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Were there any instances of customers charged under C-35?

Interesting article that goes against the prevailing wisdom: http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2016/02/sex-trade-politics-why-canada-should.html What do you think?

An interesting point. I wonder, though, if this has to do with "male domination", or perhaps it's more related to the different ways in which men and women are wired when it comes to sex. A variety of factors, including that fact that men have higher levels of testosterone than men, seem to...

Good thing she got knocked out at Wimbledon; it gave her the opportunity to party with Taylor Swift. The best night of her life! http://www.mtlblog.com/2015/07/spotted-genie-bouchard-hanging-out-with-taylor-swift-in-montreal/#

"Nostalgia is a seductive liar." - George Wildman Ball

Funny, although I prefer this homegrown classic: https://youtu.be/F-glHAzXi_M

Do you see a little icon that looks like a paper airplane? That should be the "send" button.

Actually, the NDP has a better fiscal record at the provincial level than any other party in Canada: http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2011/04/29/fiscal-record-of-canadian-political-parties/

How old are you? Experience makes a big difference in these matters. When I was younger I had the same problem, but now I can more or less control ejaculation at will. It's mostly a matter of practice and confidence.

A solid argument against C-36 and the criminalization of prostitution: http://www.lawtimesnews.com/201408184133/commentary/do-harms-of-criminalization-outweigh-the-benefits

BTW, here's an excellent article dismantling the abolitionist case: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/01/19/think_again_prostitution

I agree with Siocnarf. Within the context of the Bedford decision, these kinds of opinion polls should be irrelevant. The Supreme Court threw the matter back to Parliament with the expectation that the government would craft a law that would guarantee the safety and security of sex workers. The...

Look at Sweden. Between 2008 and 2011 there were over 2,500 clients who were charged with the purchase of sexual services. (For police statistics, see...

The law will be challenged, but it will likely take at least a couple of years to make its way through the court system... in the meantime, you can be sure that hundreds of clients will be charged under the law. They will be left with a criminal record (it will be an indictable rather than a...

Cowardly response by the NDP and Liberal spokesmen in this panel--given the opportunity to say that they would not criminalize clients, they weasel out of the question: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/TV+Shows/Power+%26+Politics+with+Evan+Solomon/ID/2471618255/

Another article which suggests that the law might be considered constitutional by the Supreme Court, because it now criminalizes prostitution - which fundamentally changes the context of the Bedford decision...

Very good critique of C-36: http://ricochetmedia.ca/preview/listen-to-sex-workers-kill-bill-c-36 "One of the only things criminalization does is temporarily put at ease the minds of those who least understand sex work. For that panacea, the government is willing to sacrifice the safety and...

The latest poll shows that the Canadian public does not generally approve of the bill: http://www.angusreidglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ARG-C-36-Prostitution-June-2014.pdf On the other hand, the poll also shows that women are much less likely than men to support the legalization of...

I don't think the Conservatives are especially interested in winning feminist votes (that's not going to happen), but they do have their eyes on winning more support among women. When it comes to the voting intentions of women in Canada right now, the Tories are actually in third place, well...

According to the article below, the Conservative caucus was actually quite divided on this proposal; social conservative MPs wanted to make prostitution completely illegal, while others were more concerned with crafting a bill that would survive a Supreme Court challenge...