Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
The government recognizes that inmates in federal prisons exist in medium to high risk exposure to AIDS because of the significant numbers of inmates who have a history of IV drug use, the continued drug use with unsterilized needles in prisons, inmates who receive tattoos with unsterilized needles, or engage in unprotected sexual relationships.
Considering the high cost in social and monetary terms AIDS imposes on society, why has this minister not instituted a concerted HIV testing program in prisons?