Silver Cluon Nominee: Supreme Court of Canada

[evensgrey]

I'm surprised nobody has gotten around to this before now.

The Supreme Court of Canada has, in a 9-0 ruling, overturned the three principle criminal prohibitions against prostitution in Canada (street solicitation, operating a brothel, and living on the avails of prostitution) on the basis that the effect of these laws has been to directly cause harm to prostitutes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/canada-anti-prostitution-law_n_4480105.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-canada-s-prostitution-laws-1.2471572

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/20/world/americas/canada-prostitution-ruling/index.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/canada-supreme-court-strikes-anti-prostitution-laws-article-1.1553892

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25468587

OK, so the ruling doesn't take effect for a year, but that's just because they're not saying that this cannot be legislated on, just that things cannot be permitted to remain as they are and what kind of change must happen.

[MrBogosity]

Seems like a non-story to me. They basically overturned it on a technicality and Canada has a year to make it "properly" illegal.

[Ibrahim90]

I'm surprised nobody has gotten around to this before now.

The Supreme Court of Canada has, in a 9-0 ruling, overturned the three principle criminal prohibitions against prostitution in Canada (street solicitation, operating a brothel, and living on the avails of prostitution) on the basis that the effect of these laws has been to directly cause harm to prostitutes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/canada-anti-prostitution-law_n_4480105.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-canada-s-prostitution-laws-1.2471572

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/20/world/americas/canada-prostitution-ruling/index.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/canada-supreme-court-strikes-anti-prostitution-laws-article-1.1553892

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25468587

OK, so the ruling doesn't take effect for a year, but that's just because they're not saying that this cannot be legislated on, just that things cannot be permitted to remain as they are and what kind of change must happen.

why is it to take a year? why not ASAP?

[MrBogosity]

why is it to take a year? why not ASAP?

Because they're not striking down the laws because humans have rights. They struck it down because government can fix the law and make it all better.