Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. I know it was a concern of many committee members, since marginalized Canadians are quite often subject to prosecution, that we hear from those communities, so it's very important for you to be here today.
I want to start by asking a question that surrounds the context of barriers to testing. From my experience, people who are marginalized already face a lot of barriers to testing, and this becomes yet another barrier.
I'm going to start with Mr. Morrisseau-Beck.
When I was visiting some northern communities and talking about AIDS treatment, they were talking about things like the reluctance of people to go to health professionals in small communities because of the stigma and the “my auntie works there” factor. I just wondered whether you could comment on the access to testing and treatment barriers that already exist without the criminalization.