Ontario's Superior Court has dismissed a Charter challenge launched by an alliance of groups advocating for the rights of sex workers, ruling that Canada's criminal laws on sex work are constitutional.
Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform argued prostitution laws violate industry workers' Charter rightsSex workers and their supporters gather outside the Ontario Superior Court during the launch of their constitutional challenge to Canada's sex work laws, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.
Even though prostitution was legal under the previous laws, nearly all related activities — such as running a brothel, pimping and communicating in a public place for the purposes of prostitution — were against the law.
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