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Criminal - Sex Trade - Advertising [CCC 286.4]

. R. v. Kloubakov

In R. v. Kloubakov (SCC, 2025) the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a criminal appeal, this from an Alberta CA ruling that allowed a Crown appeal against an Alberta QB decision in which "the trial judge held that these offences [SS: 'receiving a material benefit from sexual services and of procuring': CCC 286.2 and 286.3] prohibited the safety measures contemplated in Bedford [SS: Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford (SCC, 2013)] and therefore infringed s. 7 of the Charter".

Here the court quotes the law of advertising [CCC 286.4] in relation to the trade in sexual services:
D. Advertising Offence (Section 286.4)

[33] Section 286.4 creates a new offence, for the first time in Canadian law, of advertising the sale of sexual services. Section 286.4 states:
286.4 Everyone who knowingly advertises an offer to provide sexual services for consideration is guilty of

(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; or

(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction.

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