Feds to appeal brothel ruling
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- Published on Thursday, 26 April 2012 15:30
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OTTAWA - The federal government said Wednesday it will appeal an Ontario court ruling that, if left unchallenged, could see Canada become the Amsterdam of the North.
Last month, the Ontario Court of Appeal struck down Canada's bawdy house provisions as unconstitutional and amended the pimping provisions of the Criminal Code so that only those exploiting hookers will be prosecuted.
But on Wednesday, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson directed federal lawyers to challenge that ruling in the Supreme Court of Canada.
"It is our position that the Criminal Code provisions are constitutionally sound," Nicholson said in a statement. "It is important to clarify the constitutionality of the law and remove the uncertainty this decision has created. The Criminal Code provisions denounce and deter the most harmful and public aspects of prostitution."
Judge to pimp: ‘You’re a cruel parasite’
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- Published on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 19:38
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CALGARY - Calling him a "low-life" who preys on "young children" a judge sentenced a city man to nearly two years in jail for pimping minors.
"This crime is probably one of the lowest of crimes," Judge Sean Dunnigan told Reginald Junior Denis Tuesday.
"Only a low-life gets involved in this sort of thing ... preying on young children," Dunnigan said.
"This makes you the worst type of predator imaginable.
"You're a cruel parasite."
Denis pleaded guilty to two pimping charges relating to two 16-year-old girls he coerced into prostitution.
Judges to release landmark prostitution ruling
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- Published on Monday, 26 March 2012 15:08
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TORONTO -- A landmark court ruling comes down Monday that could drastically alter prostitution laws in Ontario and potentially Canada.
A five-judge panel on the Ontario Court of Appeal will announce its decision to either uphold or reverse a September 2010 ruling by Ontario Superior Court Judge Susan Himel that struck down three prostitution laws in the Criminal Code, declaring them unconstitutional because they put the safety of sex workers at risk.
Himel struck down the laws that criminalize pimping, operating a bawdy house and communicating for the purposes of prostitution, basing her decision on a conclusion that the laws, while generally seen as there for the protection of sex workers, actually endanger them by forcing them to ply their trade in insecure locations, such as the street, and engage in cash-for-sex transactions in risky and isolated places.
Ontario Court of Appeal greenlights brothels, sweeps aside many of Canada’s anti-prostitution laws
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- Published on Monday, 26 March 2012 15:31
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TORONTO – The Court of Appeal for Ontario has swept aside some of the country’s anti-prostitution laws saying they place unconstitutional restrictions on prostitutes’ ability to protect themselves.
The landmark decision means sex workers will be able to hire drivers, bodyguards and support staff and work indoors in organized brothels or “bawdy houses,” while “exploitation” by pimps remains illegal.
However, openly soliciting customers on the street remains prohibited with the judges deeming that “a reasonable limit on the right to freedom of expression.”
The province’s highest court suspended the immediate implementation of striking the bawdy house law for a year to allow the government an opportunity to amend the Criminal Code.
Thai Christian fights child prostitution
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:40
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CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - This Southeast Asian nation is a source of, transit point for and destination for human trafficking.
From here, women and girls from Thailand’s hill tribes are trafficked to nations across the region — plus Australia, Europe, Canada and the U.S. — for sexual and labor exploitation, according to humantrafficking.org. International crime syndicates lure or force the young women into lives of slavery and horror.
Tawee Donchai wants it to end.
