

    Those are ESSENTIAL elements of my sexual health. See. See how “brave” I am to speak loud! About my sex stuff

  6. Kleenex, toilet paper, and band-aids next on the list of free stuff?

    Are women too feeble to take care of themselves? Perhaps they shouldn’t be allowed to vote?

  7. How does one find out which MLA’s and senior Civil Servants have shares in which companies that make all these products? Maybe invest in these companies?

  8. It appears to me that the Government of Manitoba is in direct violation of the Competition Act R.S.C., 1985, c. C-34.

    Unless Shoppers Drug Mart has every single manufacturer represented in these “free” products, there is an unfair competition in that those manufacturers represented are being given an advantage. And tax dollars are being used to create this advantage. The manufacturer got paid by the retailer (and the government of Manitoba). You could say that as a retailer, Shoppers Drug Mart, owns the product and can distribute them anyway they see fit.
    Arguably, the tax payer and Shoppers Drug Mart own the product. However, that doesn’t account for advertising benefits of being able to say something like “Best selling brand.”

  9. Step one: load up a trailer full
    Step two: sign up for Amazon fulfillment
    Step three: ship them to an Amazon center
    Step four: profit

  10. Manitoba is such a well run province they have nothing better to do – no crime, no poverty, no drugs, just a slight shortage of tampons. If it wasn’t so cold we would all move there and benefit from the excellent government. Kind of the Switzerland of Canada.

  11. Maybe if you burn enough of ‘em you’ll keep from freezing to death when it’s -30 and the anti-Carbon Carney wet dream of empty gas pipelines has been realized. Anybody else feeling the bus tires slipping over the cliff’s edge?

  12. Heh.
    Collect your free stuff Manitobans.

    I foresee some amazing products being sold out of that Province.
    Great Spill Kits.
    Oil soaker kits.
    And fire enhancers ,Tampons soaked in used oil,burnt in your woodstove.
    Saving the environment and warming your toes.
    With a base stock ,there for the taking, a creative (and grossly over taxed) resident of Manitoba, could surely add some “value” to this bureaucratic idiocy.

    Although I suspect the number one use of “Tampons in every washroom” will be toilet pluggers.

    Every prepper should “Take their fair share” as these sterile packaged pads are perfect for gunshot wounds and deep lacerations.
    There is apparently no end to the gifts “Daddy Government” can lavish upon the chosen ones..
    I wonder of the gifts of Servitude and Poverty are to be accepted so graciously ?
    Forward!
    The Free Stuff Army.

    There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

  13. I am surprised that Manitoba is promoting the gun industry. They have just reduced the cost to the average gun order by providing free tampons.

    They are great at cleaning out gun Barrels.

  14. I wonder if you could fill a cube van with these fast enough to make shipping them to AB or ON a profitable endeavor…?
    …or is there some kind of inter-provincial barrier stopping folk from doing that?

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