"Criminalization takes away our opportunities," said Jenn Clamen, national co-ordinator for the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, which represents 25 sex-worker organizations across Canada.In a decision last month, Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Goldstein upheld prostitution-related criminal offences brought in by the former Conservative government of prime minister Stephen Harper in 2014.
But Goldstein found that sections of the Criminal Code outlawing communications or the stopping of traffic for the purpose of selling sexual services were constitutionally compliant and do not prevent sex workers from taking safety measures, engaging the services of non-exploitative third parties or seeking police assistance.
The Women's Equality Coalition, which represents women's groups that support the laws as they currently stand, held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Thursday to celebrate the decision — and to call for better support from the federal government. Hilla Kerner from the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter, one of the organizations in the coalition, said if women are provided with alternatives and financial stability, they won't have to work in the industry.
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