Sex Professionals of Canada
Terrence McKeegan // Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute // February 24, 2011 NEW YORK, February 24 (C-FAM) A United Nations agency is actively funding the full legalization of prostitution with the support of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The agency
Read moreSPOC’s Executive Director, Nikki Thomas, with Michael Coren. December 9, 2011 To view the video click HERE CTV September 28, 2010 To view the video click HERE City TV Toronto September 28, 2010 To view the video click HERE (scroll down the page) Global
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Maggie’s: the Toronto Sex Workers Action Project respectfully offers our condolences to the friends, family and community of Kera Freeland. We must also condemn the recent media coverage of her death, which exemplifies sensationalistic, lurid and exploitative journalism. Ms. Freeland
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Eddie Lee // Toronto Star // February 3, 2011 If you listen to law enforcement officials, football fans apparently can’t wait to get to the Super Bowl to have sex with prostitutes. Get to the host city, party, take off
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
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