While I am new with my interest in Ottawa, I have about two decades of visits to Toronto, following court cases etc.
In the US such stings with the excuse of sex trafficking, when nothing more than private consenting adults is very common (for decades), there have now been 3 successful challenges to C36 based on the same arguments against the won prior law (Charter Rights for the security of person) and in each case the Crown did not appeal - probably since they may think they would use). The original Ontario Supreme Court case was one of the longest best-written case against the old law by the lower Court (outcall was legal but incalls were not or living off the avails until that big case. This resulted in C36. There is now yet another ongoing case against C36 by a sexworkers group but mostly related to street work, I believe. In my view, street work is a public nuisance issue yet it is survival sadly for some women.
In the US I have always promoted making legal safe, private, consenting adult sexwork but was at odds with SWOP founder (big in US) since they were mostly about street "workers".
I would think before Ottawa would go after in private consenting, non-trafficked adults, since not appealed, these cases would discourage that since I believe would act as a precedent for all in Ontario. I am not a lawyer so others may know better but I have followed US and Canadian laws for decades, involved in two 9th Circuit appeals in the US (lost both once on making swing clubs illegal in Phoenix, and lost on the attack on California prostitution law even though arguments expanding Lawrence vs Texas, etc I felt were strong.
BTW, what is sex trafficking? Long ago in Toronto, there were a bunch of Russian agencies - yes run by the Russian mob as I understand it. But the women were willing to work for them to pay off the "handlers" which got them into Canada. They sent part of their earnings to poor families back in Russia and had to pay off their handlers. Then as I understand it totally free to do whatever they wished. They knew exactly what they were going to do in Canada and some of the best reviews were of these Russian agency women maybe a decade ago.
I have no idea if that is similar to the Asian situation in Canada. When I was in Bangkok and the Philippines, the bar girls/strippers knowingly worked for their employers, sent money home to family "upcountry" yet police would do raids all under the excuse of sex trafficking when they were all consenting adults. Usually tossed in "child sex trafficking even though they were all adult-aged.
BTW2 - A few years ago I had an escort come to my hotel in Toronto (I don't pay for any sex just naked cuddling, massage, etc all legal under C36.) She never showed up. She called me later by phone and told me she was stopped in the driveway of the hotel by cops. She has no idea how they knew she was an escort. The only question they asked was if she was doing sexwork by choice and not forced. Of course not she was an indy. She was freaked out enough not to meet me at the hotel. But was relieved that was all they were interested in.