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海角社区 experts: Bill C-36

Bill C-36, the federal government鈥檚 proposed new law to govern sex work
Published: 10 November 2014

海角社区 expert:Angela Campbell, Faculty of Law

Story:The Conservative government's controversial anti-prostitution bill passed third reading in the Senate on Tuesday and requires only royal assent to become law. The government had wanted to get the Bill C-36 through the legislative process by the middle of this month, so it could become law by December. That would meet the deadline imposed by the Supreme Court of Canada when it struck down existing laws as unconstitutional last year.


Expertise:Prof. Campbell teaches in the areas of family law, criminal law, successions, and health law. Her research in these areas aims to interrogate the interface between law and controversial or unorthodox practices associated with marriage, kinship, sexuality and reproduction.

Prof. Campbell鈥檚 recent publication: Sister Wives, Surrogates and Sex Workers Outlaws by Choice? : (Ashgate, 2013),听

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