How did this end up in Canada’s Constitutional Charter of Rights and Freedoms: “Parliament has the power to regulate against nuisances, but not at the cost of the health, safety and lives of the prostitutes.”
##Not Prude I promise
How did this end up in Canada’s Constitutional Charter of Rights and Freedoms: “Parliament has the power to regulate against nuisances, but not at the cost of the health, safety and lives of the prostitutes.”
##Not Prude I promise
Finally! All of this could have been avoided if when it gave its remedy, the court actually cared to assess if PCEPA was an acceptable replacement to what was struck down in Bedford. Like the court said “you have six months to pass new legislation”, the Harper government just reintroduced the restrictions that the court struck down, and then the court went “ehh we can just look at it in a decade or so once it bubbles up from the lower courts”