Author: SPOC

FIRST Decriminalize Sex Work Now, September 28, 2010 NATIONAL – Sex workers across Canada are celebrating the Ontario Superior Court’s decision today, which struck down Canada’s prostitution laws. The Court held that the bawdy house law, the communication law and

CTV.ca News Staff // Tue. Sep. 28 2010 {Link to video} An Ontario court has struck down several key provisions in Canada’s anti-prostitution laws, saying they are dangerous to sex-trade workers. A ruling by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice

2010/09/28 | Allison Jones, The Canadian Press {Link to video} Canada’s prostitution laws are unconstitutional because they’re contributing to the danger faced by sex-trade workers, an Ontario court ruled Tuesday in striking down key provisions of the legislation. The Ontario

Antonia Zerbisias / The Toronto Star / Friday, Aug 27, 2010 It’s hard to picture Claire Jones in bed with organized crime. The curvy sex worker, who has been plying her prodigious assets for seven years now, could one day

Jeremy Hainsworth / Xtra West, Vancouver / Thursday, March 11, 2010 A police campaign to quietly collect sex workers’ DNA across Canada is raising red flags. Sex workers say it’s a violation of their rights. They don’t trust the police

February 8, 2010 By Dalson Chen, The Windsor Star Former escort Valerie Scott has a message for those who believe prostitution should be criminal on moral grounds: Get over it. On Monday, the law school held a panel discussion on

Friday, February 5, 2010 By MJ Deschamps, Centretown News Imagine going to work not knowing if you’ll be ripped off, battered or sexually abused. Not knowing if you’ll come home at the end of the day. For sex workers in Canada,

By Wency Leung WeNews correspondent Monday, November 30, 2009 Sex workers in Canada are challenging the country’s ban on activities associated with prostitution, arguing it conflicts with their constitutional rights. Opponents say decriminalization of sex work would increase sex trafficking.

Betina AlonsoNovember 10, 2009 Canada’s anti-prostitution laws are under fire, as two sex workers and a dominatrix claim that the current laws deny sex professionals their Charter rights under the Canadian Constitution. The applicants are Toronto-based workers Terri-Jean Bedford, a

Natalie Alcoba, National Post  Published: Friday, October 16, 2009 One of the latest battlegrounds for the highly charged issue of prostitution – is it violence, is it a job? – is Britain, home to an estimated 80,000 sex workers, and an untold

Jody Paterson, Special to Times Colonist Published: Friday, October 09, 2009 Sex work is back in the headlines again, and will be for some time with a constitutional challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws finally underway this week. I wish miracles for