Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act and the Equality Model

Key Points:

Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) – Is 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. It is based on the Equality Model.
The Equality Model (also known as the Nordic and Swedish Model) - Is based upon creating equality by prioritizing the rights of those that are being exploited while holding to account those who have participated in the exploitation.
The Equality Model – Takes a 3 pronged approach:
1. Criminalize demand, recognizing the power imbalance between seller and buyer. Demand drives the prostitution market. Seller not criminalized.
2. Provide exit services to prostituted individuals so they can exit
3. Educate law enforcement and the public

Defend Dignity's Webpage:
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Defend Dignity’s Brief to the Justice Committee on PCEPA Review
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Defend Dignity’s Protect Canada’s Prostitution Laws
https://defenddignity.ca/pcepa/

Defend Dignity’s Guide to Meet Your MP
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PCEPA – Criminal Code
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/protect/p1.html#sec2a

Palermo Protocol
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/protocol-prevent-suppress-and-punish-trafficking-persons

The Cases of the Reasonable Hypothetical Sex Worker
https://vimeo.com/542826062/1147cd5669

Bedford Challenge - “Prostitution laws struck down by Ont. Court”, September 28, 2010
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prostitution-laws-struck-down-by-ont-court-1.869999

Swedish Model - “Speaking of Prostitution: Arguments / Counter-Arguments About Prostitution”
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Shifting the Burden of Criminality : An Analysis of the Irish sex trade in the Context of Prostitution Law Reform
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10 Reasons to Oppose Full Decriminalization of Prostitution (NCOSE)
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Discouraging the Demand that Fosters Trafficking for the Purposes of Sexual Exploitation (OSCE)
https://www.osce.org/cthb/489388