Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of two ‘commodification of sexual activity’ criminal offences

By Cristin Schmitz ( July 24, 2025, 6:40 PM EDT) -- The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld 9-0 the constitutionality of the crimes of procuring and obtaining material benefit from sexual services, two of the new Criminal Code offences enacted by the Harper-era Parliament after the top court struck down the old prostitution laws in 2013 for breaching sex workers’ s. 7 Charter-protected right to security of the person....