https://globalnews.ca/news/9171536/sex-workers-criminal-laws-court-chall...
The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform is now arguing the new laws are more restrictive than what they replaced and continue to criminalize sex work.
It says the new laws foster stigma, invite targeted violence and remove safe consent.
Michael Rosenberg said in court Monday that the laws making it illegal to advertise or communicate about buying or selling sexual services are “unacceptably dangerous,” in part because they prevent health and safety checks, or meaningful conversations about consent, from happening.
“They should be able to have a discussion about consent that is legal and they can’t have that discussion within the bounds of (the law),” he said. “If they do anyways, someone is willing to break the law, that’s no good. And more often than not, they don’t have (consent) because of the law. That’s no good either.”
The alliance also argues the new laws violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
