Rights for Prostitutes by Jashandish Singh - Sandalwood Heights SS (2442) https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq By: Jashan, Simran, Sid, Karunpreet en-us 2017-10-05 14:40:48 UTC 2023-01-19 05:49:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 561688 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195043286 https://prezi.com/vwt5owqjnlur/canada-attorney-general-v-bedford/]]> 2017-10-08 20:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195043286 Legalization of Prostitution 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195367249 Terri Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch, and Valerie Scott took action against the laws set in place for sex workers.
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-court-of-appeal-greenlights-brothels-sweeps-aside-many-of-canadas-anti-prostitution-laws]]> 2017-10-09 19:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195367249 Terri-Jean Bedford 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195371100 Terri Jean Bedford was one of the appellants in the Canada v Bedford case. She had a significant impact on the extension of s.7 of the charter, including new principles of arbitrariness, over breadth and disproportionality.]]> 2017-10-09 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195371100 Background 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195373133 -Former prostitute
-Went on to pursue dominatrix (dominating woman/mistress who takes a sadistic role in sadomasochistic sexual activities). 
-Charged in 1994 and convicted in 1999 for operating a bawdy house
-Humorous 

]]> 2017-10-09 20:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195373133 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374184 “Prime Minister Harper called me you know, and offered me a job in the Senate – as a government whip. I told him I might have to think about it,” joked Bedford.]]> 2017-10-09 20:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374184 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374687 2017-10-09 20:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374687 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374956 2017-10-09 20:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195374956 563650 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195375324 2017-10-09 20:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195375324 8422721 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195989085 s. 210- Prohibited the operation of common bawdy-houses.
s. 212(1)(j)- Prohibited living on the avails of prostitution.
s. 213(1)(c)- Prohibited communicating for the purpose of prostitution in public. ]]> 2017-10-11 12:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/195989085 8422721 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/196028068 Supreme Court of Canada rules in favour of sex workers by striking down anti-prositution law
- Believed that the laws set in place to keep them from harm were doing the exact opposite so they challenged the court system to amend these laws.]]> 2017-10-11 13:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/196028068 -the Attorney Generals of Canada and Ontario appealed the decision on the merits.the court agreed that the prohibition on common bawdy -houses for the purpose of prostitution was unconstitutional and had to be struck down. -also held that the prohibition on living on the avails of prostitution infringed s. 7 of the Charter as it criminalized relationships between prostitutes and other people. - the court overturned the application judge’s conclusion that the ban on communicating in public for the purpose of prostitution was unconstitutional. 8422721 https://padlet.com/563650/9wp8oo8ymptq/wish/196058048

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