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Home news coalition wants premier to ask police not to enforce new prostitution law
https://nowtoronto.com/news/pressure-on-wynne-to-ask/
On December 17, the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a coalition of sex workers and their allies will be calling on Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne to instruct police forces not to enforce the federal government's new prostitution law until its constitutionality can be tested in court.
The message will be echoed to all Canadian provincial leaders by sex worker organizations across the country. In Toronto, a press conference will be held at 11 am in the media studio at Queen’s Park.
Speakers at the event will include the Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC), Maggie's - Toronto Sex Workers' Action Project, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and COUNTERfit Women’s Harm Reduction Program (South Riverdale Community Health Centre). NOW Magazine's editor/CEO Alice Klein will also be taking part in the press conference.
“Sex workers have been abandoned by their own federal government with this new law," says SPOC legal coordinator Valerie Scott. "If our leaders truly care about making sex workers safer, they will stop criminalizing our work, our workplaces and our clients.”
Klein says the coalition has been building broad support with unions, social justice groups, and members of the academic, political and legal communities.
“In the short time that this law has been in place, tragedy is descending into people's lives," says Klein. "We are seeing vividly how the advertising provision is violating the constitutional right of sex workers to safety and security. ”
Wynne has already expressed “grave concern” that the law, which came into force December 6, "will not make sex workers safe." She's asked the province’s Attorney-General to assess the law's constitutionality, but has stopped short of following BC's lead and asking police not to enforce the law.
news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto
https://nowtoronto.com/news/pressure-on-wynne-to-ask/
On December 17, the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a coalition of sex workers and their allies will be calling on Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne to instruct police forces not to enforce the federal government's new prostitution law until its constitutionality can be tested in court.
The message will be echoed to all Canadian provincial leaders by sex worker organizations across the country. In Toronto, a press conference will be held at 11 am in the media studio at Queen’s Park.
Speakers at the event will include the Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC), Maggie's - Toronto Sex Workers' Action Project, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and COUNTERfit Women’s Harm Reduction Program (South Riverdale Community Health Centre). NOW Magazine's editor/CEO Alice Klein will also be taking part in the press conference.
“Sex workers have been abandoned by their own federal government with this new law," says SPOC legal coordinator Valerie Scott. "If our leaders truly care about making sex workers safer, they will stop criminalizing our work, our workplaces and our clients.”
Klein says the coalition has been building broad support with unions, social justice groups, and members of the academic, political and legal communities.
“In the short time that this law has been in place, tragedy is descending into people's lives," says Klein. "We are seeing vividly how the advertising provision is violating the constitutional right of sex workers to safety and security. ”
Wynne has already expressed “grave concern” that the law, which came into force December 6, "will not make sex workers safe." She's asked the province’s Attorney-General to assess the law's constitutionality, but has stopped short of following BC's lead and asking police not to enforce the law.
news@nowtoronto.com | @nowtoronto
I'm soooo excited & proud to be a part of this coalition. Its been an eventful past 2weeks working with these amazing groups putting this together! I encourage everyone who can to come!
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/bc-urged-not-to-enforce-new-federal-prostitution-law/ar-BBgVLzl
More than a dozen community groups have signed a letter urging B.C.’s Justice Minister to establish new guidelines that say it is not in the public interest to prosecute individuals under the country’s new sex worker legislation.
The letter, which was released Wednesday by the Pivot Legal Society, says the new legislation will criminalize many aspects of prostitution and have negative impacts on sex workers across the country.
It asks B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton to create new guidelines for prosecutors that state sex workers’ safety is a priority, and that it is not in the public interest to charge or prosecute individuals who are alleged to have violated the legislation.
“We believe that the new legislation is going to replicate all of the harms that were present and created by the previous legislation, by the laws that were struck down [by the Supreme Court of Canada],” Katrina Pacey, Pivot’s executive director, said in an interview.
“We think there’s ample evidence to show sex workers’ security and safety and health will be at risk in a criminalized sex industry, and that the provinces have a duty and an obligation to consider that.”
The letter – which was also signed by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, WISH Drop-In Centre Society, PACE Society, and the Atira Women’s Resource Society, among others – takes issue with several aspects of the legislation. It says the new prohibition on purchasing sexual services will recreate or worsen the dangerous conditions that existed under the previous laws.
“Targeting clients will displace sex workers to isolated areas where prospective customers are less likely to be detected by police,” the letter says.
The letter also says a prohibition on advertising of sexual services will limit sex workers’ ability to work safely indoors because they will be unable to promote their services.
Susan Davis, who signed the letter on behalf of the B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities and is a sex worker, said the impact of the new legislation is already being felt as clients fear potential arrest.
“Everybody talks about [the new legislation] like it’s punishing the customers, but who’s paying the price? Sex workers,” she said in an interview.
Ms. Davis, who testified at B.C.’s missing women inquiry, estimated she is probably out at least $1,000 so far. She said the money she previously made through sex work helped her open a small business, a deli.
Ms. Anton did not agree to an interview request Wednesday.
In a written statement, she said the ministry will – as it always does – study the impacts of the new federal legislation.
“I will continue to work with my federal, provincial and territorial counterparts to find long-term solutions to protect vulnerable and at-risk women and youth. In addition, B.C. will continue to advocate in favour of legislative approaches and federal programs and services that support the increased safety of vulnerable and exploited women and youth,” the statement read.
The federal government has said the new legislation has two essential parts – criminal law reform, and program funding to help vulnerable persons leave prostitution. It has pledged $20-million over five years.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has said she has “grave concern” about the new legislation. She said she has asked her Attorney-General to examine the legislation’s constitutional validity.
The Vancouver Police Department has said its priority remains the safety of sex workers – not sex work involving consenting adults. The letter says Wally Oppal, commissioner of the missing women inquiry, had recommended all police forces in B.C. adopt such an approach.
More than a dozen community groups have signed a letter urging B.C.’s Justice Minister to establish new guidelines that say it is not in the public interest to prosecute individuals under the country’s new sex worker legislation.
The letter, which was released Wednesday by the Pivot Legal Society, says the new legislation will criminalize many aspects of prostitution and have negative impacts on sex workers across the country.
It asks B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton to create new guidelines for prosecutors that state sex workers’ safety is a priority, and that it is not in the public interest to charge or prosecute individuals who are alleged to have violated the legislation.
“We believe that the new legislation is going to replicate all of the harms that were present and created by the previous legislation, by the laws that were struck down [by the Supreme Court of Canada],” Katrina Pacey, Pivot’s executive director, said in an interview.
“We think there’s ample evidence to show sex workers’ security and safety and health will be at risk in a criminalized sex industry, and that the provinces have a duty and an obligation to consider that.”
The letter – which was also signed by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, WISH Drop-In Centre Society, PACE Society, and the Atira Women’s Resource Society, among others – takes issue with several aspects of the legislation. It says the new prohibition on purchasing sexual services will recreate or worsen the dangerous conditions that existed under the previous laws.
“Targeting clients will displace sex workers to isolated areas where prospective customers are less likely to be detected by police,” the letter says.
The letter also says a prohibition on advertising of sexual services will limit sex workers’ ability to work safely indoors because they will be unable to promote their services.
Susan Davis, who signed the letter on behalf of the B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities and is a sex worker, said the impact of the new legislation is already being felt as clients fear potential arrest.
“Everybody talks about [the new legislation] like it’s punishing the customers, but who’s paying the price? Sex workers,” she said in an interview.
Ms. Davis, who testified at B.C.’s missing women inquiry, estimated she is probably out at least $1,000 so far. She said the money she previously made through sex work helped her open a small business, a deli.
Ms. Anton did not agree to an interview request Wednesday.
In a written statement, she said the ministry will – as it always does – study the impacts of the new federal legislation.
“I will continue to work with my federal, provincial and territorial counterparts to find long-term solutions to protect vulnerable and at-risk women and youth. In addition, B.C. will continue to advocate in favour of legislative approaches and federal programs and services that support the increased safety of vulnerable and exploited women and youth,” the statement read.
The federal government has said the new legislation has two essential parts – criminal law reform, and program funding to help vulnerable persons leave prostitution. It has pledged $20-million over five years.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has said she has “grave concern” about the new legislation. She said she has asked her Attorney-General to examine the legislation’s constitutional validity.
The Vancouver Police Department has said its priority remains the safety of sex workers – not sex work involving consenting adults. The letter says Wally Oppal, commissioner of the missing women inquiry, had recommended all police forces in B.C. adopt such an approach.
https://nowtoronto.com/news/the-pressures-on-wynne/
SEX WORK COALITION ASKS PREMIER NOT TO ENFORCE NEW ANTI-PROSTITUTION LAW
Prostitution law bound by the Criminal Code but questionable under the Charter
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was marked Wednesday (December 17) with a national coalition calling on the Premier and province's Attorney General not to enforce the HarperCons' new anti-prostitution law, also known as the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. The Legislature's media studio was booked for the press conference at Queen's Park by NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo.
The law, which came into effect December 6, criminalizes paying for sex, communicating for sex, advertising sex services or doing business with sex workers. But sex work itself? That’s still perfectly legal in Canada.
Because of the law, sex workers can't properly screen clients, Akio Maroon of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project told a press conference at Queen's Park. When they can’t properly screen clients, sex workers may be prone to robbery and assault by those pretending to be clients.
“We have recently seen violence against escorts in Toronto which really began last October when the new law was in the press,” says Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada.
NOW is still publishing ads from individual sex workers who use them to pre-arrange and negotiate the conditions of their work.
“The relationships between the advertising provision and the safety and security of sex workers has come into stark relief,” says NOW Editor/CEO Alice Klein. “There’s a larger question of changing the conversation that has maintained the respectability of discrimination and stigmatization against sex workers.”
In 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada found the Criminal Code breached sex workers’ rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“These laws were found to create and exacerbate dangerous conditions and impeded sex workers form taking action to reduce the risks they face – sometimes with deadly consequences,” writes the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network in a letter signed by 190 legal professionals. “For the very same reasons that led the court to strike down those earlier prostitution laws, the new criminal regime is likely to violate the Charter as well.”
Responding to the non-enforcement ask, Premier Kathleen Wynne said in a statement “We are bound to enforce the Criminal Code, but we must also ensure we are upholding the constitution and the Charter.” Wynne is waiting on Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur to review the constitutionality of the new law.
"Our priority is to ensure that our laws and institutions respect the constitution and the Charter - with particular concern for the safety of sex workers in this case," says the Premier's Associate Press Secretary, Liz McLellan. "We believe that there is merit in considering whether the Conservative government's new legislation meets that test. The legislation was duly passed through a democratic process and as such, it is being enforced in Ontario at this time. We are bound to enforce the Criminal Code, but we must also ensure we are upholding the constitution and the Charter. The Attorney General will provide options to our government in the event that the legislation’s constitutionality is in question."
But no timeline has been given for that review.
“It would be premature to comment any further on the details and timeline for this review,” said Brendan Crawley, a spokesperson for the Attorney General via e-mail. "As you may know, the laying of criminal charges is a function of the police, independent of the Attorney General. It is the responsibility of the police to investigate allegations of criminal conduct, make decisions on whether or not to lay charges, and lay charges if they decide they have reasonable and probable grounds to do so. The Ministry has full confidence in the ability of police to carry out their investigative responsibilities."
Crawley adds that since the new federal legislation came into force the province's court case tracking system shows no charges.
In the meantime, a Toronto police spokesperson says the force is "reviewing everything with regards to prostitution right now.”
“If there’s no enforcement at the provincial level the police can still decide to arrest me, they can take me out in handcuffs, its non-consensual bondage,” says Azura Rose, a sex worker in the audience for the press conference.
SEX WORK COALITION ASKS PREMIER NOT TO ENFORCE NEW ANTI-PROSTITUTION LAW
Prostitution law bound by the Criminal Code but questionable under the Charter
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was marked Wednesday (December 17) with a national coalition calling on the Premier and province's Attorney General not to enforce the HarperCons' new anti-prostitution law, also known as the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. The Legislature's media studio was booked for the press conference at Queen's Park by NDP MPP Cheri Di Novo.
The law, which came into effect December 6, criminalizes paying for sex, communicating for sex, advertising sex services or doing business with sex workers. But sex work itself? That’s still perfectly legal in Canada.
Because of the law, sex workers can't properly screen clients, Akio Maroon of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project told a press conference at Queen's Park. When they can’t properly screen clients, sex workers may be prone to robbery and assault by those pretending to be clients.
“We have recently seen violence against escorts in Toronto which really began last October when the new law was in the press,” says Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada.
NOW is still publishing ads from individual sex workers who use them to pre-arrange and negotiate the conditions of their work.
“The relationships between the advertising provision and the safety and security of sex workers has come into stark relief,” says NOW Editor/CEO Alice Klein. “There’s a larger question of changing the conversation that has maintained the respectability of discrimination and stigmatization against sex workers.”
In 2013 the Supreme Court of Canada found the Criminal Code breached sex workers’ rights guaranteed under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
“These laws were found to create and exacerbate dangerous conditions and impeded sex workers form taking action to reduce the risks they face – sometimes with deadly consequences,” writes the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network in a letter signed by 190 legal professionals. “For the very same reasons that led the court to strike down those earlier prostitution laws, the new criminal regime is likely to violate the Charter as well.”
Responding to the non-enforcement ask, Premier Kathleen Wynne said in a statement “We are bound to enforce the Criminal Code, but we must also ensure we are upholding the constitution and the Charter.” Wynne is waiting on Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur to review the constitutionality of the new law.
"Our priority is to ensure that our laws and institutions respect the constitution and the Charter - with particular concern for the safety of sex workers in this case," says the Premier's Associate Press Secretary, Liz McLellan. "We believe that there is merit in considering whether the Conservative government's new legislation meets that test. The legislation was duly passed through a democratic process and as such, it is being enforced in Ontario at this time. We are bound to enforce the Criminal Code, but we must also ensure we are upholding the constitution and the Charter. The Attorney General will provide options to our government in the event that the legislation’s constitutionality is in question."
But no timeline has been given for that review.
“It would be premature to comment any further on the details and timeline for this review,” said Brendan Crawley, a spokesperson for the Attorney General via e-mail. "As you may know, the laying of criminal charges is a function of the police, independent of the Attorney General. It is the responsibility of the police to investigate allegations of criminal conduct, make decisions on whether or not to lay charges, and lay charges if they decide they have reasonable and probable grounds to do so. The Ministry has full confidence in the ability of police to carry out their investigative responsibilities."
Crawley adds that since the new federal legislation came into force the province's court case tracking system shows no charges.
In the meantime, a Toronto police spokesperson says the force is "reviewing everything with regards to prostitution right now.”
“If there’s no enforcement at the provincial level the police can still decide to arrest me, they can take me out in handcuffs, its non-consensual bondage,” says Azura Rose, a sex worker in the audience for the press conference.
John Ivison: Growing number of legal experts encouraging provinces not to enforce new prostitution law
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...rovinces-not-to-enforce-new-prostitution-law/
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...rovinces-not-to-enforce-new-prostitution-law/
Excellent article.
The vast majority of johns are not criminals (and neither are small 'p' pimps, perhaps).
A Message From Terri-Jean Bedford
Posted on 2014/12/19
I want to congratulate and express my profound gratitude to sex workers and others across Canada for making any significant implementation of Bill C-36 unlikely. We have fought long and hard to expose the old laws as unfair, and they were finally invalidated.
It is obvious now that any significant attempts to enforce Bill C-36 will fail. Major police forces and premiers do not want to enforce the legislation. Any attempts at implementation will cause controversy and only speed the end of such attempts. The legal invalidation will follow in time.
I want in this message to give special thanks to some of those who have fought long and hard these last months. Val Scott, as always, has been at the forefront in every respect. Val will be seen in Canadian history as a major bringer of change. Amy Lebovitch, whose participation in the constitutional challenge was so critical, and who is now the Executive Director of the Sex Professionals of Canada, is owed the gratitude of the country. Nikki, former Executive Director of that organization, has in recent years devoted her amazing abilities and energy to the fight. I also want to mention some of those those who have been at the forefront these last months: Jean McDonald, Alice Klein, Alan Young, Katrina Pacey, Andrea Houston, Richard Elliott, Brenda Cossman. There are so many others.
I thank you all. My close supporters thank you. I know that the Canada of today and tomorrow have every reason to thank you. And I would like to think that the many who have fought the old laws in the past, and suffered from them, are adding their thanks too. Well done my friends.
http://blog.terrijeanbedford.com/2014/12/19/a-message-from-terri-jean-bedford/
Posted on 2014/12/19
I want to congratulate and express my profound gratitude to sex workers and others across Canada for making any significant implementation of Bill C-36 unlikely. We have fought long and hard to expose the old laws as unfair, and they were finally invalidated.
It is obvious now that any significant attempts to enforce Bill C-36 will fail. Major police forces and premiers do not want to enforce the legislation. Any attempts at implementation will cause controversy and only speed the end of such attempts. The legal invalidation will follow in time.
I want in this message to give special thanks to some of those who have fought long and hard these last months. Val Scott, as always, has been at the forefront in every respect. Val will be seen in Canadian history as a major bringer of change. Amy Lebovitch, whose participation in the constitutional challenge was so critical, and who is now the Executive Director of the Sex Professionals of Canada, is owed the gratitude of the country. Nikki, former Executive Director of that organization, has in recent years devoted her amazing abilities and energy to the fight. I also want to mention some of those those who have been at the forefront these last months: Jean McDonald, Alice Klein, Alan Young, Katrina Pacey, Andrea Houston, Richard Elliott, Brenda Cossman. There are so many others.
I thank you all. My close supporters thank you. I know that the Canada of today and tomorrow have every reason to thank you. And I would like to think that the many who have fought the old laws in the past, and suffered from them, are adding their thanks too. Well done my friends.
http://blog.terrijeanbedford.com/2014/12/19/a-message-from-terri-jean-bedford/
Wow. That is such a confident statement! Really fascinating to see the public response to the crazy legislation!!
A spokeswoman for Attorney General Madeleine Meilleur said, “All I can tell you at the moment is that we have heard considerable concern about the constitutionality of the new law and as a result, we are reviewing the legislation.”
http://m.mississauga.com/news-story...-ontario-to-delay-applying-prostitution-bill/
http://m.mississauga.com/news-story...-ontario-to-delay-applying-prostitution-bill/
While I hope she's right, it remains to be seen how the various police forces across the country will respond to the legislation. Has anyone heard thoughts about enforcement priorities on the east coast?
St John's & Halifax released statements denouncing the new law. I believe reverndy posted links in this thread, might be a few pages back.
TORONTO -- Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ontario will follow the rules of the new federal prostitution law, even though she's worried it may violate the Constitution and put sex workers at greater risk.
"The position we're taking is that we'll follow the rule of law, the law that's in place," Wynne said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "But I have asked the attorney general to look at the potential of unconstitutionality and to give us some options in terms of what we might do going forward."
Wynne issued a statement the day after the new law came into effect Dec. 6, saying she was worried it would not make sex workers safer, and was openly critical of Bill C-36 in an interview this week.
"I do not believe we should be in the business of passing statutes that in fact put women, put people in this area at more risk," she said.
Asked directly if Ontario would consider not prosecuting any prostitution charges that are laid by police, similar to what used to happen with abortion charges, Wynne said she'd leave that to the courts.
"That will be up to the judicial system, but we are going to be following the procedures that are in place as a result of the law," she said.
A coalition of sex trade workers and their supporters called on Wynne to not enforce the law, which criminalizes paying for sex, communicating for sex or advertising sex services.
"It would be strange, it seems to me, if the premier, having expressed grave concerns about whether the law is constitutional precisely because of the risk of harm that it poses to sex workers, would then go ahead and say 'we're going to enforce it in the meantime,"' said Richard Elliott of the Canadian HIV/AIDS legal Clinic. "Our unanimous message is: you should not be enforcing the law."
Akio Maroon of Maggie's Sex Workers Action Project said many customers won't give their names or phone numbers for verification purposes now that they can be charged with buying sex, making it hard for prostitutes to pre-screen clients.
"This law not only opens the door, but the window and spread the welcoming mat for all sexual predators to feast on the lives of sex workers," said Maroon. "We are calling for full decriminalization, and in the absence of that, we're calling on Ontario to not engage in actively arresting our clients or harassing our women on the streets."
Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada said the federal Conservative government is mistaken if it thinks it can legislate an end to prostitution.
"To have our police run around like Keystone Cops arresting consenting adults for having sex is something right out of the 19th century," said Scott. "That would be laughable except for the catastrophic harm that it will cause."
Many sex workers are university students who work out of apartments, and are not street savvy, and will be at greater risk by not being allowed to advertise, added Moon.
"If (Justice Minister) Peter MacKay is forcing these sex workers out on the streets and they do not have the street smarts or street skills to survive, we are putting them at risk of greater harm," she said.
Wynne said she didn't want to comment on the advertising ban or other provisions of the new prostitution law other than to say she wants to hear the attorney general's options for the province.
"I'm not going to wade into the substance of it because I'm not an expert, but I've asked our experts to look at the law," she said.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/wynn...-despite-her-concerns-1.2156168#ixzz3MO4kfVkR
"The position we're taking is that we'll follow the rule of law, the law that's in place," Wynne said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "But I have asked the attorney general to look at the potential of unconstitutionality and to give us some options in terms of what we might do going forward."
Wynne issued a statement the day after the new law came into effect Dec. 6, saying she was worried it would not make sex workers safer, and was openly critical of Bill C-36 in an interview this week.
"I do not believe we should be in the business of passing statutes that in fact put women, put people in this area at more risk," she said.
Asked directly if Ontario would consider not prosecuting any prostitution charges that are laid by police, similar to what used to happen with abortion charges, Wynne said she'd leave that to the courts.
"That will be up to the judicial system, but we are going to be following the procedures that are in place as a result of the law," she said.
A coalition of sex trade workers and their supporters called on Wynne to not enforce the law, which criminalizes paying for sex, communicating for sex or advertising sex services.
"It would be strange, it seems to me, if the premier, having expressed grave concerns about whether the law is constitutional precisely because of the risk of harm that it poses to sex workers, would then go ahead and say 'we're going to enforce it in the meantime,"' said Richard Elliott of the Canadian HIV/AIDS legal Clinic. "Our unanimous message is: you should not be enforcing the law."
Akio Maroon of Maggie's Sex Workers Action Project said many customers won't give their names or phone numbers for verification purposes now that they can be charged with buying sex, making it hard for prostitutes to pre-screen clients.
"This law not only opens the door, but the window and spread the welcoming mat for all sexual predators to feast on the lives of sex workers," said Maroon. "We are calling for full decriminalization, and in the absence of that, we're calling on Ontario to not engage in actively arresting our clients or harassing our women on the streets."
Valerie Scott of Sex Professionals of Canada said the federal Conservative government is mistaken if it thinks it can legislate an end to prostitution.
"To have our police run around like Keystone Cops arresting consenting adults for having sex is something right out of the 19th century," said Scott. "That would be laughable except for the catastrophic harm that it will cause."
Many sex workers are university students who work out of apartments, and are not street savvy, and will be at greater risk by not being allowed to advertise, added Moon.
"If (Justice Minister) Peter MacKay is forcing these sex workers out on the streets and they do not have the street smarts or street skills to survive, we are putting them at risk of greater harm," she said.
Wynne said she didn't want to comment on the advertising ban or other provisions of the new prostitution law other than to say she wants to hear the attorney general's options for the province.
"I'm not going to wade into the substance of it because I'm not an expert, but I've asked our experts to look at the law," she said.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/wynn...-despite-her-concerns-1.2156168#ixzz3MO4kfVkR
