In their own words: sex workers on Canadaâ??s new prostitution bill

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[B][U]In their own words: sex workers on Canadaâ??s new prostitution bill[/U][/B]

Justin Ling | June 6, 2014

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[I]â??Iâ??m tired of my government thinking Iâ??m some degenerate who needs to be policed.â??[/I]

Reaction from sex workers to the Conservativesâ?? new prostitution bill has been fierce and pretty well unanimous: it sucks.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay introduced Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, on June 4.

Sex work groups have blasted the bill. The usual suspects of abolitionism have come out to endorse it.

Xtra reached out to the sex-work community to get their take on the bill. Hereâ??s what they had to say:

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