Re: Your party’s position on key questions related to HIV and human rights We kindly request your party’s reply no later than Tuesday, September 7.

Annamie Paul Leader of the Green Party of Canada Dear Madam and Sirs: Re: Your party’s position on key questions related to HIV and human rights The HIV Legal Network (formerly the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) promotes the human rights of people living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV and AIDS, in Canada and around the world, through research and analysis, litigation and other advocacy, pu. [...] This includes the vital services and programs that offer HIV prevention and provide care, treatment, and support to people living with and affected by HIV, and the programs that address social inequalities and advance the human rights of people living with HIV and communities particularly affected by HIV. [...] As the drug poisoning crisis continues to devastate communities and families across the country, and as cities, other jurisdictions across Canada, and Health Canada’s own Expert Task Force on Substance Use increasingly call for decriminalization, the federal government must take immediate steps to protect the health and human rights of our family and community members who use drugs. [...] Question: Does your party commit to implementing the recommendations of the Standing Committee to: a) reform the Criminal Code in consultation with the HIV sector (including removing HIV non-disclosure from the reach of sexual assault laws); and b) engage with provincial counterparts to develop improved, and consistent, prosecutorial policy across the country? 5. [...] Protecting the health and human rights of sex workers In 2014, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) was passed, a law that was universally denounced by sex workers’ rights and human rights organizations, some of whom subsequently developed extensive recommendations for law reform, including changes to the federal criminal law, that would better protect the health and rig.