The Bawdy Politic

A Toronto judge has struck down Canada’s prostitution laws, effectively decriminalizing Bawdy 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 long-awaited judgment had been on reserve for nearly a year.

The decision is effective immediately.





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