Stop Enforcing Sex Work Laws During Pandemic, Advocates Urge

OTTAWA — Canada’s sex work laws are creating undue harm and contribute to human rights violations during COVID-19, sex workers and human rights advocates say, which is why they’re now pushing Ottawa to stop enforcing them.

“Government has put them in a position where they won’t provide them income supports and yet will criminalize them if they work. That just needs to stop.” Businesses employing sex workers often operate in the shadows, so as they reopen they have no way to formalize and co-ordinate safety protocols or access supports for personal protective equipment, which are available to other industries, Clamen said.

This means they don’t have the necessary paperwork to prove eligibility for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit — a program being administered through the federal tax system.

The money goes to their pimps anyways

Solution: decriminalize the sex trade. And add drugs while you're at it. In addition to reducing negative police interactions with the disadvantaged in society, it would ease the workload of the police and the courts and allow reductions in police budgets.

Absolutely right on. The sex trade industry can be a good amount of tax free cash so they don't pay taxes. However, the draw back is that the government doesn't know them or recognize them as tax paying employees.

Amnesty international... pimps.

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