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Good day, We will be closing down the survey and interview portion of the Sex, Safety and Security project on the 15th of January. At that time we will begin the vital, but time consuming, process of transcribing and sorting through the 100s of hours of interviews and analyzing the wealth of...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the board who have taken the opportunity to share your thoughts and experiences with me either directly or through the questionnaire. I would also like to thank all the service providers on the board who have either contacted me...

My belief is that the best way to fight any of this is to provide evidence that the implementation of the Nordic model would be unjust or that it would be missing the point. This is one of the motivations behind the Sex, Safety and Security project which came about as a result of the Johns'...

Yes but, as is the current case with sex workers/sellers, the onus would be on people who pay for sex or perhaps sex workers (again) to demonstrate that the laws violate fundamental rights and freedoms. It took almost 30 years for people who opposed the current laws to get the courts to listen...

Hope is not lost, he simply has not committed one way or the other and has dodged questions about it at recent events. He (and the Liberal party) is likely to support a harm reduction approach (as would most civil libertarians) but doing so will involve demonstrating there are IN FACT no harms...

Young Trudeau has already stated that he is undecided about his (and his party's) position on prostitution. It's not that I have faith in the voting public at all, or in democracy for that matter since I am an anarchist, but I do know that power that comes from influencing public discourses...

I couldn't agree more that ANY criminalization will likely continue to produce the same negative consequences for the industry and the lives of the people involved in it since criminalization not only ensures that the activity gets pushed 'out of site' and into more and more risky spaces and...

If Harper does anything it is much more likely that he will put forward a bill designed to criminalize the purchase of sex and not the sale (i.e., the Nordic model) since many of his fundamentalist followers see all sex workers/sellers as "victims" in need of saving so criminalizing these "women...

IT is impossible to know what percentage of males purchase sex in Canada because that question has never appeared on the Canadian General Social Survey. It has appeared on the US version and a recent article by Monto and Milrod the authors claim that in the US, roughly 14% of men between the...

Thank-you for the support rhuarc29 and I am more than happy to use my capacity as a researcher to work with people who purchase and pay for sexual services to put forward a more complete and accurate image. I have always found the terms 'pooner,' 'trick' and 'mark' to be more annoying but I...

Thanks Exploration for your comments and well wishes for our study. Some thoughts, questions and observations in response to your post: When people see policies and legislation being developed that negatively impact their lives or if they constantly see stories in mainstream media depicting...

I think your assessment of the current status of the Conservative party and their stand-down strategy as the move toward the next election is probably quite accurate Staggerspool. It is unlikely that they will make quick moves to push things like the Nordic model or a strong anti-abortion...

Well, my strategy has been to counteract the propaganda of the moral conservatives and the radical feminists with actual "empirical evidence." Perhaps one of the most significant parts of Justice Himel's reasoning behind her decision (ratio decidendi) was that the courts needed to grant more...

But when trafficking becomes synonymous with prostitution, as it often is in much of the mainstream media coverage and the various campaigns waged by groups like the Salvation Army (see "The Truth Isn't Sexy"), people like Smith don't have to really do much to sell the appeal. The Supreme Court...

One of the participants at a Sex Industry Summit last week in Vancouver actually provided details of a conservative MP sponsored bill already having been drafted. I believe that the member advancing it was Joy Smith, the same person who introduced Bills C-310 and C-268 pertaining to...

Here is the MP/MLA Letter in Support of Abolition and the Nordic Model of Law that is being forwarded among various religious and women's rights groups, many of whom comprise part of Harper's support base.

Because it is not illegal to sell sex, it is illegal to purchase it. Sex workers/sellers ("prostituted women") = victim Client/Hobbiest/punter/trick/man = perpetrator (criminal) In Sweden, prostitution is legally seen as a form of "male" sexual violence against women and children. One of the...

No, the Swedish or Nordic model criminalizes ALL purchases of sex and decriminalizes the sale. Of course, it is easiest to enforce it when it comes to street-based commercial sex but LE and other regulators also enforce it in indoor establishments as well. While the article by Joan Smith...

Good day. You may be aware of the recent successful challenge to Canadian laws relating to various aspects of prostitution. While these legal challenges have opened up a unique opportunity for important changes to be made to enhance the health and safety of ALL people involved in the industry...