Perhaps it would be helpful to the committee to review paragraph 165 of the Supreme Court of Canada's Bedford decision, which talks about how all prostitution provisions are interrelated and intertwined. The Supreme Court is asking us not just to look at what is criminalized, but also what is not criminalized. That informs the constitutionality of each individual provision. I think that your comments are fair. We have to look at the other aspects where Bill C-36 says it doesn't prevent certain safety measures when we look at another provision that criminalizes other aspects of prostitution.
On July 7th, 2014. See this statement in context.