Ontario decriminalizes prostitution

[BlackCat]

Guess that next step will be the swedish - making it illegal to buy the services.

[Wezil]

Actually the next step will be the feds tying this up with appeals for the next few years.

As an aside, this is extremely damaging to the federal conservatives plan to build new jails (despite the lowest crime rates in 20 years) as the "bawdy house" charge was one that they wanted to up the punishment on (to of course help fill the jails we don't need).

Oncle - The CCC is enforced and adjudicated by the provinces.

[BlackCat]

Well, if they make it illegal to buy the services, they'll need all those new jails, won't they ?

[C0ckney]

Actually the next step will be the feds tying this up with appeals for the next few years.

As an aside, this is extremely damaging to the federal conservatives plan to build new jails (despite the lowest crime rates in 20 years) as the "bawdy house" charge was one that they wanted to up the punishment on (to of course help fill the jails we don't need).

they were going to fill new jails with people running bawdy houses? just how many brothels do you have there?!

[BlackCat]

Guess that there is quite many - even canuck men probably want sex from time to time

[Wezil]

they were going to fill new jails with people running bawdy houses? just how many brothels do you have there?!

Thanks for reminding me why I rarely come here anymore.

Read my post again and see if you can spot the pertinent word omitted in your response.

[Kitschum]

The title is misleading. Prostitution was legal all along, but now they can solicit costumers.

[notyoueither]

Thanks for reminding me why I rarely come here anymore.

Read my post again and see if you can spot the pertinent word omitted in your response.

Sense of humour transplant failed?

[BlackCat]

Either that or Ben has taken over Wezil's account

[bc1871]

At this point the Feds could always go in under the auspices of public health and claim that the decriminalization of prostitution is a threat to the public at large, and that to prevent a widespread epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, they could stop what amounts to nothing more than judicial activism on behalf of Justice Susan Himel.

The other option, and though it would draw a lot of flak, would be to simply have Public Safety Canada & the Department of National Defense issue a statement on how sex workers are detrimental to national security, since a member of law enforcement/military etc. cannot perform his duties if he is laid up in hospital, and instead make the matter about national security, and simply label the hookers as terrorists.

Either way, the Feds have the moral and political authority to stop the provinces from engaging in activity which knowingly endangers the lives of the citizenry of Canada and her provinces.

[N35t0r]

At this point the Feds could always go in under the auspices of public health and claim that the decriminalization of prostitution is a threat to the public at large, and that to prevent a widespread epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases, they could stop what amounts to nothing more than judicial activism on behalf of Justice Susan Himel.

The other option, and though it would draw a lot of flak, would be to simply have Public Safety Canada & the Department of National Defense issue a statement on how sex workers are detrimental to national security, since a member of law enforcement/military etc. cannot perform his duties if he is laid up in hospital, and instead make the matter about national security, and simply label the hookers as terrorists.

Either way, the Feds have the moral and political authority to stop the provinces from engaging in activity which knowingly endangers the lives of the citizenry of Canada and her provinces.

I'm between and

Why don't you ban fatty foods and tobacco, as a matter of national securty, while you're at it as well?

[BlackCat]

Wow, bc, you really got a point there, legalisation will certainly make sexually transmitted diseases going way worse than when it's illegal

[Thoth]

[C0ckney]

at least bc has a sense of humour, even if wezil's has sadly deserted him.

[Caligastia]

Prostitution was legalized in New Zealand years ago.