This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.An Ontario court judge has found some aspects of Canada’s prostitution laws to be constitutionally invalid, following a challenge brought by the owners of a London, Ont., escort agency who were charged by police in 2015.
The six-month police probe into Fantasy World Escorts had stemmed from complaints police were receiving from residents about the agency’s advertisements on local bus shelters. Under the new law, known as the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, it is now legal to sell sex, but not to buy or advertise it.
The Crown, in response, had argued that the existing laws are constitutionally sound, and “represent an informed response to the complex issue of prostitution."
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