ICYMI Canada's Supreme Court has struck down anti-prostitution laws in a unanimous decision http://cbc.sh/I06uJrW pic.twitter.com/j0wQCdi1oF
UPDATE: Canada's highest court strikes down prostitution laws in their entirety in a unanimous 9-0 ruling http://bit.ly/JKGVOl- Shocking, yes, but what does that mean exactly?
'It is not a crime in Canada to sell sex for money.' Supreme Court strikes down Canada's prostitution laws http://fw.to/I06uJrW- True, but that's always been the case. To discourage pimping, and to keep neighbors safe, the laws were designed around making it illegal to negotiate on the street, open a brothel or offer money for protection.
Canada 'bans on street soliciting brothels & living off avails create severe dangers and violate basic values' http://ow.ly/29bxcK
"bans on street soliciting, brothels, people living off the avails of prostitution are arbitrary/create severe dangers for vulnerable women.- See, and let us translate the above: it says former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants to live in Canada. Immediately. It's funny because he's had some "troubles" in the past. Anyways ... is Canada no going to degrade into a lawless cesspool of sex and violence, now? They were such nice, quiet neighbors.
Prostitution laws unconstitutional. Brothels could be a reality in 2014. COKE AND STRIPPERS FOR ERRBODY. Coke is still illegal though.- No, not even a little bit.
@puneetsingh Not quite. The SC ruling pertains to whether federal laws on prostitution are constitutional. Parliament has one year to draft- Exactly. The federal government -- a tough-on-crime bunch of a Conservative ilk -- must have something new on the books by Dec. 19, 2014. It will be business as usual until then. Still, that hasn't stopped some from declaring a new, progressive dawn over the Great White North today.
Such a thoughtful Supreme Court decision striking down #prostitution laws - am having a Proud Canadian moment http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-rules-on-prostitution-laws/article16067485/#dashboard/follows/ …
Well that's freakin' awesome! I've always said that prostitution should be legal but overseen by the dept of... http://fb.me/6uKmV8wFE- The decision is hailed as the most important in Canadian history for decades, right alongside same-sex marriage and abortion. The laws were -- how shall we say it? -- old, and they needed modernizing. It's much like the debate on legalizing marijuana in the United States. One day, "puff!" Er, "poof," suddenly things were different in places like Colorado or Washington State. Canada just picked its battles.
- In the end, the nine supreme court judges said it's not their job to decide if buying sex is illegal or not. What they did was look at what's happening today on the streets. They saw women getting hurt, and the country's constitution should prevent that.
Supreme Court of Canada strikes down prostitution laws! Sex workers' rights ARE human rights. #bedfordscc
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Canada's sex laws do more harm than good, judge says
Supreme Court of Canada says Dec. 20, 2013, that sex laws are unconstitutional, tells the government it has one year to improve them.
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