Mr. Speaker, the hon. member will know that in the course of the last mandate the amount of funds contributed to strategies to combat AIDS ranks second worldwide.
The $200 million plus that were designated for dealing with this epidemic have again been renewed for an additional five year term. It comes out to about $42.2 million per annum to address the epidemic, the therapies, the vaccines and perhaps a cure, hopefully a cure. Canada is leading and is in the forefront of addressing the AIDS epidemic.