This briefing from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network considers the impact of the "Swedish" or "Nordic" model on sex workers.  Examining its harmful effects, this paper argues that this approach would not withstand constitutional scrutiny in Canada.

The briefing also makes recommendations to the Canadian Parliament as follows:

• Parliament should repeal the section of the Criminal Code that makes it an offence to communicate in a public place for the purposes of prostitution
• Parliament should repeal the bawdy-house sections of the Criminal Code
• Parliament should repeal the subsections of the procuring sections of the Criminal Code that relate to bawdy-houses
• Parliament should repeal the section of the Criminal Code that makes it an offence to live on the avails of prostitution
• Parliament should repeal the reverse-onus subsection of the Criminal Code as it applies to living on the avails of prostitution

For full details you can download this useful 6 page PDF document above.  This resource is in English.