Editing Jake Epp (section)

== The AIDS Crisis ==
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Jake Epp played a significant role in allowing the [[HIV/AIDS in Canada|AIDS crisis]] to grow unchecked by continuously ignoring pleas from [[community organizations]] to develop and implement a National AIDS Strategy. Beyond invitations for conversation, a blind eye was turned to AIDS activist protests as well. [[HIV/AIDS activism|HIV/AID activism]] in opposition to Jake Epp came to a head when activists from AIDS Action Now! in [[Toronto]] called attention to his neglect by burning him in [[effigy]] in [[Nathan Phillips Square]]. Jake Epp's willful ignorance exacerbated the AIDS crisis in Canada and contributed to the growing number of AIDS-related deaths. Despite the desperate need for action, the government made no change until Epp was replaced by [[Perrin Beatty]]. Only then was there involvement in HIV-related matters at the federal level in Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-17|title=David Hoe|url=https://aidsactivisthistory.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/aahp-david-hoe-final1.pdf|access-date=2022-01-27|website=AIDS Activist History Project|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=September 15, 2016|title=Heidi McDonell|url=https://aidsactivisthistory.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/aahp-heidi-mcdonell-final.pdf|access-date=January 27, 2022|website=AIDS Activist History Project}}</ref>