Will your Party commit to collaborating with HIV organizations in Canada to restore the diverted and lapsed resources needed to address the gaps in Canada’s HIV response and adequately fund the federal action plan on HIV? Every year the Government of Canada invests more than $87 million to tackle HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood borne infections. [...] This funding supports the work of community-based organizations to reach key populations to decrease the number of people who are unaware of their HIV status, to increase the number of people who are accessing treatment, and to reduce stigma toward populations affected by HIV and other STBBI. [...] We have taken significant action to help people living with problematic substance use, investing more than $600 million in our response to the crisis including providing $182 million to community organizations through the Substance Use and Addictions Program, removing barriers to treatment and investing in targeted measures to expand access to harm reduction services and increase access to safer d. [...] A re-elected Liberal government will continue to take an evidence-based approach to problematic substance use so that Canadians have access to the care and support they need including the following: ● Introduce a comprehensive strategy to address problematic substance use to end the opioids crisis; ● Invest $25 million for public education to reduce the stigma associated with with problematic subs. [...] Will your party support the repeal of all sex-work-specific criminal laws, including the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, and consult with sex workers to develop a holistic vision of law reform that will improve their health and safety? With respect to the current laws, we support the commencement of the five year Parliamentary review of the former Bill C-36.
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