Canada's fight against HIV is shameful and the Conservative government's ideologies are to blame for clouding social and health reform, said local AIDS organizations, doctors and politicians at the 23rd annual AIDS Walk for Life held in Vancouver, Sep 21.

"We're an international embarrassment, not only on AIDS, but on climate change, on Kyoto and on having rescinded when Canada practically wrote the UN Convention on the Rights of Indigenous People," asserted Hedy Fry, Liberal candidate for Vancouver-Centre.

Following the walk in Stanley Park, Fry said the Conservative Party's reluctance to be more proactive regarding the National AIDS Strategy is concerning. More >>