19ème assemblée générale
« La terre ne nous appartient pas, nous l'empruntons à nos enfants. » Proverbe autochtone
Cet amendement pour le proposition G23-P004 Décriminaliser le travail sexuel : Une approche des droits de l'homme pour défendre les droits des travailleurs du sexe
est en cours d’évaluation.
Sélectionner le mode de vue :
Titre
Suppressions
- G23-P004 Décriminaliser le travail sexuel : Une approche des droits de l'homme pour défendre les
- droits des travailleurs du sexe
English
- G23-P004 Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
Ajouts
- G23-P004 Décriminaliser le travail sexuel : Une approche des droits de l'homme pour défendre les
- droits des travailleurs du sexe
English
- G23-P004 Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
Corps du texte
Suppressions
- L e Parti Vert du Canada :
- - Reconnaît le travail sexuel comme un travail,
- - Appuie et préconise la décriminalisation complète du travail sexuel, y compris pour les
- immigrants,
- - Favorise les approches communautaires et dirigées par les travailleurs du sexe pour améliorer les
- conditions de travail et aider les travailleurs du sexe qui subissent des violences,
- - Rejette les lois qui font l'amalgame entre le travail sexuel et la traite des êtres humains, la
- violence et l'exploitation.
- Subordonné(e) : Alison Lam
- Parrains : Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Utilisateur bloqué, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert
- D'Costa, John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald
- Haase, Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter
- Tretter, Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk,
- Lenore Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M
- Ker, Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy,
- Derek Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff
- Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip
- Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J
- Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penney
- Note du personnel: Cette proposition est soumise à l'examen de la 19e assemblée générale annuelle.
- Une deuxième copie, avec des renseignements contextuels supplémentaires, est disponible dans
- l'atelier pour vous permettre de collaborer sur les modifications.Vous pouvez accéder ici à la
- version de l'atelier ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=fr ), que la ou le
- soumissionnaire de la proposition peut encore modifier.
English
-The Green Party of Canada:-- Recognizes sex work as work,-- Supports and advocates the full decriminalization of sex work, including for immigrants,-- Promotes sex worker-led and community-based approaches to improve working conditions and assist-sex workers who experience violence,- - Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
-Submitter: Alison Lam-Sponsors: Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Blocked user, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert D'Costa,-John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald Haase,-Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter Tretter,-Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk, Lenore-Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M Ker,-Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy, Derek-Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff-Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip-Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J-Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penne--Note from staff: This proposal is for consideration at the 19th Annual General Meeting. A second-copy, with additional background information, is available in the Workshop to allow you to-collaborate on amendments. You can access the workshop version here (-/processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=en ), which the submitter can still edit.
Ajouts
- L e Parti Vert du Canada :
- - Reconnaît le travail sexuel comme un travail,
- - Appuie et préconise la décriminalisation complète du travail sexuel, y compris pour les
- immigrants,
- - Favorise les approches communautaires et dirigées par les travailleurs du sexe pour améliorer les
- conditions de travail et aider les travailleurs du sexe qui subissent des violences,
- - Rejette les lois qui font l'amalgame entre le travail sexuel et la traite des êtres humains, la
- violence et l'exploitation.
- Subordonné(e) : Alison Lam
- Parrains : Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Utilisateur bloqué, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert
- D'Costa, John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald
- Haase, Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter
- Tretter, Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk,
- Lenore Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M
- Ker, Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy,
- Derek Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff
- Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip
- Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J
- Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penney
- Note du personnel: Cette proposition est soumise à l'examen de la 19e assemblée générale annuelle.
- Une deuxième copie, avec des renseignements contextuels supplémentaires, est disponible dans
- l'atelier pour vous permettre de collaborer sur les modifications.Vous pouvez accéder ici à la
- version de l'atelier ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=fr ), que la ou le
- soumissionnaire de la proposition peut encore modifier.
English
- +I would like to propose that the Decriminalizing Sex Work policy be amended to include the
- +following.
- +
- +Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
- +
- +Proposal text
- +
- +Green Party of Canada:
- +
- +- Recognizes sex work as work.
- +
- +- Supports and advocates the full decriminalization of sex work, including for immigrants.
- +
- +- [ Amendment - removing the word promote ] Oversee sex worker-led and community-based approaches to
- +improve working conditions and assist sex workers who experience violence.
- +
- - Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
- +-[ Amendment ] It is equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and
- +outreach programs to discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns.
- +As protecting the individual and humanity is of the utmost importance.
- +
- +Keynote:
- +
- +While it's crucial to support the above-mentioned proposal due to human rights violations, it is
- +equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and outreach programs to
- +discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns. As protecting the
- +individual and humanity is of the utmost importance
- +
- +Type of Proposal
- +
- +Public policy that the party would represent
- +
- +Objective / Benefit
- +
- +Under current criminal laws, sex workers are simultaneously treated as victims and criminals. The
- +“Nordic Model” isolates sex workers, resulting in violence, discrimination, and lack of access to
- +social, legal and health services. For migrant sex workers, this harm is exacerbated by provisions
- +in the IRPR that forbid migrants from working in the sex industry under threat of detainment and
- +deportation. The argument that sex workers are unaffected by criminalization is erroneous; not only
- +are sex workers criminalized for selling sexual services in a public space, but they are impacted by
- +the criminalization of clients and third parties.
- +
- +If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- +
- +This would be considered as an update to G18-P010, as it calls for decriminalization and further
- +explains how the aims G18-P010 (which is vague in details) can be attained.
- +
- +List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- +
- +(n.d.). Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform – Fighting to uphold sex workers' human
- +rights. https://sexworklawreform.com/ (External link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsexworklawreform.com%2F ) Benoit, C.
- +(n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of
- +Victoria. https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-sex-work.php (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uvic.ca%2Fresearch%2Fcentres%2Fcisur%2Fprojects%2Factive%2Fprojects%2Funderstanding-sex-work.php )
- + Black, D. (2007, March 21). Charter challenge on prostitution filed | The Star. The Toronto
- +Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/21/charter_challenge_on_prostitution_filed.html (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F03%2F21%2Fcharter_challenge_on_prostitution_filed.html )
- + Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm
- +Migrant Sex
- +Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.butterflysw.org%2F_files%2Fugd%2F5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf )
- + Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis.
- +Medium. https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-letter-on-the-newmarket-crisis-32e159d5a52b (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40butterflycsw%2Fopen-letter-on-the-newmarket-crisis-32e159d5a52b )
- + Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network. (2020, May 20). .Say no to Bill S-224,
- +An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).
- +
- +Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- +group or groups?
- +
- +Sex work is made up of many individuals living on the intersections of marginality, including women,
- +members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants. There are many NGOs and social justice
- +advocates, not to mention Global Greens, who advocate full decriminalization of sex work. I have
- +worked with many sex work support organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Alliance of Sex
- +Work Law Reform, Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Support Network, ANSWER Society, and SWAN
- +Vancouver.
- +
- +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- +
- +Yes
- +
- +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- +English
Sélectionner le mode de vue :
Titre
Suppressions
- G23-P004 Décriminaliser le travail sexuel : Une approche des droits de l'homme pour défendre les
- droits des travailleurs du sexe
English
- G23-P004 Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
Ajouts
- G23-P004 Décriminaliser le travail sexuel : Une approche des droits de l'homme pour défendre les
- droits des travailleurs du sexe
English
- G23-P004 Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
Corps du texte
Suppressions
- L e Parti Vert du Canada :
- - Reconnaît le travail sexuel comme un travail,
- - Appuie et préconise la décriminalisation complète du travail sexuel, y compris pour les
- immigrants,
- - Favorise les approches communautaires et dirigées par les travailleurs du sexe pour améliorer les
- conditions de travail et aider les travailleurs du sexe qui subissent des violences,
- - Rejette les lois qui font l'amalgame entre le travail sexuel et la traite des êtres humains, la
- violence et l'exploitation.
- Subordonné(e) : Alison Lam
- Parrains : Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Utilisateur bloqué, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert
- D'Costa, John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald
- Haase, Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter
- Tretter, Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk,
- Lenore Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M
- Ker, Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy,
- Derek Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff
- Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip
- Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J
- Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penney
- Note du personnel: Cette proposition est soumise à l'examen de la 19e assemblée générale annuelle.
- Une deuxième copie, avec des renseignements contextuels supplémentaires, est disponible dans
- l'atelier pour vous permettre de collaborer sur les modifications.Vous pouvez accéder ici à la
- version de l'atelier ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=fr ), que la ou le
- soumissionnaire de la proposition peut encore modifier.
English
-The Green Party of Canada:-- Recognizes sex work as work,-- Supports and advocates the full decriminalization of sex work, including for immigrants,-- Promotes sex worker-led and community-based approaches to improve working conditions and assist-sex workers who experience violence,- - Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
-Submitter: Alison Lam-Sponsors: Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Blocked user, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert D'Costa,-John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald Haase,-Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter Tretter,-Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk, Lenore-Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M Ker,-Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy, Derek-Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff-Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip-Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J-Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penne--Note from staff: This proposal is for consideration at the 19th Annual General Meeting. A second-copy, with additional background information, is available in the Workshop to allow you to-collaborate on amendments. You can access the workshop version here (-/processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=en ), which the submitter can still edit.
Ajouts
- L e Parti Vert du Canada :
- - Reconnaît le travail sexuel comme un travail,
- - Appuie et préconise la décriminalisation complète du travail sexuel, y compris pour les
- immigrants,
- - Favorise les approches communautaires et dirigées par les travailleurs du sexe pour améliorer les
- conditions de travail et aider les travailleurs du sexe qui subissent des violences,
- - Rejette les lois qui font l'amalgame entre le travail sexuel et la traite des êtres humains, la
- violence et l'exploitation.
- Subordonné(e) : Alison Lam
- Parrains : Stuart Hunter, Nancy Moniz, Utilisateur bloqué, Bridget Burns, Andrew Rose, Norbert
- D'Costa, John Willson, Jayden Hunter, Naomi Hunter, Don Booth, Shel Goldstein, Ian Soutar, Gerald
- Haase, Meghan Hunter, Evelyn Tanaka, Farrukh Chishtie, Randi Ramdeen, Jonathan Pedneault, Peter
- Tretter, Michael MacLean, Connie, David MacFarquhar, Tyler Beaulac, Sheila Adams, James Mihaychuk,
- Lenore Morris, Colin Creasey, Kyle Hutton, Tim Grant, Sarah Gabrielle Baron, Keith Falconer, James M
- Ker, Lorraine Rekmans, Gabriel Blanc, Dyanoosh Youssefi, Mary Kidnew, Karen Farley, Jennifer Purdy,
- Derek Menard, David Hitchcock, Vincent J.Carbonneau, Natalie Odd, Kathryn Noddin, Bruce Gunn, Jeff
- Desjardins, Paul Conry, Dugald, Jesse Stuart, Robin Marty, Dylan Murray, Marinus Eterman, Phillip
- Blaney, John Weston, Dennis Choptiany, Bruce Livingstone, Marion Markham, Mathieu Gauthier, J
- Herbert Latchko, Erika Warnes, Matt Penney
- Note du personnel: Cette proposition est soumise à l'examen de la 19e assemblée générale annuelle.
- Une deuxième copie, avec des renseignements contextuels supplémentaires, est disponible dans
- l'atelier pour vous permettre de collaborer sur les modifications.Vous pouvez accéder ici à la
- version de l'atelier ( /processes/create-proposals/f/457/proposals/4123?locale=fr ), que la ou le
- soumissionnaire de la proposition peut encore modifier.
English
- +I would like to propose that the Decriminalizing Sex Work policy be amended to include the
- +following.
- +
- +Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
- +
- +Proposal text
- +
- +Green Party of Canada:
- +
- +- Recognizes sex work as work.
- +
- +- Supports and advocates the full decriminalization of sex work, including for immigrants.
- +
- +- [ Amendment - removing the word promote ] Oversee sex worker-led and community-based approaches to
- +improve working conditions and assist sex workers who experience violence.
- +
- - Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
- +-[ Amendment ] It is equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and
- +outreach programs to discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns.
- +As protecting the individual and humanity is of the utmost importance.
- +
- +Keynote:
- +
- +While it's crucial to support the above-mentioned proposal due to human rights violations, it is
- +equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and outreach programs to
- +discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns. As protecting the
- +individual and humanity is of the utmost importance
- +
- +Type of Proposal
- +
- +Public policy that the party would represent
- +
- +Objective / Benefit
- +
- +Under current criminal laws, sex workers are simultaneously treated as victims and criminals. The
- +“Nordic Model” isolates sex workers, resulting in violence, discrimination, and lack of access to
- +social, legal and health services. For migrant sex workers, this harm is exacerbated by provisions
- +in the IRPR that forbid migrants from working in the sex industry under threat of detainment and
- +deportation. The argument that sex workers are unaffected by criminalization is erroneous; not only
- +are sex workers criminalized for selling sexual services in a public space, but they are impacted by
- +the criminalization of clients and third parties.
- +
- +If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- +
- +This would be considered as an update to G18-P010, as it calls for decriminalization and further
- +explains how the aims G18-P010 (which is vague in details) can be attained.
- +
- +List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- +
- +(n.d.). Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform – Fighting to uphold sex workers' human
- +rights. https://sexworklawreform.com/ (External link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsexworklawreform.com%2F ) Benoit, C.
- +(n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of
- +Victoria. https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-sex-work.php (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uvic.ca%2Fresearch%2Fcentres%2Fcisur%2Fprojects%2Factive%2Fprojects%2Funderstanding-sex-work.php )
- + Black, D. (2007, March 21). Charter challenge on prostitution filed | The Star. The Toronto
- +Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/21/charter_challenge_on_prostitution_filed.html (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2F2007%2F03%2F21%2Fcharter_challenge_on_prostitution_filed.html )
- + Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm
- +Migrant Sex
- +Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.butterflysw.org%2F_files%2Fugd%2F5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf )
- + Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis.
- +Medium. https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-letter-on-the-newmarket-crisis-32e159d5a52b (External
- +link)
- +( https://wedecide.green.ca/link?external_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40butterflycsw%2Fopen-letter-on-the-newmarket-crisis-32e159d5a52b )
- + Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network. (2020, May 20). .Say no to Bill S-224,
- +An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).
- +
- +Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- +group or groups?
- +
- +Sex work is made up of many individuals living on the intersections of marginality, including women,
- +members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants. There are many NGOs and social justice
- +advocates, not to mention Global Greens, who advocate full decriminalization of sex work. I have
- +worked with many sex work support organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Alliance of Sex
- +Work Law Reform, Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Support Network, ANSWER Society, and SWAN
- +Vancouver.
- +
- +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- +
- +Yes
- +
- +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- +English
G23-P004 Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
I would like to propose that the Decriminalizing Sex Work policy be amended to include the following.
Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right
Proposal text
Green Party of Canada:
- Recognizes sex work as work.
- Supports and advocates the full decriminalization of sex work, including for immigrants.
- [ Amendment - removing the word promote ] Oversee sex worker-led and community-based approaches to improve working conditions and assist sex workers who experience violence.
- Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
-[ Amendment ] It is equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and outreach programs to discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns. As protecting the individual and humanity is of the utmost importance.
Keynote:
While it's crucial to support the above-mentioned proposal due to human rights violations, it is equally important to include a proposal advocating for preventive measures and outreach programs to discourage sex work, addressing evident health and social construct concerns. As protecting the individual and humanity is of the utmost importance
Type of Proposal
Public policy that the party would represent
Objective / Benefit
Under current criminal laws, sex workers are simultaneously treated as victims and criminals. The “Nordic Model” isolates sex workers, resulting in violence, discrimination, and lack of access to social, legal and health services. For migrant sex workers, this harm is exacerbated by provisions in the IRPR that forbid migrants from working in the sex industry under threat of detainment and deportation. The argument that sex workers are unaffected by criminalization is erroneous; not only are sex workers criminalized for selling sexual services in a public space, but they are impacted by the criminalization of clients and third parties.
If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
This would be considered as an update to G18-P010, as it calls for decriminalization and further explains how the aims G18-P010 (which is vague in details) can be attained.
List any supporting evidence for your proposal
(n.d.). Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform – Fighting to uphold sex workers' human rights. https://sexworklawreform.com/ (External link) Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria. https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-sex-work.php (External link) Black, D. (2007, March 21). Charter challenge on prostitution filed | The Star. The Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/21/charter_challenge_on_prostitution_filed.html (External link) Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf (External link) Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium. https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-letter-on-the-newmarket-crisis-32e159d5a52b (External link) Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network. (2020, May 20). .Say no to Bill S-224, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons).
Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the group or groups?
Sex work is made up of many individuals living on the intersections of marginality, including women, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and immigrants. There are many NGOs and social justice advocates, not to mention Global Greens, who advocate full decriminalization of sex work. I have worked with many sex work support organizations in Canada, including the Canadian Alliance of Sex Work Law Reform, Butterfly: Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Support Network, ANSWER Society, and SWAN Vancouver.
Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
Yes
Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
English
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