Sex Workers Bill Amended to Include More Places to Solicit Clients

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The Conservative government has decided to make some changes to its controversial prostitution bill, now allowing sex workers to legally solicit clients at more places. The recent changes to Bill C-36 was made by the House of Commons justice committee in a meeting on Tuesday. The primary change was to ban discussing the sale of sex at or near a playground, school or daycare, rather than the previous wording which banned it anywhere children could “reasonably”‎ be expected to be.

Speaking on behalf of the government, Conservative MP Bob Dechert expressed his concern to the committee, alleging that the wording was “open to misinterpretation.” He pointed out that new rules basically allow sex workers to work out of their homes safely. Mr. Dechert stressed that “please choose to do it in a safe way. We’re giving you that power. The police are not going to harass you for being in your own apartment or advertising your own services.”

However, it still remains illegal for any sex workers’ clients to actually pay for the services. Mr. Dechert vowed that “we’re finally addressing this ugly situation that has gone on in Canada for far too long.” Furthermore, He stressed that the limits are a “tiny piece of real estate in this vast country of ours.” So he asked “can we not give [kids] that little place? Please, not in the schoolyard, not in the playground.”