SOC323H5 Chapter : Ontario court crafts wise compromise on brothels.docx
Document Summary
Ontario court of appeal ruling striking down cc ban on brothers and rewriting anti- pimping laws to allow prostitutes to hire bodyguards. Court suspended legislation of brothers for one year giving parliament time to redraft another law. Scc upheld right of drug addicts to use supervised-injection clinic in vancouver. Law that puts vulnerable people in extra peril will be disproportionate to its purposes, and thus unconstitutional. Parliament, not judges that should be making calls regarding societal harm. Courts play role in protecting the vulnerable and politically powerless when laws are arbitrary, disproportionate or harmful. Ontario court- if anti-pimping laws aim to protect women, the same purpose can be achieved by allowing them to hire bodyguards but disallowing exploitation of prostitutes.
