With the support of the Sex Party, a registered political party in British Columbia, three sex workers have initiated an application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking the constitutional invalidation of the laws that prohibit most forms of sex work in Canada.
The provisions challenged in this application deny sex workers safe legal options to conduct their business. The applicants will argue in court that the combined effect of these three provisions violates s.7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by depriving sex workers of their right to liberty and security in a manner that is not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.
The applicants are represented on a pro bono basis by Professor Alan Young of Osgoode Hall Law School, Stacey Nichols of Neuberger Rose LLP, Ron Marzel, Matthew Wilton and Paul Burstein, but the majority of the legal work in preparing this application has been done by volunteer law students.
For further information, contact: Amit Thakore, Safe Haven Legal Team, at [email protected]. For more on The Sex Party, go to www.thesexparty.ca.
