The Canadian Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq, is not popular among AIDS activists: she does not accept the evidence that harm reduction programs, like Insite, the first safer injection site in North-America, effectively reduce the risks of HIV transmissions and overdose deaths. Her Conservative government listens to fake-scientific crap instead, like papers produced by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. She expressed her disappointment when the Supreme Court decided in favour of Insite -- even if the court declared that attempts to close the clinic were "grossly disproportionate" to the benefits for drug users and the community. She is responsible for recent cuts for a federal program that provides extended health-care benefits to refugee claimants. Watch our video showing activists disrupting her speech at the AIDS 2012 conference!
