the worlds oldest profession wants to unionize
Posted on 12/06/2014 7:33:17 AM PST by Citizen Zed
TORONTO – More than 60 organizations and agencies from across the country are calling for the non-enforcement and repeal of new prostitution laws that came into force on Saturday.
The groups – which include the Canadian AIDS Society, John Howard Society, and Native Women’s Resource Centre – want the new law repealed and the full decriminalization of sex work in Canada.
The sweeping new changes to the way prostitution is regulated in Canada follow a Supreme Court decision last year that found the old laws violated the rights of prostitutes.
The groups say the law will recriminalize sex work while recreating the harms and violence experienced by sex workers under the previous laws criminalizing prostitution.
The groups are calling for sex work to be legal in Canada and say sex workers should have legal and labour rights.
Akio Maroon of Maggie’s 'Toronto Sex Workers' Action Project calls the implementation of the new law “a sad day for human rights in Canada.”
The bill criminalizes the purchase of sex as well as things like advertising or other forms of communication related to its sale, though it provides some legal immunity for sex workers themselves.
(Excerpt) Read more at lethbridgeherald.com ...
Right on!
We're supposed to barter for it using flowers, jewelry and fancy dinners.
“Sex work “
Sigh... It should never be work.
Darn straight.
There are prosecutors now going after johns and hooker who agree to engage in sex for a fast food hamburger.
Pervs are running the asylum
Wow,talk about cheap meat.
Seems whoever has the deepest pockets is “right” these days. Forget logic, reasoning, experience... If there’s money involved you know which side the government will always take. It would be ironic if the fires of hell were kept burning with money...
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the worlds oldest profession wants to unionize
It sounds as if the voters of Canada (through their elected representatives) have made it clear that they want prostitution to be illegal.
Just waiting for courts to rule that laws against prostitution are illegal.
Laws on marriage have been cast aside, in part due to judges saying consenting adults should be allowed to do whatever they want, and also due to saying that morality should not be a justification for laws in the first place.
Based on such reasoning, I would not be surprised to see courts legalize prostitution eventually. I think we would all agree that these laws exist due to morality. And if courts will say that moral judgements are not a basis for laws against consenting adults behavior, then how can such laws survive legal challenge?
The government hates competition.
Nice.
Just another non-problem we pay taxes to solve. When we can stop people from wanting to have sex, don’t call me.
I think your prediction will prove accurate.
"It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first." - Ronald Reagan.
heh heh heh... 100%!!!
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