Mr. Speaker, last week the Minister of Health announced $1 million of federal funding for Vancouver's downtown east side. The funding will go toward fighting the HIV epidemic among drug users in Vancouver East.
The spread of AIDS is alarming. It has been described as an epidemic. Thankfully the government has recognized the gravity of the problem and has taken action.
I applaud the minister for allocating funds to the crisis and I thank all my colleagues in the House who promoted the intervention of Health Canada.