police statements and absolute privilege

"Absolute privilege also protects defamatory statements made in all stages of a criminal case. For example, a complaint to the police is protected by absolute privilege — as long as the complaint is not repeated to others." - is this still true post Caron v. A.?

https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/doc/2015/2015bcca47/2015bcca47.pdf

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