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February 18, 2021 11:00 PMLegal - By LOS ANGELES—A petition to decriminalize sex work in Canada appears to have enough signatures to force a debate in the government’s House of Commons, according to the Vancouver weekly newspaper The Georgia Straight. An existing Canadian law, Bill C-36, passed in 2014 legalized the act of receiving money for sexual services — but outlawed that act of paying for those services, effectively allowing sex work to remain criminalized.  The law also banned advertising for sexual services, and receiving “material benefit” from them. Then-Liberal Party ...

Petition may finally force Trudeau to repeal Canada’s sex work law Petition may finally force Trudeau to repeal Canada’s sex work law A petition calling on Ottawa to decriminalize sex work has gathered 5,100 signatures so far By Carlito Pablo Feb 18, 2021 Sex workers don’t feel any safer under the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act passed by a previous Conservative government. As an opposition MP, Justin Trudeau in 2014 voted against a new law on prostitution in Canada. But when he became prime minister in 2015, the federal Liberal leader didn’t do anything a...