If your letter is published, congratulations—we’d love to hear about it! Send us an email at justice@worldvision.ca to tell us about it. You can expect letters to the editor—from readers—in response to your piece to begin appearing in subsequent editions. You will likely know within two weeks if your piece will be published. Some papers will inform you if you have been approved/rejected, while others will simply publish your article.

Here are some key messages about HIV and AIDS you are welcome to use in your letter:

• Canadians are the most compassionate toward people affected by HIV and AIDS globally compared with six other countries says an Ipsos Reid survey.
• A separate study conducted by UNAIDS found that when it comes to providing aid to fight HIV and AIDS, Canada ranks near the bottom of the list.
• This gap between the sentiments of the Canadian public and the political actions of our country can be closed if our government:
  1. increases Canada’s funding contributions to HIV and AIDS in line with our fair share contribution
  2. works with other G8 leaders to provide a comprehensive plan, and funding pledges, to meet HIV and AIDS commitments to universal prevention, treatment and support by 2010
  3. turn around the serious decline in Canada’s broader aid program by setting a budgetary plan to increase our foreign aid spending by 15% per year over the next ten years

Click here for more information about Canada’s promises.
Click here for some facts and statistics about the AIDS pandemic.

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