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During the unprecedented marathon Executive Committee meeting at City Hall on July 28 an 29, concerned members of the HIV and Hep C community, along with hundreds of other residents and community groups deputed their concerns. Along with Nicole Greenspan of AAN, Joan Anderson of the Toronto HIV Network, Haran Vijayanathan of the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention, Zoe Dodd of the Toronto Drug Users Union, and Doug Kerr of Proud of Toronto deputed on their concerns related to the proposals in the KPMG report calling to cut vital funding that supports our communities and saves lives. Toronto has been a leader in supporting HIV prevention and harm reduction programs through property taxes, and now these programs are in jeopardy.

Despite the outpouring of concern from residents of Toronto, the Executive Committee voted unanimously this morning to take into consideration all the proposals in the KPMG report in preparation for the 2012 budget planning.

Watch the entire meeting here: http://www.rogerstv.com/page.aspx?sid=1030&rid=16&lid=237&gid=83101