Mr. Speaker, today being World Aids Day we have good news and bad news.
The goods news is researchers state that beating AIDS globally can be done with today's science, that it is just a matter of funding. The bad news is the international global fund for fighting AIDS, TB and malaria is hitting a funding wall. It has effectively frozen all new spending for the next three years. The global fund states that Canada owes it $180 million for this year and it has yet to receive a penny.
With only one month left, will the Prime Minister send a cheque to the global fund to fight AIDS?