Category: SPOC in the News

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

David Asper, National Post Published: Thursday, October 08, 2009 With our prostitution laws being challenged in the courts, moral questions about the world’s oldest profession are being debated in Canada. And not for the first time. In the mid 1980s, the Special

October 7, 2009The three sex-trade workers trying to pursue a Charter argument against Canada’s prostitution laws in an Ontario court this week have a very simple message. Whatever your moral principles, whatever you think of prostitution, whatever you think an

Toronto Star, October 7, 2009 Rosie DiManno When the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, was sentenced for murdering 48 women, his written confession was read aloud in court: “I picked prostitutes as my victims because I hate most prostitutes and

Natalie Alcoba, National Post  October 7, 2009 Women who have worked the risky sex trade have launched a constitutional challenge against Canada’s prostitution laws, arguing that decriminalizing some elements will make it safer for them to work, despite opposition from

By KEVIN CONNOR, Winnipeg Sun October 7th, 2009 TORONTO — If prostitutes could work from home they would be safer and not a public nuisance on the street, sex workers told a court yesterday. Advocates for prostitution are battling the government

Globe and Mail, October 6, 2009 Kirk Makin As police across the country search for scores of missing and murdered women, three prostitutes are launching a carefully prepared challenge that could force changes in how Canada polices the world’s oldest

Xtra Magazine, Toronto,  October 5, 2009Julia Garro After hearing from witnesses in June the constitutional challenge of some of Canada’s sex work laws is back in court from Oct 6 to 9 for closing arguments. “It’ll be our legal team

Advocacy groups denounce Salvation Army’s human trafficking campaign Advocates for sex workers’ and women’s rights are demanding an end to the Salvation Army “The Truth Isn’t Sexy” campaign. On September 25, 2009, the Salvation Army is asking its supporters to

Path cleared for religious organizations, conservative women’s group to support the laws at constitutional challenge Kirk Makin / Globe and Mail / Wednesday, September 23rd 2009 An Ontario judge was wrong to prohibit two religious groups and a conservative women’s