Ontario Crown attorneys will no longer proceed with criminal prosecutions against those individuals, they announced. The Justice Department report said criminal law reform could result in greater legal certainty but there are other issues. "Law reform impacts the scope of the criminal law, not decisions about how to address cases that fall within that scope," the report said. In a statement, Wilson-Raybould said the report provides an evidence-based way to address HIV non-disclosure in the criminal justice system and she'll continue working with the provinces on next steps. "It clearly demonstrates that our criminal justice system must adapt to better reflect this progress as well as current scientific evidence on HIV-AIDS," she said.

Source: CBC News December 01, 2017 21:00 UTC