Canada’s looming debate on prostitution laws

How should Parliament replace Canada’s prostitution laws?

  • Do nothing (Canada should have no prostitution laws)

    Votes: 1 7.1%
  • Nordic model (ban the purchase of sex; prosecute clients and pimps)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • New Zealand model (decriminalize prostitution; regulate for safety)

    Votes: 13 92.9%
  • Notwithstanding Clause (suspend Charter s. 7, continue current laws)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Don’t know / Prefer not to respond

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    14

IdRatherBeSkiing

Satelitte Radio Addict
May 28, 2007
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This should be fun to see play out.

It is one of those issues that most people seem ok with in the abstract, but will likely throw a fit if anything is proposed anywhere within their community.

We could make prostitution legal only in neighbourhoods which deploy wind turbines. No point pissing off 2 sets of neighbours when we can just piss off 1 set twice as much.
 

WLDB

Senate Member
Jun 24, 2011
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0
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Ottawa
I chose the New Zealand option. Robert Picton likely wouldn't have been nearly as successful as a serial killer if that model had existed when he was out.
 

Retired_Can_Soldier

The End of the Dog is Coming!
Mar 19, 2006
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Alberta
We could make prostitution legal only in neighbourhoods which deploy wind turbines. No point pissing off 2 sets of neighbours when we can just piss off 1 set twice as much.

I can see it now.
 

JamesBondo

House Member
Mar 3, 2012
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37
48
The argument was that Canada’s prostitution laws made the industry unreasonable dangerous for sex trade workers.



Is this not an argument that can be modified for other laws. For example, canada's heroine laws make it dangerous for free needle dispensors to carry out their jobs.