Surnow 1052 Report post Posted February 21, 2020 You can read the story at the address below: https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/decision-looms-friday-in-groundbreaking-london-case-challenging-canadas-prostitution-laws Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted February 22, 2020 3 hours ago, clearbluesky15 said: “Parliament could potentially have focused the effect of the law on third parties who are in coercive, exploitative relationships with sex workers,” McKay said, but instead the law “has a grossly disproportionate effect.” LOL. The law did not have a grossly disproportionate effect; the whole point of it is to make sex work as difficult as possible (within the bounds of the SCC's ruling in the Bedford case) and therefore force people out of the industry. It was doing exactly what it was intended to do. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drlove 37204 Report post Posted February 22, 2020 And how does the criminalization of clients factor into things now? Effectively, we have a situation where the sale of sex is legal, agencies are legal, and yet the purchase of sex is not. It’s an idiotic law as it stands presently. Substitute any other legal product for sex and you’ll see what I mean. Cannot the criminalization of purchase be addressed with this court case? If this provision must be challenged separately, it may take many more years before it is resolved. That begs the question ‘ what happens in the interim?’ Will law enforcement still actively go after consenting adults from this point forward? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
