title: Keeping a common bawdy house becomes a "serious offence" under Criminal Code.
abstract: New federal regulations targeting organized crime will make keeping a common bawdy house a "serious offence" under the Criminal Code. Sex work advocates reacted by calling the measure a serious step back that will undermine the protection of sex workers' human rights, safety, dignity and health.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D011477:Sex Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*