The answer is that we obviously have several barriers to appropriate HIV care that are preventing diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This is but one of several barriers. Changing the Criminal Code would eliminate some of these barriers and would really send a message to people who are at risk of acquiring HIV and even those who are HIV-positive that it's okay to have HIV and, as we've heard, people can live a long, healthy, happy, normal life with HIV. This would significantly improve our goal of essentially eliminating HIV in Canada and globally, and we can do it with the tools that we have now.
On April 30th, 2019. See this statement in context.