This Prostitution Law is About Protecting Votes, not Women

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[B][U]This Prostitution Law is About Protecting Votes, not Women[/U][/B]

[I]By Devon Black | Dec 9, 2014 8:57 pm[/I]

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Itâ??s always fascinating when what looks like a political slam-dunk to one set of people ends up looking, to another set, like the clumsiest of blunders.

On Dec. 6, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act received royal assent. This event was noteworthy for two reasons: It meant that the prostitution laws overturned by the Supreme Court in the Bedford case had been replaced, and theyâ??d been replaced on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

To Conservatives, this probably seemed like a pretty slick move. After all, theyâ??ve been selling the new legislation as the best way to protect women who are abused and made vulnerable by prostitution. What could be a better symbol than making this bill into law on the very day Canadians have set aside to support an end to violence against women?

The only problem is that sex workers â?? you know, the people actually affected by this new law â?? say that this legislation [URL="https://nowtoronto.com/news/feds-new-prostitution-law-raises-safety-issues/"]will just go back to making sex work dangerous for the people who do it.[/URL] For the government to grant royal assent to this bill on December 6 was an imperious dismissal of those genuine concerns for the safety of everyone who does sex work.

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