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Harper's disappointing response to AIDS epidemic

Harper failed to appear at the 2006 AIDS conference.
Mr. Harper and his government have demonstrated a mystifying ambivalence in responding to a challenge that has cost the lives of many millions.

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AIDS activists: Harper's Canada is an 'evidence free zone'

Activists with used crime scene tape to make a point this morning at the Interna
Activists with used crime scene tape to make a point this morning at the International AIDS conference.

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Redeye

Tories block bill to bring affordable medicine to developing countries

January 14, 2013
| A bill to amend Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime failed to pass in November. The bill was to streamline the process for producers of generic drugs and get low-cost medication to people who need it.
Length: 11:50 minutes (10.84 MB)
Gerry Caplan

Don't blame the messenger for bleak news

| January 7, 2013
November 30, 2012 |
World AIDS Day is dedicated to the memories of those who have lost their battle to the disease but also to honour those who continue to live with it.

A Tribute to Healing Our Spirit's 20th Anniversary

Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 6:00pm - Sunday, December 2, 2012 - 1:00am

Location

The Fraserview Banquet Hall
8420 Fraser St.
Vancouver, BC
Canada
49° 12' 29.8908" N, 123° 5' 28.2696" W

This will be a fundraising benefit to enhance our programs and services. Tickets for this event will be available by contacting Winston Thompson or Joey Tsetso at 604-879-8884 or email info@healingourspirit.org for more information. Visit our website to download poster and ticket order forms at www.healingourspirit.org.

Individual Tickets at $75.00,  Table of Eight (8) is $600.00

World AIDS Day film event

Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm

Location

ORC Centre
1476 Water St.
Kelowna, BC
Canada
49° 53' 12.9768" N, 119° 29' 48.2784" W

Snacks and Beverages provided. Please come at 1:30 - 1:45 to get your snacks. The film will start at 2pm.

We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the City’s inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic.

Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.

Karl Nerenberg

Yesterday Parliament narrowly voted down C-398, a bill aimed at getting medicines to millions

| November 29, 2012

NDP private members Bill C-398 is a very bad idea

Bill C-398 - *An Act to Amend the Patent Act*, an NDP private members bill sponsored by NDP members Hélène Laverdière, is currently before the House.

An "organization" called the Grandmothers Advocacy Network or 'GRAN' has a petition campaign underway. No less than 11 MP's have presented petitions to the House that were sponsored by GRAN.  At least 40 more are expected in the days to come.

GRAN is NOT the Stephen Lewis Foundation or the Grandmothers-To-Grandmothers Campaign, though GRAN makes liberal use of their goodwill and resources.

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