Canada - Ontario Appeal Court nixes brothel ban "prostitutes should be allowed to work safely indoors".(Yahoo).TORONTO - A court ruling striking down the ban on brothels is being hailed as a new era for sex-trade workers in Canada.
Lawyer Alan Young says today's decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal means prostitutes are no longer second-class citizens who should "just be quiet about their plight."
Young, who launched the challenge on behalf of sex-trade workers, says he assumes the Crown will appeal in a "knee-jerk" response.In its ruling, Ontario's top court says the ban on brothels puts prostitutes in danger and they should be allowed to work safely indoors.However, it has given the government one year to rewrite the law if it chooses to.At the same time, the Appeal Court says concerns about the nuisance created by street prostitution is real.So it has upheld the ban on soliciting for the purposes of selling sex.When it comes to living on the avails of prostitution, the court says the law can be reworded to specifically exclude the exploitation of prostitutes.Read the full story here.
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