Category: SPOC in the News

SEX LAWS / Challenge to prostitution laws moves forward Michael Pihach / Xtra / Monday, July 13, 2009 Two religious groups and a conservative women’s group wishing to intervene in a constitutional challenge to Canada’s prostitution laws have been told

KIRK MAKIN / Globe and Mail / Friday, July 3rd, 2009 JUSTICE REPORTER An Ontario judge has turned down a request from two religious groups and a conservative women’s group to take part in a constitutional challenge of the country’s

The case, scheduled to be heard this fall, was launched by three activists connected to the sex trade Kirk Makin / Globe and Mail / Saturday, Jun. 20, 2009 Spirituality and morals took centre stage at the opening skirmish in

SEX PLAY / Support decriminalization, rather than legalizationTodd Kinck / Xtra.ca / Monday, June 08, 2009 I was in the green room waiting to go onto the set of Jawbreaker, a talk show hosted by Brad Fraser back around 2002.

Antonia Zerbisias / The Star / May 13, 2009 Victor Malarek is practically shouting over the phone. Maybe it’s because he’s talking on his mobile, on his way to satisfy a craving for strawberries and ice cream. More likely because the

Letter to the Editor / Toronto Star / Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 By Valerie Scott & Amy Lebovitch, from SPOC. re: Sex & Charity article found in the Toronto Star, April 25th 2009. Click HERE for original article. Your article exposes as

Jessie Murdock / Thursday, March 5, 2009 The Gazette / Western University, London ON “We need to be a lot less uptight about sex and realize there are problems occurring in Canada.” The sentiment expressed by Western philosophy professor Samantha

Antonia Zerbisias / Nov 14, 2008 / Toronto Star If there’s one thing that divides feminists, it’s the sex business. On one side, you have those who regard the world’s oldest profession as a form of slavery, which only desperate women

By DAN ARSENAULT Crime Reporter The Chronicle Herald / Halifax Fri. Oct 17, 2008 By handing out a nickel to about 120 people gathered to hear her talk, Valerie Scott said she’d turned them into pimps who were living off

JON TATTRIE, METRO NEWS HALIFAX October 17, 2008 {Rene Ross, the executive director of Stepping Stone, a non-profit organization that supports individuals involved in the sex trade, hosted An Evening with Valerie Scott last night. Scott is the head of

Xtra! Magazine / Shawn Syms / National / Friday, September 12, 2008 “I was surrounded by an angry mob,” says Paul Hyde. He’s talking about the night that 80 people showed up to protest his group, the Homewood Maitland Safety

By Diane Walsh / Website Originally published in Victoria’s Lower Island News July/August 2008, Volume 25, Issue #4, page 17 Vancouver—For as long as anyone can remember Canada’s hypocritical solicitation laws have been controversial. Prostitution goes unchecked for a time—and for