New prostitution bill to be introduced this week

Justice Minister Peter MacKay will introduce a new bill to reform Canada's prostitution laws this week — as early as tomorrow.

Sex-trade advocate Terri-Jean Bedford brought the case against Canada's prostitution laws before the Supreme Court of Canada. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Last December, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the prostitution laws and gave Ottawa one year to draft new ones.

Since then, the Department of Justice has launched and completed online consultations with the public.

MacKay has said his department has examined several regulatory regimes outside Canada, including the so-called Nordic model, which has been touted by many groups.

In Sweden, Iceland and Norway, selling sex is legal but purchasing it is not. Police in those jurisdictions focus their attention on pimps and johns.

But MacKay has insisted the forthcoming bill will be a uniquely Canadian solution.

He said the online public consultations showed a "clear majority" of those who took part felt that purchasing sexual services should be illegal.

In its unanimous decision late last year, the Supreme Court criticized the law for punishing everyone who lives on the avails of prostitution, and not distinguishing between those who exploit prostitutes and those who could "increase the safety and security of prostitutes," such as drivers, managers or bodyguards.

The litigants in the court fight were Terri-Jean Bedford, described as a retired dominatrix, and two former prostitutes, Valerie Scott and Amy Lebovitch.

They argued that three provisions of the Criminal Code targeting prostitution were contributing to the dangers faced by sex trade workers.

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