AIDS Action Now: “Harper is creating an AIDS crisis in Canada”

AIDS Action Now released a video tonight, on the eve of World AIDS Day, calling for the federal government to recommit to the fight against AIDS and hepatitis C in Canada. In the new video, the group condemns the Harper government for “refusing to address this national healthcare crisis.”

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