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Tuesday July 8, 2014

July 8, 2014 by Graeme MacKay

Tuesday July 8, 2014

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday July 8, 2014

Justice minister expects legal challenge to proposed law

Current and former sex workers led the debate on proposed changes to Canada’s prostitution laws Monday, making their cases for and against the legislation.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay kicked off a week of justice committee meetings by warning MPs that prostitution will be decriminalized if his proposed legislation isn’t in place by the end of the year. He told reporters following the meeting that he expects a Supreme Court challenge if Parliament passes the bill into law.

Thursday June 26, 2014Later in the day, MPs heard from current and former sex workers.

Timea Nagy of Walk With Me Canada Victims’ Services said she supports the government’s proposed law, and says the vast majority of sex workers are forced into the industry.

Nagy described her horrifying experience as a victim of human trafficking. Her first encounter was with three men at a massage parlour.

“I closed my eyes, and I looked up and I was thinking that if anyone would have seen this, would anyone come and rescue me? Only to find out later that my so-called bodyguard was watching the whole thing on video,” she said.

“I was indoors, it was safe, they paid for their services, but nobody told me the rules because I was new to it, so I was raped for about an hour by three different men.”

The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada’s old prostitution law last December in a ruling known as Bedford, and gave it a year to replace it with one that would comply with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

MPs also heard from current and former sex workers who say they chose their profession and want to be able to protect themselves.

“If this bill becomes law, clients will not provide information on themselves, which is essential to protect ourselves from people who are badly intentioned,” said É​milie Laliberté, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform.

“This approach is in contradiction with the Bedford decision because it criminalizes clients as well as our professional and personal relationships and infringes upon our right to personal safety.”

One argument against the legislation is that it infringes on workers’ right to expression because it limits how they advertise their services. (Source: CBC News)


 

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Posted in: Canada Tagged: Canada, Editorial Cartoon, justice, Peter MacKay, prostitution, Queen Victoria, sex, sex trafficking, sex workers, Victoria

Monday April 30, 2012

April 30, 2012 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, Editorial Cartoonist, The Hamilton Spectator – Monday April 30, 2012

Lower city councillors back federal prostitution-reform backlash

Three lower-city councillors are backing a federal push against legalizing brothels.

Councillors Sam Merulla, Chad Collins and Bernie Morelli say they’re concerned about a recent provincial court decision that struck down the ban on bawdy houses.

Now, Merulla says he’s formally asking his council colleagues to back a federal government appeal announced Wednesday of the reformed prostitution laws.

“If the Ontario Court of Appeal decision is left unchallenged, it could see the introduction of brothels within Hamilton and other communities in Ontario,” they said in a statement.

The trio — who represent the central and eastern areas of the lower city — say legalizing brothels would condone prostitution and hurt their neighbourhoods.

“I think we speak for the vast majority of Hamiltonians, Ontarians and Canadians,” Merulla said Thursday.

But Merulla’s motion is already stirring up some discomfort — for sex workers, and for one of his colleagues.

Angel, who lives in Morelli’s ward, has been a sex worker for 36 years. She’s unsure why her councillor would concern himself with what happens within the privacy of her apartment.

“I think it’s ridiculous. I think he has other things that are more important to worry about in the neighbourhood, like the drug trade and crack houses,” she said.

“I think he should just leave people alone who are just trying to live honestly and not hurt anyone.” (Source: Hamilton Spectator) 

 

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: Bernie Morelli, brothels, Chad Collins, Conservative, Hamilton, harlot, hooker, legalization, Nimby, prostitution, puritan, Quaker, Sam Merulla, sex, ward, workers

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