The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, P.C., M.P. Minister of HealthHealth Canada Sent via email: hcminister.ministresc@canada.cajean-yves.duclos@parl.gc.ca Re: National Consensus Statement signed by the National Advocates group and Canada’s Community-based and human rights agencies.  Honourable Minister Duclos: Canada’s goal to end HIV as a public health threat in this country by 2030 can be achieved.  On December 1st, 2021, World AIDS Day, the Government of Canada proudly announced it would host the world at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montréal, happening July 29 to August 2, 2022.  Prior to this conference, we, the undersigned agencies, strongly urge the Government of Canada to announce an

Flatlined federal funding for HIV/AIDS is destabilizing community-based organizations and making it harder for people living with HIV across Canada to get support.   About this Event  Join us on June 23, from 1 to 2 p.m. EDT, to learn more about the status of federal HIV funding in Canada, and to find out what you can do to help. At this event, we’ll be launching a social media campaign (HIVfunding.ca) urging the federal government to make good on its promise to increase federal HIV/AIDS spending to $100 million annually. Register: https://bit.ly/3MSmBd7 During this session, you’ll hear from activists, people living

Led by the HIV/AIDS Medication Access Working Group, comprised of community members and HIV-focused organizations in Ontario, the undersigned community-based organizations supporting people living with or at risk of HIV applaud the commitment of Ontario political parties who, if elected, have committed to ensure no out-of-pocket costs are incurred by people accessing antiretroviral medications to treat or prevent HIV. We ask: Where do the other Parties stand on this issue? Ontario AIDS service organizations are looking to all Parties to support access to HIV medications as good medicine and an effective public health measure for all Ontarians living with or

Effective April 4, 2022, HARS (HIV/AIDS Regional Services) will be known as Trellis HIV & Community Care.  As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved, so has the work of the organization.  Since 1988, the organization has been addressing the Social Determinants of Health by providing practical supports, drop-in services, facilitating access to testing and primary health care for communities who are often marginalized and stigmatized. These include People Living with HIV, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, people experiencing poverty and homelessness, and people who use substances.  Providing support while confronting stigma is at the core of what the organization strives to do. This new name