Status of Bill C-36?

[gom]

Is it still illegal right now to pay for sex? I'm quite behind the times when it comes to laws and politics so please enlighten me. Is the bill on its way to be repealed and/or was there any alterations being made?

Thanks.

 

[Reverse]

Is it still illegal right now to pay for sex? I'm quite behind the times when it comes to laws and politics so please enlighten me. Is the bill on its way to be repealed and/or was there any alterations being made?

Thanks.

It is the status quo and they are not bothering with consensual adults although I would not recommend soliciting on the street.

 

[God]

If the agency owners and independents that keep advertising here, other places including twitter do not worry. Then you shouldn't.

 

[JessieJames]

It is the status quo and they are not bothering with consensual adults although I would not recommend soliciting on the street.

The question is when are you coming back?

 

[cristycurves]

To answer the op's question, it is illegal to pay for sex, with money, or gifts. It is legal to pay a lady for her time, however. We can sell sex if we choose, you still can't buy......that's the government for you. No changes to the bill or moves to change it as of yet, as far as I know.

 

[SexSafetySecurity]

The Department of Justice has began the process of gathering information to review the provisions on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (i.e., the former Bill C36). Over the next 7 months they will be holding a series of 'consultations' in the different regions of Canada - starting on the west coast - where they will be calling upon sex industry support and outreach organization, various 'experts,' as well as others who have been "impacted by PCEPA" to present data/information to speak to the impacts of the various new laws. The round table consultations will be chaired by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. I assume, in the interests of 'fairness' and to ensure that the consultations are productive, separate sessions will be held in each region for individuals/organizations that support PCEPA and those that are critical of or oppose it (i.e., different sessions for abolitionists/prohibitionists and sex worker rights/harm reductionists).

We have been invited to attend the round table session being held in Vancouver this week. We will be providing a summary of the findings from the research that we conducted before, during and after the passing of Bill C36, including a breakdown of our findings to date for our current study of the ways sex workers and clients communicate - "". The information/evidence we will be presenting will be specific to how the laws have been interpreted/understood by people who pay for and provide sexual services in Canada, what impact the laws have had (before and after C36) on individual attitudes and behaviours and how the different socio-legal contexts across Canada have impacted the nature of health and safety relations between people who pay for and provide sexual services. We will also be providing a detailed analysis of how advertising of sexual services and communications between people who pay for and provide sexual services has changed since the implementation of the new laws with respect to advertisement and client-side communication.


Web:
Twitter - @SexSafetySecure

 

[Cybermike]

The Department of Justice has began the process of gathering information to review the provisions on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (i.e., the former Bill C36). Over the next 7 months they will be holding a series of 'consultations' in the different regions of Canada - starting on the west coast - where they will be calling upon sex industry support and outreach organization, various 'experts,' as well as others who have been "impacted by PCEPA" to present data/information to speak to the impacts of the various new laws. The round table consultations will be chaired by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. I assume, in the interests of 'fairness' and to ensure that the consultations are productive, separate sessions will be held in each region for individuals/organizations that support PCEPA and those that are critical of or oppose it (i.e., different sessions for abolitionists/prohibitionists and sex worker rights/harm reductionists).

We have been invited to attend the round table session being held in Vancouver this week. We will be providing a summary of the findings from the research that we conducted before, during and after the passing of Bill C36, including a breakdown of our findings to date for our current study of the ways sex workers and clients communicate - "". The information/evidence we will be presenting will be specific to how the laws have been interpreted/understood by people who pay for and provide sexual services in Canada, what impact the laws have had (before and after C36) on individual attitudes and behaviours and how the different socio-legal contexts across Canada have impacted the nature of health and safety relations between people who pay for and provide sexual services. We will also be providing a detailed analysis of how advertising of sexual services and communications between people who pay for and provide sexual services has changed since the implementation of the new laws with respect to advertisement and client-side communication.


Web:
Twitter - @SexSafetySecure

Thanks for the update.

 

[Prick]

The Department of Justice has began the process of gathering information to review the provisions on the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (i.e., the former Bill C36). Over the next 7 months they will be holding a series of 'consultations' in the different regions of Canada - starting on the west coast - where they will be calling upon sex industry support and outreach organization, various 'experts,' as well as others who have been "impacted by PCEPA" to present data/information to speak to the impacts of the various new laws. The round table consultations will be chaired by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. I assume, in the interests of 'fairness' and to ensure that the consultations are productive, separate sessions will be held in each region for individuals/organizations that support PCEPA and those that are critical of or oppose it (i.e., different sessions for abolitionists/prohibitionists and sex worker rights/harm reductionists).

We have been invited to attend the round table session being held in Vancouver this week. We will be providing a summary of the findings from the research that we conducted before, during and after the passing of Bill C36, including a breakdown of our findings to date for our current study of the ways sex workers and clients communicate - "". The information/evidence we will be presenting will be specific to how the laws have been interpreted/understood by people who pay for and provide sexual services in Canada, what impact the laws have had (before and after C36) on individual attitudes and behaviours and how the different socio-legal contexts across Canada have impacted the nature of health and safety relations between people who pay for and provide sexual services. We will also be providing a detailed analysis of how advertising of sexual services and communications between people who pay for and provide sexual services has changed since the implementation of the new laws with respect to advertisement and client-side communication.


Web:
Twitter - @SexSafetySecure

Keep up the good work.

 

[JJ Mitchell]

So it was all for nothing. Many expenses were adsorbed to change to .cc plus labor for nor nothing. Just a mild scare.

 

[BuzzSaw]

So it was all for nothing. Many expenses were adsorbed to change to .cc plus labor for nor nothing. Just a mild scare.

You are wrong! All it takes is a Conservative government as the Harper regime we had to reinforce the law and force authorities to take action against "JOHNS".

 

[blackram]

To answer OP's question, right now the Bill is no longer a Bill, it is now a Law. So far no efforts are underway to change it or repeal it. But what it looks like is that it's such a confusingly worded statute, that law enforcement agencies don't seem to know how to enforce it, so they don't even bother. So in a sense we may now already have de facto legalization of prostitution in this country somehow!

 

[cristycurves]

I tried to find an article I read recently concerning backpages, but couldn't, will continue to look, it was interesting. it was discussing why le hasn't shut it down yet in Canada and the need to do so, mentions of Halifax and Toronto and other cities were in it. It appears this may happen....to me it appears some arrests/busts are occurring, so I don't think there is defacto legalization, the busts are just not making the news. Thanks to SSS and Blackram for their voices in this thread

 

[cristycurves]

^ Found the article Backpage faces pressure to crack down on human trafficking ads in Canada - The Globe and Mail

 

[cocksoup]

Those that blame Backpage are LOSERS !! Golly Gee ... lets shutdown the whole internet Oh yahhh lets remove roads & street corners ... they too enable human trafficking ..... WHAT MORONS!!

 

[Madman]

Those that blame Backpage are LOSERS !! Golly Gee ... lets shutdown the whole internet Oh yahhh lets remove roads & street corners ... they too enable human trafficking ..... WHAT MORONS!!

A complete farce on conflation of human trafficking is getting ridiculous.

 

[cristycurves]

@cocksoup and @Madman-exactly, and why not shut down the liquor stores too, as they enable alcoholics and those who've no issue with drinking and driving, which kills innocent people....we could go on and on but the reality is when government isn't making $ from something or has the right people complaining about something, then that something gets shut down and labeled as nefarious or a nuisance or unwanted.

 

[blackram]

Fortunately, I don't think the Canadian justice system is swayed by articles in the news. They actually look at the cases involved and come to a determination based on legal opinions, rather than public relations.

 

[cristycurves]

Fortunately, I don't think the Canadian justice system is swayed by articles in the news. They actually look at the cases involved and come to a determination based on legal opinions, rather than public relations.

Maybe not, they are swayed by political clout however, and it is politics that has had our industry criminalized and it will be politics that keeps it so.

 

[Madman]

Maybe not, they are swayed by political clout however, and it is politics that has had our industry criminalized and it will be politics that keeps it so.

This is exactly the situation. Yes the courts and judges did exactly as Blackram stated until Harper and his bible thumping conservatives decided to metal in the lives of consenting adults.

 

[blackram]

Maybe not, they are swayed by political clout however, and it is politics that has had our industry criminalized and it will be politics that keeps it so.

This is exactly the situation. Yes the courts and judges did exactly as Blackram stated until Harper and his bible thumping conservatives decided to metal in the lives of consenting adults.

Well, one of the weirdest things that the Bible-thumpers did was to make advertising for prostitution legal in Canada, just so long as it's an individual doing the advertising, and not an agency on behalf several individuals. This was the Bible-thumpers who did this, not a progressive horde to say the least, so I can't see how any government can go after advertisers or advertisement media, so long as this law is in the books. The current government seems uninterested in fixing the Bible-thumper's legislation, not that they agree with it, they just don't have any incentive. I would say online journalists can write all of the skewed anti-Backpage articles they want, they will not get BP shutdown because BP is doing nothing wrong at least as far as Canadian laws are concerned.