PCEPA Media Coverage

Media coverage following the enactment of the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act and the question of whether or not it might violate Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ontario Court Rulings

• Controversial Harper-era sex work laws are constitutional, Ontario Court of Appeal rules
  The Star, February 2, 2022
• Are Canada's sex work laws unconstitutional? Why that open question has thrown Ontario law enforcement into chaos
  Canadian News, October 1, 2021

Enactment of PCEPA

• Letter: Statement reflects poorly on sex workers, NOW Magazine, December 14-31, 2015
• Sex Workers are Still Exploited Under HarperCon's Anti-prostitution law, NOW Magazine, December 17-24, 2015
• My Rights Are Sex Worker Rights:: How Harper's new prostitution law violates Canada's Rights and Freedoms, The Naked Truth, May 10, 2015
• The Legal Situation for Sex Workers in Canada: An Update, The Naked Truth, March 29, 2015
• Ontario review finds Ottawa's sex-work law constitutional, Wynne says, Globe and Mail, April 1, 2015
• New law allows cops to focus on pimps – not hookers
  Toronto Sun, February 1, 2015
• Peter MacKay insists new prostitution bill will protect sex workers: Senate committee kicks off three days of 'pre-study' hearings on proposed law, CBC News, September 9, 2014
• Sex workers deserve the same protections as all other workers: They should have the right to earn an income without being persecuted, the right to a healthy and safe work environment, and the right to freely associate with other workers, National Post, July 9, 2014
• If nothing else, an attempt to fix what's broken
  National Post, June 5, 2014
• The state re-enters the bedroom with new legislation on prostitution
  National Post, June 4, 2014
• Ottawa opens up prostitution law rewrite to public input
  The Province, February 17, 2014
• Punish the clients, not the prostitutes, says Tory MP Joy Smith: Nordic model prostitution laws create basis for proposed Canadian legislation
  The Province, February 13, 2014
• Justin Trudeau wary of proposal to regulate, tax prostitution
  CBC News, January 17, 2014