Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have several petitions from constituents of Etobicoke-Lakeshore.
These constituents call on Parliament to ensure dedicated AIDS funding beyond March 1998 and to renew the national AIDS strategy now. The national AIDS strategy, phase II, will expire on
March 31, 1998 and there has been no commitment to renew or extend it.
Canada's economy loses more than $1 billion each year because of person years lost to AIDS.