I guess I would say, first of all, as a gay man living in the west end in Vancouver, it's a natural thing for me to be talking about. I do appreciate the amount of money being spent on care and research. However, there's been a decrease in the money being spent on AIDS prevention work. In the last two years we've seen a spike in the rate of new infections among young gay men in downtown Vancouver. Somehow people aren't getting the message, or they mistakenly believe there's a solution or a cure for AIDS. The reason I'm highlighting this is that we really have to go back to the community-based groups that are doing prevention work, because prevention is the only cure for AIDS.
On December 3rd, 2007. See this statement in context.