Sex Professionals of Canada
All Three Laws Struck Down! We are ecstatic to hear The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision today!!With its ruling, the court has recognized the need for sex workersʼ safety and acknowledging our work as labour. Sex Professionals of Canada holds
Read more{Each decision can be found by clicking on the word decision at each court level} Previous court decisions on our challenge First Level Ontario Superior Court. Decision released: September 28, 2010 Second Level Court of Appeal for Ontario. Decision released: March 26, 2012 Third
Read moreDecember 17, 2013, International Day to end Violence Against Sex Workers. Click HERE for SPOC’s Press release in PDF.
Read moreDan Gardner // The Ottawa Citizen // December 2, 2010 At a recent town hall, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff took a question from the audience about the prostitution laws. Almost two months ago, an Ontario judge ruled that Canada’s prostitution laws
Read moreNovember 1, 2010 // Crystal Jackson and Barbara Brents // Ms. Magazine In a landmark ruling for women, the Ontario (Canada) Superior Court struck down existing laws against prostitution. This is a win for all women–at least in Canada. Decriminalizing sex work
Read moreWill post names online of anyone with prostitution-related charges Dale Carruthers // Londoner // October 28, 2010 London police are using a new strategy to crack down on the world’s oldest profession. An innovative campaign targeting the city’s sex trade
Read moreKatie Anderson // October 15, 2010 // Centretown News Ottawa Centre’s MPP will have to rethink his private member’s bill if laws on prostitution become of no force and effect in Ontario. Yasir Naqvi introduced a private member’s bill in 2008,
Read moreThaddeus M. Baklinski // LifeSiteNews.com // October 13, 2010 The BC Court of Appeal ruled on October 12 that a Vancouver based pro-prostitution lobby group will be allowed to challenge Canada’s prostitution laws in court. Madam Justice Mary E. Saunders
Read moreKirk Makin // Globe and Mail // October 13, 2010 A group of prostitutes who felled the country’s prostitution laws two weeks ago are willing to support a four-month moratorium before the landmark ruling comes into effect – for a price. The
Read moreCharlie Smith // October 11, 2010 // Vancouver Straight Every once in a while, a journalist will claim that the average age of entry into prostitution is 14. It’s an effective argument for prohibitionists, who would like to ban men from
Read moreRick Harp // October 11, 2010 // Media Indigena A potentially divisive debate is underway among women’s advocates after a provincial court recently struck down some of the laws restricting prostitution in Canada. And as the Toronto Star‘s Antonia Zerbisias writes, “even
Read moreSean Mallen // Vancouver Sun // October 8, 2010 TORONTO — Federal prostitution laws that were struck down by an Ontario judge last week will be extended another month. When Justice Susan Himel handed down her decision Sept. 28, she
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