What did Bill C-36 do?

What did Bill C-36 do?

Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, received Royal Assent on November 6, 2014. Bill C-36 treats prostitution as a form of sexual exploitation that disproportionately impacts on women and girls. Its overall objectives are to: Reduce the demand for prostitution and its incidence.

Is Bill C-36 still valid?

Bill C-36 criminalizes the purchasing of sex but decriminalizes its sale. Known as an “end-demand” model, it also forbids negotiating sexual services in certain public places, such as near schools, financially benefitting off the sale of someone’s sexual services or knowingly advertising sexual services.

Why was Bill C36 introduced?

In response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Bedford, the Canadian Federal Government introduced the controversial Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. For the first time in Canadian history, the exchange of sex for money itself has been criminalized.

How does Canada define hate speech?

Section 319(1): Publicly inciting hatred—makes it an offence to communicate statements in a public place which incite hatred against an identifiable group, where it is likely to lead to a breach of the peace.

Are bawdy houses legal in Canada?

The Supreme Court struck down Canada’s existing laws last December – namely, a ban on keeping or being in a “bawdy house,” or brothel; a ban on “living on the avails of prostitution,” since largely reworded as the “material benefit” ban; and a ban on communicating in public for the purposes of prostitution.

When were brothels outlawed in Canada?

CBC is reaching out to the Department of Justice Canada. Canada’s prostitution laws, which came into effect in 2014, set out to decriminalize parts of the sex trade, on the premise such work is inherently exploitative, but those involved in the new legal challenge are disputing the government’s take on the trade.

Can you go to jail in Canada for hate speech?

The offence is indictable, and carries a maximum penalty of imprisonment not exceeding five years. There is no minimum punishment. The consent of the provincial Attorney General is required for a charge to be laid under this section.