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Christina Montgomery
 Feb 11, 08 - 1:34 PM |
Tories say no to "co-op" Olympics brothel
Key federal Conservative ministers said yesterday they don't expect Vancouver to be flooded with prostitutes during the 2010 Olympics - and there's no chance the Tories will approve local plans for a "co-op" brothel timed for the Games. "We are not in the business of legalizing brothels, and we have no intention of changing any of the laws relating to prostitution in this country,"Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the Commons status of women committee in Ottawa. A majority of the committee had recommended federal prostitution laws be changed to stop charging prostitutes and start prosecuting only those procuring sex, or exploiting the prostitutes - pimps and bawdy-house owners, for example. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day conceded that major events like the Games have been a traditional magnet for prostitutes. But he told the committee that tight border security would keep foreign hookers out, and tighter policing would prevent Canadian sex workers from swamping the city. Neither ministerial pronouncement appeared to faze Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, who has said in the past he had an "open mind" about a local proposal to open a brothel that would provide a safe worksite for prostitutes during the Games. Sullivan told The Province yesterday his focus is helping women who turn to prostitution to finance their addictions. He said that programs addressing mental illness and chronic addiction would help such "survival sex-trade workers" more than legalizing the trade they turned to to "find money through degrading themselves." The B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities, which includes male, female and transgendered sex-trade workers, has said it wanted federal support to open a co-op brothel. Spokeswoman Susan Davis said the group was looking for an exemption along the lines given for the Insite safe-injection site in Vancouver. Nicholson told the committee the government's opposition to the plan is total. Liberal MP Maria Minna said later she was disappointed by Nicholson's refusal to consider changing laws on prostitution. "He doesn't get it," the Toronto MP said. "The men don't get charged. Who gets the record and gets thrown in the clink? It's the woman. She's the victim." |
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Dene Moore
Feb 20th, 2008 - 4:19 AM |
Don't count them out yet
There is glimmer of hope for sex-trade advocates and their supporters who want to build a legal brothel in Vancouver. Members of the sex-trade community are putting their hopes on a private members bill. One that would grant amnesty to all prostitution-related offences in the Criminal Code. They're drafting it themselves and hoping a Member of Parliament will present their bill in Ottawa. Advocate Susan Davis already has someone in mind, Libby Davies has always been a big supporter, she supports de-crim. A lot of our hopes are riding on her." As for whether Libby Davies will champion their cause, "I would be happy to take it forward. They know I am very supporting, generally, of the issues they've been working on." Justice Minister Rob Nicholson recently rejected recommendations to de-criminalize the world's oldest profession. |
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