AIDS society to honour Layton
Metro
ormer NDP leader Jack Layton will be honoured with a special lifetime achievement award tonight at the Canadian AIDS Society World AIDS Day Gala.
Trinity-Spadina MP Olivia Chow will accept the award on behalf of her late husband, in addition to her duties as the evening’s celebrity auctioneer.
“Mr. Layton has been a champion for HIV and AIDS from the very, very early days when he was a city councillor in Toronto, standing up against raids on bathhouses, making sure that he was very present at every opportunity for HIV and AIDS events, and speaking to the importance of funding for the HIV and AIDS community,” said Monique Doolittle-Romas, the society’s executive director.
The CAS will award this year’s Corporate Leadership Award to Toronto ad firm john st and offer a preview of a documentary on HIV, the Reignite Project, with its producer Paul Saltzman.
