Would Ward and June approve?
Yes, I also remember when Jack Layton was a city councillor and spearheaded the drive against lap dancing. I've never forgiven him for it.
Let's also keep in mind that the Liberals, when they were last in gov't under Paul Martin, set up a royal commission to study this very question. They were strongly in favour of updating the bawdy house laws and making prostitution essentially legal in Canada, but they were defeated before they got the chance to introduce legislation and of course the Conservatives are socially still back in the 50's and they of course had every intention, and still do, of keeping prostitution in the shadows, not to mention of course continuing the war on drugs, American style get tough on crime, etc.
So, this will probably end up in the Supreme Court. I would imagine the Liberals would watch the laws get struck down and leave it at that, and the Conservatives? Well, let's all hope and pray they don't get a majority and Harper doesn't stuff the Supreme Court with social conservatives as has happened in the States.
The best scenario will be this being struck down in the courts and no party being able to put together a coherent set of laws, or a law or laws that would survive a court challenge, just as what happened in the abortion debate in the late 80's when that law was struck down by the SC.
By the way, doesn't the stay on the Prostittution laws expire on April 29th?