Prime Minister Stephen Harper brushed aside questions about his government and the Toronto AIDS conference. Harper said his Conservative government would make a funding announcement when the political controversy died down. (Harper suggested some people made too big a deal over who personally attended the conference and who didn't. He says the appearance by three Conservative cabinet ministers was enough.)

Date: 2006-08-17
Placeline: YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 16 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << we will be investing more in the future but I think frankly it's unfortunate the way of that issue got to politicize this week at the conference and we'll be making our announcements when when it isn't so politicized when we can get the focus Back To Human Health >>

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