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Canada high court strikes down all restrictions on prostitution
NBC News ^ | 12/20/13 | Randall Palmer

Posted on 12/20/2013 9:34:54 AM PST by Libloather

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada struck down all current restrictions on prostitution on Friday, including bans on brothels and on street solicitation, declaring the laws were unconstitutional because they violated prostitutes' safety.

The sweeping 9-0 decision will take effect in one year, inviting Parliament to try to come up with some other way to regulate the sex trade if it chooses to do so.

Prostitution is technically legal in Canada but most related activities have been illegal, including living off the avails of someone else's prostitution, but the court found that the provisions were overly broad or grossly disproportionate.

(Excerpt) Read more at worldnews.nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; court; prostitution; restrictions
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To: cloudmountain
I never, ever heard that before.

First. I didn't mean to imply that it happened in America.

Second. The war was over and I never heard of or saw post-war USO activities "over there."

Now that you've read my story, let me assure you that young brothers were pimping their sisters "over there."

Third! I was there and I saw it.

Fourth! Don't think it will never happen in a scorched ObamaLand.

61 posted on 12/20/2013 11:39:42 AM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: LucianOfSamasota
Merely posing the question of whether politicians cause greater harm.

Well, the prostitute's 'harm' can usually be cured with a massive injection of antibiotics..................

62 posted on 12/20/2013 12:45:50 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: Beagle8U

“The ‘legal’ age in Canada is 14. Is that close enough?”

That is (or was - it’s been raised to 16) is the legal age of consent for sexual relations, and there are a number of restrictions regarding relationships where the older person is in a position of power or influence, for example teachers, Scout leaders, etc.

I don’t know if that means we are now in the same absurd position as some US states where two 15 year olds having consensual sex could both be charged with statutory rape (or something similar), or a 16 year old sleeping with their 15 year old boy/girl friend faces being declared a sex offender for life.


63 posted on 12/20/2013 12:46:05 PM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like tractor.)
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To: Libloather

Sad that Canada is becoming a gangster state with our own nation not far behind.


64 posted on 12/20/2013 12:46:44 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Bulwyf
"Don’t lump us all in with some idiot liberals in Ottawa. A lot of us are freedom loving, God fearing strong conservatives."

Yep. As with the most influential constituents down here, they sponsor the politicians and media while filling judicial positions with their relatives. They make it easy for their own kind and their international slaves to live where they like while making it more difficult for common Americans and Canadians to immigrate within our own culture for family reasons.


65 posted on 12/20/2013 12:57:59 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Reverend Wright

Canada is way behind us. We had Elvis and Jerry Lee outdoing this stuff half a century ago.


66 posted on 12/20/2013 1:37:36 PM PST by sakic
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To: Libloather

Canada: The go to place for sex tourism.


67 posted on 12/20/2013 2:09:58 PM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

Northern Gateway pipeline approved by panel with 209 conditions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3103663/posts

even more pipe to be laid.


68 posted on 12/20/2013 2:10:47 PM PST by TurboZamboni ("PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL".)
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To: Libloather

Ho ho ho. Merry Christmas !


69 posted on 12/20/2013 4:00:03 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Libloather

Bear in mind that SCOTUS Justices Breyer and Ginsburg believe that our SCOTUS should be guided by the decisions of the courts of other nations. Applying that “standard,” SCOTUS might encourage and legalize such prostitution as is practiced by Reid, McConnell, Durbin, Cornyn, Blumenthal, Boehner, Pelosi, Cantor, McCarthy, and their ilk.


70 posted on 12/20/2013 4:43:42 PM PST by BlackElk (Dean of Discipline, Tomas de Torquemada Gentlemen's Society: Rack 'em, Danno)
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To: BlackElk

Well, then in the case of sexual depravity, we’d be wise to follow the wisdom of Russia as of late.


71 posted on 12/20/2013 6:24:04 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Bulwyf
I”m certain there are many conservatives in Canada, and I wish them well in what should be an interesting political struggle.
72 posted on 12/20/2013 7:52:31 PM PST by quadrant (1o)
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To: catnipman

I’m waiting for the APA(Affordable Prostitute Act).

I expect that all of my current prostitutes will have to quit as they don’t provide the minimum required services.


73 posted on 12/20/2013 8:21:30 PM PST by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Libloather
Oh, Canada... our understanding down in the states is that the top 3 professions are French-speaking hockey players, queer lumberjacks, and 14 year-old hookers.

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74 posted on 12/21/2013 12:10:18 AM PST by Rodamala
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To: All

One thing I’ve learned from CSI and Criminal Minds is that prostitutes very seldom die of old age.


75 posted on 12/21/2013 8:58:36 AM PST by Preston Manning (When standing on the edge of a cliff, a "giant step forward" is NOT progress!)
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To: -YYZ-

In most of the US the age of consent is 16, but I think a few are still 14.

http://www.webistry.net/jan/consent.html


76 posted on 12/21/2013 12:36:22 PM PST by Beagle8U (Unions are Affirmative Action for Slackers! .)
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