Justice Committee review of sex work law underscores ongoing ideological clash

Sex worker groups say that decriminalization is needed, while advocates for exploitation and trafficking prevention argue for continued enforcement of existing legislation.

NDP MP Randall Garrison, left, Liberal MP Anju Dhillon, and Conservative MP Michael Cooper sit on the House Justice Committee. They have different views of how the laws surrounding sex work in Canada should be changed. Some advocates say these views don't have to be mutually exclusive.Photograph courtesy of Randall Garrison, The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ALICE CHEN

March 9, 2022

As the House Justice Committee wraps up its review of the country's laws surrounding sex work, partisan divides remain entrenched. Conservatives express support for the existing act as a means to stop sex trafficking, which exploitation advocates argue is necessary, while a Liberal MP says they're l...

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