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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCanada's highest court strikes down all current restrictions on prostitution
@BBCBreaking:
Canada's highest court strikes down all current restrictions on prostitution, including ban on brothels and street soliciting
http://bbc.in/1gKCP70
Heads blowed up north of the border.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)It would be nice if there could be a reasonable discussion on this. I doubt that is possible, so...
marmar
(77,807 posts)Looking at some of the responses, I think you're right.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Sex tourism on snow machine tours in the Yukon?
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)Case was brought by a dominatrix and a sex workers advocate (lawyer?).
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)during that year, all current laws remain in full effect.
Toronto Star article here:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/12/20/supreme_court_of_canada_strikes_down_federal_criminal_prostitution_laws.html
However, the countrys top court has given Parliament a one-year grace period to redraft a legislative scheme that could pass constitutional muster.
That means if, 12 months from today, the federal government has not redrawn the laws to address the courts concern that they are too arbitrary, overbroad and grossly disproportionate, then prostitutes will be allowed to legally practice their trade, hire drivers, bodyguards, accountants and screen their clients freely.
In the meantime, the Criminal Code ban on brothels, living on the avails of prostitution and communicating for the purposes of prostitution remain in full effect.
Police may continue to lay charges and courts may prosecute.
Sid
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)and public advertising are illegal.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Prostitution is legal in Canada. The issue brought by the plaintiffs was that the laws that are tangential to prostitution in Canada were creating an unsafe environment for sex workers engaging in a legal activity. The "living off the avails of prostitution" law meant that sex workers couldn't legally hire security, client screeners or drivers. The "bawdy house" law meant that sex workers couldn't legally set up an indoor fixed location, which forced many onto the streets, a much more dangerous way to conduct their business.
It's going to be interesting to see what Parliament comes up with over the course of the next year.
Sid
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)deemed hostile to human freedom, etc?
Big winner in this is those who make money off of prostituted women.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)because they'll be able to hire employees to make their transactions safer.
I would suspect that existing laws about coercion and procuring will still be enforced, and will make up a big part of whatever Parliament comes up with in a year.
Sid
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)That's usually the best recipe for gridlock.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)sex slaves for years?
Good time to be a 1%er in the sex industry there.