Tag: 2007

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.

DAKSHANA BASCARAMURTY | Globe and MailDecember 21, 2007 (Please CLICK HERE for SPOC’s response to this article) An advocacy group trying to alert prostitutes about “bad dates” is posting personal information about men accused of abusive behaviour – but some

Thursday, November 1, 2007 | 4:56 PM CT CBC News (Please CLICK HERE for SPOC’s response to this article) A woman who joined a controversial Facebook group whose members share stories about throwing objects at Winnipeg prostitutes, says the group

Andrew Seymour, The Ottawa CitizenPublished: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 Ottawa police will soon begin to send letters to the homes of anyone caught cruising the streets for prostitutes. Police liken the letters to a public service announcement. Civil liberties groups,

Lorianne Garrison / Capital Xtra / Thursday, August 16, 2007 Three summer prostitution sweeps — one each in June, July and August — have netted at least 59 men and women in Ottawa in recent weeks. Police arrested most of

With very little chance a federal Conservative government will change sex worker legislation, a group has come together to take the Criminal Code to court. by Libby DaviesJune 12, 2007 It may well have been the first ever fundraiser in

May 25, 2007 04:30 AM by Emily Mathieu from The Star Right now across the country an insidious army in oven mitts and aprons is working tirelessly to strengthen the ranks of the Canadian pimp. Thanks to them, the purveyors

Rob Salerno / Xtra / Thursday, May 24, 2007 Toronto city councillor Giorgio Mammoliti (Ward 7 – York West) raised eyebrows on city council May 9 when he floated the idea of forcing Toronto’s many so-called rub and tug massage

By Denise Balkissoon Prostitution is legal, but all the laws surrounding it leave sex workers vulnerable to abuse and violence on the job – a recently launched legal challenge aims to change that. Valerie Scott is probably Canada’s most famous

Fred Kuhr / Xtra.ca / Thursday, March 29, 2007 If prostitution is legal in Canada, then why are there federal laws on the books that not only criminalize actions related to the business of prostitution, but also contribute to unsafe

By MINDELLE JACOBSEDMONTON SUN March 23, 2007 When governments are too cowardly to repeal bad laws, the courts inevitably step in. Just as judges forced change on the medical marijuana issue, they will hopefully repeal our terrible prostitution laws. Over

Colby Cosh, National Post Published: Friday, March 23, 2007 A dominatrix and two hookers walk into a recreation centre ? No, it’s not the start to a bad joke, and what these women were doing is no laughing matter. On