Decriminalization In Canada
CANADA
Canada, in contrast to the Netherlands, has had a less progressive decriminalization process in terms of the commercialization of the sex trade. Of course, Canada’s neighbor, the United States, has had a long history of prohibition and criminalization of the sex trade as a role model for policies and regulations about prostitution. One of the major problems with the Canadian policy of regulating sex work remains in the legal decision not to provide law enforcement protection for women involved in a prohibition environment: Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin who presided over Bedford v. Canada SSC stated that parliament can regulate against nuisances related to sex work but not at the expense of the safety and lives of sex workers (Bowen …show more content…
However, Lowman (2000) argues in favor of decriminalization effort, which will further expand upon the necessity of regulating the sex trade to protect worker’s rights (992). In Canada, the process of decriminalization of the sex trade has gone much slower, than what has be accomplished in the Netherlands, but it continues to show that government regulators are beginning to become aware of the issue of the rights of involuntary sex workers as a legal …show more content…
In the Netherlands, the historical decriminalization process of prostitution was founded on public health standards, but it soon provided more protections and regulations for prostitutes as a means of decriminalizing a commercial enterprise. In many cases, prostitution has been seen as a voluntary profession that protects the rights of the prostitute, and prevents the involuntary exploitation of children and adults into the sex trade. In a similar manner, Canada has also had a history of decriminalizing prostitution in the 20th century, but with increasing barriers to worker’s rights for voluntary prostitutes as a legal and regulated business. However, modern Canadian legislation only protects involuntary sex workers, such as children and lower-class adult women, and it does not support the idea of a more expanded commercialized system of regulation for voluntary sex workers. This is a major difference between the decriminalized sex trade of the Netherlands and criminalized prostitution in Canada, which supports voluntary sex workers as members of a commercial trade. Certainly, the example of the Netherlands provides a more developed acknowledgment of voluntary sex workers as having rights under the protection of government regulation, which is also being considered in Canada.
Canada, in contrast to the Netherlands, has had a less progressive decriminalization process in terms of the commercialization of the sex trade. Of course, Canada’s neighbor, the United States, has had a long history of prohibition and criminalization of the sex trade as a role model for policies and regulations about prostitution. One of the major problems with the Canadian policy of regulating sex work remains in the legal decision not to provide law enforcement protection for women involved in a prohibition environment: Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin who presided over Bedford v. Canada SSC stated that parliament can regulate against nuisances related to sex work but not at the expense of the safety and lives of sex workers (Bowen …show more content…
However, Lowman (2000) argues in favor of decriminalization effort, which will further expand upon the necessity of regulating the sex trade to protect worker’s rights (992). In Canada, the process of decriminalization of the sex trade has gone much slower, than what has be accomplished in the Netherlands, but it continues to show that government regulators are beginning to become aware of the issue of the rights of involuntary sex workers as a legal …show more content…
In the Netherlands, the historical decriminalization process of prostitution was founded on public health standards, but it soon provided more protections and regulations for prostitutes as a means of decriminalizing a commercial enterprise. In many cases, prostitution has been seen as a voluntary profession that protects the rights of the prostitute, and prevents the involuntary exploitation of children and adults into the sex trade. In a similar manner, Canada has also had a history of decriminalizing prostitution in the 20th century, but with increasing barriers to worker’s rights for voluntary prostitutes as a legal and regulated business. However, modern Canadian legislation only protects involuntary sex workers, such as children and lower-class adult women, and it does not support the idea of a more expanded commercialized system of regulation for voluntary sex workers. This is a major difference between the decriminalized sex trade of the Netherlands and criminalized prostitution in Canada, which supports voluntary sex workers as members of a commercial trade. Certainly, the example of the Netherlands provides a more developed acknowledgment of voluntary sex workers as having rights under the protection of government regulation, which is also being considered in Canada.