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House Hansard - 260

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Ms. Anita Vandenbeld (Ottawa West—Nepean, Lib.)
  • Dec/1/23 11:07:52 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, today is World AIDS Day. The UN reports that one life is lost every single day to HIV/AIDS. Even today, 9.2 million people living with HIV around the world do not have access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy. However, in the last 20 years, the world has made considerable progress. Since 2002, Canada has been one of the main donors to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Last year, thanks in large part to the advocacy of Canadians through Results Canada and the One Campaign, Canada committed $1.21 billion to the Global Fund. In countries where the Global Fund invests, AIDS-related deaths have fallen by 72% since 2002. However, our progress is fragile. It is important that we recommit to putting an end to AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
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Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Ms. Anita Vandenbeld (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development, Lib.)
  • Dec/1/23 11:41:38 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we are in the middle of 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have taken to social media to promote the harassment of women senators in the Senate. At the same time, they are blocking legislation here in the House and now they are trying to distract by bullying women parliamentarians. Conservatives' social media attacks are forcing women in the Senate to take action to protect themselves because they are facing threats. No woman should ever have to face harassment—
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