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Interesting Judicial Decision In Canada

farmerart

An Ontario judge just issued an interesting decision. In effect, she legalized solicitation for the purposes of prostitution, brothels, and pimping. Prostitution itself has long been legal in Canada. This judge has given the Ontario government 30 days to convince her to stay the decision. Unlikely, prosecution witnesses have been described as "liars" in press reports of the trial.

If her decision stands, all current laws dealing with these matters will be voided in Ontario. The decision would probably be respected in other Canadian jurisdictions. The Ontario government would certainly appeal this ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada, a court which has proved itself reluctant to change decisions based on charter of rights challenges.

The complainants in the case were two street prostitutes and a dominatrix. Their argument was that the anti-solicitation laws made it dangerous for them to conduct their perfectly legal business; a violation of their charter guaranteed rights as Canadian citizens.

The dominatrix (who is an over-the-top character) was quoted as saying:
".....I can now go and spank some ass - Legally !!".