This is true and I am in total accord. Once provisions are put in place to prevent sex-trafficing, induction of minors, undue influence of people living off the avails, over the sex workers, I see no reason why women should not have the choice of what to do with their bodies.
Now, it is a common fallacy of men that a woman, especially is she is even the least bit good looking, who falls on hard times, will rush to sex work if there are no restrictions. Not true. Women have as much dignity if not more than men and if they consider this option as being the best one for them then it should be the duty of the state to provide them with as much protection and safety as provided to, say, a construction worker, as long as they are not co-erced into it by others. The Supreme Court has given the Govt one year to amend the law for exactly such purposes. In its ruling the SC found current laws ultra vires the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (our constitution) and while our Dotor Colaco has recently reminded us that the job of the courts is to uphold the law, he missed mentioning, inadvertently no doubt, that the courts also need to strike down laws that violate the country's ultimate law - the constitution. One should dismiss the picture-possibility of bawdy houses springing up all over the place, including residential neighborhoods. Our municipalities are there for exactly that purpose; to regulate the cities' affairs. In a country where dignity of all labor is widely recognized and practiced, banning prostitution out of hand and on the basis of obsolete morals alone, constitues an anomaly which the court has rectified. Roland. Toronto. Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Gabe Menezes <[email protected]> Date: 21-12-2013 9:15 AM (GMT-05:00) To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Is this true? Do you agree? On 20 December 2013 17:07, Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या * فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > Al Jazeera English > Canada's top court has overturned all restrictions on prostitution, > declaring that existing laws violated sex workers' right to safety. > > http://aje.me/1bVa9n7 > -- > FN Phone +91-832-2409490 Mobile +91-9822122436 RESPONSE: Safer definitely for our errant Canadian Goykars! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ban-brothels-lifted-court-order-29480 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
