Prostitution In Canada

Canada is a nation renown as a liberal-leaning, forward nation; promoting the advancement of women in all parts of the world. However, it is a nation guilty of punishing women for the circumstances in which they find themselves with laws showing an antiquated view on the issue of prostitution—one that prosecutes sex workers instead of those who take advantage of women’s situations and buy sexual services. BY examining the origins of current-day laws concerning prostitution in Canada and looking at European legislation as well as its successes and failures made it is possible to find a middle ground that will suit Canada should it ever decide to change its laws concerning prostitution.

This article focuses on how women who engage in sex work in Canada (whether it is by choice or not), are exposed to dangerous conditions and are often times abused, because of the prostitution laws that have been imposed over time. Abrol forms comparisons between several different countries in order to discuss the outcomes that may result from the legalization and/or decriminalization of prostitution (Abrol 2014). After looking closely at the data, Abrol's research has led him to the conclusion that although there is "no simple solution to the question of sex work" (Abrol 2014) criminalizing it will not help control the issue in the long run. The criminalization of prostitution has not worked to protect sex workers but has had the exact opposite

Sometimes, the term “sex work” is used, as well as “prostitution”. But whichever term we choose to say, it does not eliminate the stigma attached to it. Cases such as the Bedford V. Canada Case (144) indulges into the conspiracy of sex work and challenges certain sections of the Criminal Code that make business in relation to prostitution illegal. Ideally, a sex worker has a career just as a teacher or lawyer. For this reason, their human rights and dignity should be protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as are other professions. However, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as the Criminal Code do not seek to protect sex workers, yet, they seek to do otherwise using certain sections of the Criminal Code

Violence, suicide and homicide are serious public health issues that affect many women globally. The World Health Organization recently sent “ a powerful message that violence against women is a global health problem of epidemic proportions (1)”. There is a growing advocacy that calls for the protection of young women who face consequences due to the exploitation of providing sexual services. Legalizing prostitution in Canada would just encourage clients to abuse sex workers even more so. By implementing a policy that would ban prostitution in Canada, the health issues of violence and homicide will diminish, protecting the basic interests of the population.

It is rather odd to think that prostitution, which is considered to be the world’s oldest profession, would be illegal and harmful in nature. The issue of legalizing prostitution has entered public conversation around the world, which is severely divided. Many, like myself, consider prostitution to be a victimless crime. Despite such opposition to legalizing prostitution, many argue that legalizing it would result in decreased morality issues, increase the economic activity in the United States, and help decrease the number of sexually transmitted diseases among both prostitutes and those who patronize them,

support services must be put into place to give women a choice. Canada’s prostitution laws must be altered with the following policies:

The existing Canadian laws for sex work have recently undergone a change with the Conservative government’s new implementation of a bill to effectively decriminalize the existence of brothels and indoor prostitution while illegalizing the advertisement of said service and/or the purchase of said service.

Canadian political solution to the problems associated with prostitution has been achieved at the expense of the health and human rights of sex workers (Glenn, and Csete, 2005). Canada’s prostitution legislation must promote equality and offer opportunities for women to exit prostitution. If a guaranteed income was in place for all Canadians, women would not turn to prostitution due to poverty and those who wish to exit prostitution would be able to do so (PATHS, 2014). Decriminalizing prostitution and ensuring economic equality would allow women to feel they have a right to work in prostitution, but would also support those who wish to exit prostitution. Therefore, economic opportunities, and support services must be put into place to give women a choice. Canada’s prostitution laws must be altered with the following

Sex work should never become legal since there is no such legal job in Canada that

“The oldest profession in the world”; this is how prostitution is often defined or referred to. However, the reality of prostitution in the 21st century is much more complex than it was before. With the emergence of nation-states and democracy, the question of the legal status of prostitution became an issue now more controversial than ever. In Canada, this question resurfaced in the last decade with the Bedford case, which eventually led to a change in laws pertaining to prostitution with Bill-36 in 2014. While the Conservatives supported an abolitionist view on prostitution, their bill was severely criticized by the opposition parties and many groups defending human rights. Thus, a critical question arises: should prostitution be

Canada’s first prostitution laws were adopted from the English model that treated prostitution as a violation of public order. These laws criminalized various activities related to prostitution through the bawdy-house and vagrancy provision (Sondhi, 2011). In Canada, prostitution is de facto illegal and has never been de jure illegal. That is, prostitution per se is legal in Canada; however, laws forbid a number of activities associated with prostitution, thus making it impossible to engage in prostitution without breaking the law.

Prostitution has been an issue for centuries, and has become a major debate in many countries today. Prostitution has been called the oldest profession, but the views on prostitutes have changed over the years. Some countries protect prostitutes while other countries criminalize them. In America, prostitution is still illegal except for some regions in Nevada, but in 2003 New Zealand voted to legalize prostitution throughout their country. This has led to many different health, social, and economical effects in America and New Zealand. Prostitution has affected the spread of STDs, violence, and government cost in these countries. In this paper I will discuss how criminalizing and decriminalizing can affect a country 's health, social and

Legalizing prostitution would likely decrease AIDS, HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases. Certain conditions would be encouraged to make the profession more comfortable and safer for most prostitutes. “‘The commission of global leaders and specialists, backed by the United Nations Development Program and Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, spent 18 months discussing sex work, drug use and laws criminalizing HIV status. Its report concluded that laws against prostitution should be repealed because they fail to protect women and instead drive at-risk people away from health care services. ‘Rather than punishing consenting adults involved in sex work, countries must ensure safe working conditions, and offer sex workers and their clients access to effective HIV and health services and commodities,’ said the commission’s report. It added that laws against all forms of child abuse and human sex trafficking still should be enforced (Wetzstein)”. Countries, or states will assist in the safety of prostitutes and sex

This paper argues for the decriminalization plus regulation of the sex trade. This paper will defend the position that activities associated with adult prostitution (advertising, buying, soliciting, living off the avails and keeping a bawdy house) should be decriminalized/ legalized due to: a) the capacity for criminalization to infringe on sex worker’s fundamental rights to life, liberty, and security and b) the capacity for criminalization to prohibit sex worker’s from actively preventing harm to oneself. Philosophical support for this position will come from arguments rooted in human rights’ perspective, John Stuart Mill’s “harm principle” and arguments rooted in feminist theory. The harm principle contends “it is only justifiable to interfere with the autonomy or liberty of adults in order to prevent harm (physical harm & deprivation of rights and liberties) occurring to other persons”. Whereas feminist theory consists of a view rooted in gender equality rights and social justice. This paper will discuss and respond to criticisms and objections rooted in legal moralism, and welfare paternalism that support the criminalization of prostitution. Furthermore, this paper will draw upon arguments from Prostitution Reference, and Supreme Court of Canada’s Bedford Case; where judges and litigants interpreted criminalization of activities related prostitution within the context of (s.213) communication, (s. 210) keeping a bawdyhouse, and (s.212) living off the avails.

Prostitution is a male, female or transgender that sales sexual services in exchange for money without attachment. Many countries consider it to be an abomination, while some other countries choose to accept the trade. Prostitution is recognized as a heavy topic of discussion and in this essay, we will be discussing its prevalence to Canada’s society, how it relates to law enforcement/Canadian legal code and lastly, how our system regulates prostitution compared to other countries.