Maryam Shah, QMI Agency

Sex workers march to make prostitution legal

PHOTO: Stan Behal/QMI Agency Sex Workers hold a National Day of Action in Toronto Saturday, June 8, 2013.

TORONTO — Around 100 sex workers and their supporters chanted, "No bad whores, only bad laws!" as they called for the decriminalization of prostitution in Canada in a march on Saturday.

The rally was one of several across Canada and comes days before a June 13 Supreme Court hearing on the federal government's appeal of an Ontario Superior Court ruling that would make brothels legal.

The battle to reform prostitution laws began four years ago as a constitutional challenge brought by three women.

One of them, dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford, argues sex workers should be allowed to protect themselves legally.