Yesterday Canada Legalized Prostitution

Prostitution in Canada:
 now even more legal!

Red light district: Could Toronto be the


 next Amsterdam? 

Dominatrices and sex workers were delighted today

 as a Toronto judge ruled to strike down Canada’s

Criminal Code provisions dealing with prostitution.

 As reported by the Star, justice Susan Himel of

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ruled that Canada’s

 anti-prostitution laws were contrary to the values of

the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Star reports:

A Toronto judge has struck down Canada’s prostitution laws,
 effectively decriminalizing activities associated with the world’s
 oldest trade.

“These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to
 choose between their liberty interest and their right to security
 of the person as protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights
 and Freedoms,” Justice Susan Himel of Ontario’s Superior Court
 of Justice said in Tuesday’s landmark decision.

The story of this case, launched over a year ago by dominatrix 
Teri-Jean Bedford along with prostitutes Valerie Scott and 
Amy Lebovitch, is not over yet. Judge Himel has imposed a
 30-day stay on the decision to give lawyers and others a chance
 to voice their opinions. The Star goes on to say that Rona Ambrose,
 the federal Conservative minister for status of women, is reportedly
 “very concerned” about the decision and is considering an appeal.

Most notably, the consensual

 act of exchanging money for

 sex has never been illegal in 

Canada. The sections of the

 Criminal Code struck down

 had to do with communication 

for the purposes of prostitution,

 living off of the sex trade, and

 the keeping of a “common bawdy house.” In other words, it was OK to pay

 for sex if one did so while wearing earplugs, a blindfold and a gag

 (wait—why was the dominatrix concerned?).

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by Patrick Bennett

Canada continues to be awesome!

The country's province of Ontario has just legalized prostitution and brothels in an attempt to make it less dangerous for sex workers.

A judge in the Ontario Court of Appeals ruled:

"The record is clear that the safest way to sell sex is for a prostitute to work indoors, in a location under her control." 

-Prez Hilton