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What Happens in Canada, Stays in Canada

By Bruce Carton

If you are not into the whole "monogamy" thing, Canada may soon be the place for you. If two cases now going through the court system go the right way wrong way the same way, Canada may soon be a place where both prostitution and polygamy are legal. As I discussed here, in late September a Toronto judge struck down the country's prostitution laws altogether, finding that the laws were endangering sex workers? lives. (You may recall the memorable words of Terri-Jean Bedford, the woman who challenged the prostitution law, when asked how she was going to celebrate the victory: "I?m going to spank some ass,? she said, while cracking a riding whip). The Precedent blog reported yesterday that an appeal of the Toronto judge's opinion was heard yesterday by the Ontario Court of Appeal, and that lawyers for government warned of "dire consequences" if the ruling striking down several prostitution laws in the province comes into effect (scheduled to occur next week). But why stop at prostitution? In Vancouver, Canadian laws against polygamy are also being challenged in a court case now underway. The Globe and Mail reports that a lawyer for the Crown stated before a packed courtroom...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on November 23, 2010 (boomark / email).