HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma.
"It's clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people with HIV living in Canada," says Janet Butler-McPhee, who co-leads the HIV Legal Network in Toronto.
"You're talking about organizations who have had to pivot pretty significantly and take on new work without funding that has been long-promised," she said. "For the last six years, there has been a recognition by this federal government that HIV criminalization is an issue in Canada, but there has been not as much movement as we'd like to see," said India Annamanthadoo, a lawyer with the HIV Legal Network.
Thursday marks World AIDS Day, which the United Nations has marked every year since 1988. The disease has killed roughly 40 million people, including 650,000 in 2021.
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