There is a petition to Kathleen Wynne:
https://www.change.org/p/kathleen-wynne-refer-bill-c-36-to-the-ontario-court-of-appeal
https://www.change.org/p/kathleen-wynne-refer-bill-c-36-to-the-ontario-court-of-appeal
Gunter: Anti-prostitution law 'useless' at best
BY LORNE GUNTER , QMI AGENCY
FIRST POSTED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2014 04:52 PM MST
http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/12/08/gunter-anti-prostitution-law-usless-at-best
Justice Minister Peter MacKay has sought to please the federal Tory base by taking the seemingly moral position of cracking down on prostitution (again). At the same time, he has put nearly all the onus on johns rather than prostitutes in an attempt to satisfy the demands of feminists and sex-worker groups.
Under the new law, it is legal to sell sex but not to buy it. This is in keeping with the feminist belief that everything is men’s fault, so only men should be punished.
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Canada’s “Prostitution Reform” Criminalizes Clients and Puts Sex Workers at Risk
What would “ending demand” for the sex industries really look like?
Aya de Leon.
The problems of male domination, sexual violence, sexual exploitation, poverty, and the vulnerability that sex workers face are complex and layered issues. They won’t be solved with catchy campaign titles or one-size-fits-all solutions. But I believe that we can fight for multi-faceted policies that respond to the needs of people who have been sexually and economically exploited, as well as those who choose sex work. These needs are not mutually exclusive, but lawmakers aren’t looking for real solutions that protect all women involved as much as they are looking for opportunities to appear tough on crime, or as rescuers of trafficking victims, or as effective in passing legislation to clean up the streets.
I wish that truly “ending demand” were on the table. I wish we had a vision of a world where escort ads of busty young blondes would go unanswered because men would look at the picture and wonder how they could possibly be interested in having sex with her when they had no idea what she liked to read and whether she enjoyed hiking. But until that day comes, all women have to figure out how to navigate a world where we are routinely sexually objectified. Meanwhile, I am not willing to settle for “End Demand” policies that aim to make lawmakers feel good and ostensibly protect one group of women by throwing another group of women under the bus.
On decriminalizing the Canadian sex industry: Victoria Police Department Staff Sergeant Todd Wellman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUibHrPHR0
Published on Jan 3, 2015
Peers Victoria in Victoria, B.C. hosted a public discussion on Sept. 19, 2014, "Decriminalizing the Sex Industry: Beyond the Myths and Misconceptions." The full two-hour video of the event is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WndWGe7meQ but Peers has also pulled out short clips of key comments from the eight participants featured at the event, such as this one from Victoria Police Department Staff Sergeant Todd We
Doc Holliday: There is already a thread discussing the subject of crossing the border with a criminal record : turned away at the border
MODS: Doc Holliday's post should be moved to the appropriate thread.