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The uncertainties about Canada’s anti-prostitution laws been constitutional or not will be resolved by the Ontario Court of Appeal Monday. For the record, prostitution is legal in Canada; however, laws do exit that can seem to oppose the business.
The court will reflect upon the constitutional existence of the law that bans soliciting, living on the serves of prostitution, and brothels. A few years ago, one of the courts in Canada invalidated these laws, ruling they jeopardize sex workers since they banned them from carrying out indoor operations and openly approaching potential clients.
“It’s a matter of life and death,” said Valerie Scott, one of three women involved in the case. “In what other legal occupation is a worker not permitted by law to take any security measures?”
According to Ontario Superior Court Justice Susan Himel, Canada’s anti-prostitution laws were largely unfair and they put sex-trade workers at risk.
Himel wrote: “These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person.”
On the other hand, the Harper government seems to disagree with the verdict. The feds argue that the laws are essential for police to watch over prostitution and to guard women from possible mischievous activities by the sex-traders.
Harper said: “We believe that the prostitution trade is bad for society. That’s a strong view held by our government (and), I think, by most Canadians.”
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