Supreme Court Of Canada Throws Out All Remaining Restrictions On Prostitution
Friday, December 20, 2013 8:54 AM
The Supreme Court of Canada has finally ruled on an important prostitution case. Prostitution itself is not illegal in Canada. What has been illegal has been soliciting for the purpose of prostitution, brothels, and living off the avails of prostitution. In a very crafty manoeuvre prostitutes have argued under Canada's Charter of Freedom and Rights that the various levels of governments in Canada with the current laws have been infringing on prostitutes' rights to engage in what is perfectly legal behaviour. The Supreme Court has agreed with this position in a 9-0 ruling.
The Court well knows that this is a very contentious issue with Canada's current Conservative government and, as a result, has given the federal government one year to respond with legislation if the government so chooses before the Court's decision is implemented.
This is a real slap in the face of the current Conservative government, a government that has an agenda of the typical right wing zealot: pro-family, anti-crime, anti-prostitution, etc. What is really choice is the fact that the Conservative government has appointed a majority of the judges on the current Supreme Court.
Harper's Conservative government is right in the midst of a sleazy corruption scandal involving some prominent Conservative senators. The government's popularity is in the dumpster. The Liberal party has a fresh new leader and is soaring in public opinion polls with an election not far off.
It will be very interesting to see what Harper does with this radioactive hot potato that the Supreme Court has dumped in his lap.
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