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This amendment for the proposal Decriminalizing Sex Work: A Human Rights Approach to Advocating Sex Workers’ Right was rejected on 29/04/2024 17:32.
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  • -Proposal textGreen 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.Type
  • -of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective / BenefitUnder 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/
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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?YesPlease indicate the
  • -language the proposal is being submitted in.English
Additions
  • +Proposal text
  • +
  • +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.
  • +
  • +-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 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/
  • +
  • +
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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
  • -Proposal textGreen Party of Canada:
  • +Proposal text
  • +
  • +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.Type
  • -of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective / BenefitUnder 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.
  • +
  • +- Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
  • +
  • +-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 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/
  • +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/
  • +
  • +
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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.
  • +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?YesPlease indicate the
  • -language the proposal is being submitted in.English
  • +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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  • -Proposal textGreen 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.Type
  • -of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective / BenefitUnder 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/
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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?YesPlease indicate the
  • -language the proposal is being submitted in.English
Additions
  • +Proposal text
  • +
  • +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.
  • +
  • +-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 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/
  • +
  • +
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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
  • -Proposal textGreen Party of Canada:
  • +Proposal text
  • +
  • +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.Type
  • -of ProposalPublic policy that the party would representObjective / BenefitUnder 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.
  • +
  • +- Rejects legislation that conflates sex work with human trafficking, violence and exploitation.
  • +
  • +-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 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/
  • +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/
  • +
  • +
  • Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria.
  • https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant
  • Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf
  • +
  • Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium.
  • https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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.
  • +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?YesPlease indicate the
  • -language the proposal is being submitted in.English
  • +SWAN Vancouver.
  • +
  • +Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
  • +
  • +Yes
  • +
  • +Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
  • +
  • +English

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,

- 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.

-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 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/

Benoit, C. (n.d.). Understanding Sex Work. University of Victoria. https://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/cisur/projects/active/projects/understanding-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

Butterfly. (2018). Behind the Rescue: How Anti-Trafficking Investigations and Policies Harm Migrant Sex Workers. https://www.butterflysw.org/_files/ugd/5bd754_bbd71c0235c740e3a7d444956d95236b.pdf

Butterfly. (2022, August 11). Open Letter on the Newmarket Crisis. Medium. https://medium.com/@butterflycsw/open-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

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Avatar: Shel Goldstein Shel Goldstein

i agree that without adding prevention measures & education for those considering entering the Sex Trade Industry, and also resources & support for those seeking to leave the Sex Trade Industry,
that this policy does not match Green Party principles,
and would not help us gain votes towards electing MPs.

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