Bill C-36 (Historical)

Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act

An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Peter MacKay Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to, among other things,
(a) create an offence that prohibits purchasing sexual services or communicating in any place for that purpose;
(b) create an offence that prohibits receiving a material benefit that derived from the commission of an offence referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) create an offence that prohibits the advertisement of sexual services offered for sale and to authorize the courts to order the seizure of materials containing such advertisements and their removal from the Internet;
(d) modernize the offence that prohibits the procurement of persons for the purpose of prostitution;
(e) create an offence that prohibits communicating — for the purpose of selling sexual services — in a public place, or in any place open to public view, that is or is next to a school ground, playground or daycare centre;
(f) ensure consistency between prostitution offences and the existing human trafficking offences; and
(g) specify that, for the purposes of certain offences, a weapon includes any thing used, designed to be use or intended for use in binding or tying up a person against their will.
The enactment also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

Oct. 6, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Sept. 29, 2014 Passed That Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage.

Sept. 29, 2014 Failed That Bill C-36 be amended by deleting the long title.

Sept. 25, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at report stage of the Bill and one sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill; and that, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration at report stage and on the day allotted to the consideration at third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the stage of the Bill then under consideration shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment.

June 16, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

June 12, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-36, An Act to amend the Criminal Code in response to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Attorney General of Canada v. Bedford and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and That, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 7, 2014

Donald Piragoff, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Sector, Department of Justice
Nathalie Levman, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 7, 2014

Timea E. Nagy, Founder and Front-Line Victim Care Worker, Walk With Me Canada Victim Services
Robert Hooper, Chair, Walk With Me Canada Victim Services
Émilie Laliberté, Spokesperson, Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Naomi Sayers, Spokesperson, Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform
Anne London-Weinstein, Director, Board of Directors, Criminal Lawyers' Association
Leonardo S. Russomanno, Member and Criminal Defence Counsel, Criminal Lawyers' Association
Janine Benedet, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, As an Individual
John Lowman, Professor, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 7, 2014

Andrew Swan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Government of Manitoba
Julia Beazley, Policy Analyst, Centre for Faith and Public Life, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Diane Matte, Community organizer, Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle
Rose Sullivan, Participant , Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle
Natasha Falle, Representative, Sex Trafficking Survivors United
Jean McDonald, Executive Director, Maggie's: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
Chanelle Gallant, Outreach and Community Support Worker, Maggie's: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 8, 2014

Casandra Diamond, Program Director, BridgeNorth
Emily Symons, Chair, Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate & Resist
Rick Hanson, Chief of Police, Calgary Police Service
Robyn Maynard, Spokesperson and Outreach Worker, Stella, l'amie de Maimie
José Mendes Bota, Member of the Portuguese Parliament, General Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, As an Individual

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 8, 2014

Megan Walker, Executive Director, London Abused Women's Centre
Michèle Audette, President, Native Women's Association of Canada
Teresa Edwards, In-House Legal Counsel, Director, International Affairs and Human Rights, Native Women's Association of Canada
Katarina MacLeod, Founder, Rising Angels
Kim Pate, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
Deborah Kilroy, Chief Executive Officer and Legal Counsel, Sisters Inside

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 8, 2014

Christine Bruckert, Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, As an Individual
Diane Redsky, Project Director, Task Force on Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada, Canadian Women's Foundation
Kerry Porth, Chair of the Board of Directors, Pivot Legal Society
Elin Sigurdson, Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society
Linda Smith, As an Individual
Ed Smith, As an Individual
John Cassells, Street Youth Specialist, SIM Canada

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 9, 2014

Tim Lambrinos, Executive Director, Ontario Region, Adult Entertainment Association of Canada
Rudi Czekalla, Consultant, Principal, Municipal Policy Consultants, Adult Entertainment Association of Canada
Glendene Grant, Founder, Mothers Against Trafficking Humans
Amy Lebovitch, Executive Director, Sex Professionals of Canada
Valerie Scott, Legal Coordinator, Sex Professionals of Canada
Eric Jolliffe, Chief of Police, Office of the Chief Police, York Regional Police
Gunilla Ekberg, Lawyer, University of Glasgow School of Law, As an Individual
Thai Truong, Drugs and Vice, York Regional Police

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 9, 2014

Bridget Perrier, Co-Founding Member, Sextrade101
Chris Atchison, Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, As an Individual
Michelle Miller, Executive Director, Resist Exploitation, Embrace Dignity (REED)
Georgialee Lang, As an Individual
Elizabeth Dussault, Member, Prostitutes Involved, Empowered, Cogent - Edmonton

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 9, 2014

Linda MacDonald, As an Individual
Jeanne Sarson, As an Individual
Trisha Baptie, Community Engagement Coordinator, Exploited Voices Now Educating
Heather Dukes, Co-founder, Northern Women's Connection
Larissa Crack, Co-founder, Northern Women's Connection
Josh Paterson, Executive Director, British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
Laura Dilley, Executive Director, PACE Society
Sheri Kiselbach, Coordinator, Violence Prevention, PACE Society

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 10, 2014

Suzanne Jay, Member, Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution
Alice Lee, Member, Asian Women Coalition Ending Prostitution
Jared Brock, Co-Founder, Hope for the Sold
Michelle Brock, Co-Founder, Hope for the Sold
Keira Smith-Tague, Front-Line Anti-Violence Worker, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
Hilla Kerner, Collective Member, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter
Christa Big Canoe, Legal Advocacy Director, Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto
Deborah Pond, Chair of the Board of Directors, u-r home

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 10, 2014

Mélanie Sarroino, Quebec, Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
Lisa Steacy, British Columbia, Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres
Rachel Phillips, Executive Director, PEERS Victoria Resource Society
Natasha Potvin, Member, Board of Directors, Peers Victoria Resource Society
Kate Quinn, Executive Director, Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation
Glendyne Gerrard, Director, Defend Dignity, The Christian and Missionary Alliance
Marina Giacomin, Executive Director, Servants Anonymous Society of Calgary

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 10, 2014

Gwendoline Allison, Foy Allison Law Group, As an Individual
Kyle Kirkup, Trudeau Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, As an Individual
Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Co-Director, Research and Advocacy, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Brian McConaghy, Founding Director, Ratanak International
Tom Stamatakis, President, Canadian Police Association

Justice and Human Rights Committee, on July 15, 2014

Nathalie Levman, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice