Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have to start where I always do, as a gay man who has spent most of my life being impatient with the government on HIV issues.
I want to thank Robin for bringing attention to the Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation, which is dated February 2012.
We are in a state where we have a positive directive that's of limited application, and these hearings are, of course, very useful. However, they are occurring at a time in this Parliament when nothing of substance is likely to happen. Now, I'm trying to be the optimist again. That means we have time to look at doing this right.
My question is about some of the other aspects of the Criminal Code.
CATIE has given us the definitive scientific reasons for not criminalizing HIV non-disclosure, and I think that case has been made many times. There are other things in the Criminal Code that I think affect access to testing and treatment, and I wonder if there are other things we should be considering in the committee.
Maybe I'll start with Mr. Salam, since he was cut off the last time.