A collection of 300 academics have written a letter to the federal government expressing concerns over plans to make the purchasing of sex illegal.
The group’s letter says making sex purchasing illegal will lead to the marginalization of sex workers and ultimately put them in a more dangerous work environment.
“We call on the Government of Canada to join with global leaders, community, researchers and legal experts in rejecting criminalization regimes,” the letter reads. “Including those that criminalize the purchase of sexual services, and instead support the decriminalization of sex work in Canada as scientifically grounded and necessary to ensuring the safety, health, and human rights of sex workers.”
Jeremy Nuttall
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