Ontario Court set to rule on constitutionality of Canada’s prostitution laws

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.'Parliament has the power to regulate against nuisances, but not at the cost of the health, safety and lives of prostitutes. It is not a crime in Canada to sell sex for money,' Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, seen here on Dec. 15, 2017, wrote in the 2013 ruling.

It’s a case that’s being closely watched by legal scholars and sex workers’ advocates, given how divisive the topic of sex work is. Canada’s prostitution laws were revised in 2014 after the Supreme Court deemed the old laws – which included bans on street soliciting, brothels and people living off the avails of prostitution – to be unconstitutional, in that they created severe dangers for vulnerable women.

Mr. Anwar and Ms. Harvey, who are a couple, do not dispute that they were running an escort agency, and have agreed to plead guilty to some charges if their challenge is unsuccessful. Advertising is important, they argue, because it allows for the terms and conditions of services to be made clear to potential clients in advance. At Fantasy World Escorts, they noted in court documents, a code of ethics was published online that clearly outlined hygiene and behavioural requirements for clients.

The current law PCEPA is worse than the laws struck down in the Bedford Decision. It's contributed to the risks & harms endured by people doing sex work. We must be able to work in groups/agencies/massage parlours etc. It prevents safer work spaces. Stop isolating sex workers.

RESIGN!

Here in Alberta, prostitution is not only legal, but encouraged. The untaxed nature of the industry means less money being sent back to the leeches in Ottawa.

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