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March 30, 2021 – The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform — an alliance of 25 sex worker rights groups across the country led predominantly by and for sex workers — along with several individual applicants, have filed a Notice of Application seeking to strike down the sex work prohibitions against impeding traffic (s. 213(1)), public communication (s. 213(1.1)), purchasing (s.286.1(1)), materially benefiting (s. 286.2(1)), recruiting (s. 286.3(1)), and advertising (s. 286.4) in the Criminal Code, because they violate sex workers’ constitutional rights to security, personal autonomy, life, liberty, free expression, free association, and equality.

“We have been patiently waiting on the empty promises of parliamentarians to uphold the rights of sex workers who are increasingly experiencing the impacts of these laws, and the heavy hand of law enforcement,” says Alliance National Coordinator Jenn Clamen. “This government has spent five years paying lip service to human rights and to feminism, and it’s time for them to act.”

In 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled three prostitution prohibitions in criminal law to be unconstitutional because they caused harm to sex workers and contravened sex workers’ rights to liberty and security. This was the federal government’s opportunity to recognize sex workers’ rights and well-being by decriminalizing sex work. Instead, the government of the day created a set of laws under the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA) that reproduce those same harms.

Despite its title, PCEPA does anything but protect communities and exploited persons. It reproduces and legitimizes the harmful impacts of the previous sex work offences declared unconstitutional in Canada v. Bedford and adds new offences that make sex workers vulnerable to human rights violations. Individually and taken together, these laws cause numerous harmful impacts to sex workers, notably by prohibiting sex workers from:

· communicating and negotiating conditions and establishing consent to sexual activity;

· obtaining relevant and identifiable information from clients and engaging in other screening practices that are vital to sex workers’ safety;

· working in non-isolated, collective and indoor workspaces; and

· establishing important working and safety relationships with managers, receptionists, drivers, interpreters, partners, peers, and security, and with other sex workers who join together to pool resources, services, and knowledge.

All of these provisions force sex workers to work in a criminalized context where sex workers are isolated from supports, made vulnerable to exploitation, eviction, and subpar working conditions, and targeted for violence. Migrant sex workers are also vulnerable to loss of immigration status and deportation.

Claims that PCEPA “decriminalizes sex workers but criminalize clients” are false; sex workers are directly and indirectly criminalized and experience constant fear, stigma, discrimination, and other deleterious consequences of criminalization that prevent access to health, social, and legal services. The criminalization of all elements of sex work also invites unwanted and unsolicited police presence in the lives of sex workers – particularly for Black, Indigenous, migrant and trans sex workers, and sex workers who use drugs, who are regularly profiled and targeted.

As long as the criminal law regulates sex workers’ lives and working conditions, sex workers will continue to try to avoid detection by law enforcement, live and work in precarious conditions, not seek help or report crimes against us, and will remain surveilled, policed, and more vulnerable to targeted violence and exploitation.

As long as the government’s objective remains the elimination of sex work, sex workers will continue to be excluded from labour protections and social programs, and will continue to be targeted by aggressors with impunity.

“I’m tired of hiding and of running from the police,” one of the individual sex worker co-applicants expressed. “I hope that my participation in this challenge will show the world that we cannot keep condoning the violation of sex workers’ human rights.”

Sex workers from all sectors of the industry have been asking for the full decriminalization of sex work as a vital first step towards ending the stigma, violence and exploitation in our lives; we need the full protection of the Charter, and a commitment from the government to improve our safety and quality of life.

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For interviews with the Alliance or one of our member groups contact:

Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform

contact@sexworklawreform.com, Tel : 514.916.2598

Alliance member organizations include: Action santé travesti(e)s et transsexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTT(e)Q) (Montreal); ANSWERS Society (Edmonton); BC Coalition of Experiential Communities (BCCEC); Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Work Support Network (Toronto); HIV Legal Network; Émissaire (Longueuil); Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers’ Action Project; Maggie’s Indigenous Sex Work Drum Group; PEERS Victoria; Projet L.U.N.E. (Québec); Prostitutes Involved Empowered Cogent Edmonton (PIECE) (Edmonton); PACE Society (Vancouver); Rézo, projet travailleurs du sexe (Montreal); Safe Harbour Outreach Project (SHOP) (St John’s); SafeSpace (London); Sex Workers’ Action Program Hamilton (SWAPH); Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC); Sex Workers’ Action Network of Waterloo Region (SWAN Waterloo); Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC); Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV) (Vancouver); Shift Calgary, HIV Community Link; Stella, l’amie de Maimie (Montreal); SWANS Sudbury; SWAN Vancouver; and SWAP Yukon (Whitehorse).

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GROUPES POUR LES DROITS HUMAINS DES TRAVAILLEUSE.EUR.S DU SEXE LANCENT UNE CONTESTATION CONSTITUTIONNELLE

Le 30 mars 2021 – L’Alliance canadienne pour la réforme des lois sur le travail du sexe – une alliance de 25 groupes de défense des droits des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe à travers le pays dirigée principalement par et pour les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe ont déposé, avec plusieurs demanderesses individuelles, un avis de demande qui exige l’invalidation des prohibitions sur le travail du sexe visant l’interférence à la circulation (art. 213(1)), la communication en public (art. 213 (1.1)), l’achat (art .286.1(1)), l’obtention d’un avantage matériel (art. 286.2(1)), le proxénétisme (art. 286.3(1)), et la publicité (art. 286.4) du Code criminel, parce qu’elles violent les droits constitutionnels des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe à la sécurité, à l’autonomie personnelle, à la vie, à la liberté, à la libre expression, à la liberté d’association, et à l’égalité.

« Nous attendons patiemment les promesses creuses des parlementaires de défendre les droits des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe qui subissent de plus en plus les effets de ces lois, et la sévérité des forces de l’ordre, » déclare la coordinatrice nationale de l’Alliance Jenn Clamen. « Ce gouvernement a passé cinq ans à lancer des paroles en l’air sur les droits humains et le féminisme, et il est temps pour eux d’agir. »

En 2013, la Cour suprême du Canada a déclaré que trois infractions criminelles liées à la prostitution étaient inconstitutionnelles parce qu’elles causaient du tort aux travailleuse.eur.s du sexe et enfreignaient les droits des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe à la liberté et à la sécurité. C’était l’occasion pour le gouvernement fédéral de reconnaître les droits et le bien-être des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe en décriminalisant le travail du sexe. Plutôt, le gouvernement de l’époque a créé un ensemble de lois en vertu de la Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation (LPCPVE) qui reproduisent ces mêmes torts.

Malgré son titre, la LPCPVE fait tout sauf protéger les communautés et les personnes exploitées. Elle reproduit et légitimise les effets néfastes des infractions précédentes sur le travail du sexe déclarées inconstitutionnelles dans Canada c. Bedford et ajoute de nouvelles infractions qui rendent les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe vulnérables aux violations de leurs droits humains. Individuellement et prises ensemble, ces lois ont de nombreux effets néfastes sur les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe, notamment en interdisant aux travailleuse.eur.s du sexe de :

· Communiquer et négocier les conditions et établir le consentement à l’activité sexuelle;

· Obtenir des informations pertinentes et identifiables des clients et s’engager dans d’autres pratiques d’évaluation préalable des clients qui sont vitales pour la sécurité des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe;

· Travailler dans des espaces non-isolés, collectifs et à l’intérieur; et

· Établir d’importantes relations de travail et de sécurité avec des gérant.e.s, réceptionnistes, chauffeurs, interprètes, partenaires, pair.e.s et agents de sécurité, et avec d’autres travailleuse.eur.s du sexe qui se réunissent pour mettre en commun des ressources, services et savoirs.

Toutes ces dispositions obligent les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe à travailler dans un contexte criminalisé où les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe sont isolé.e.s des soutiens, rendu.e.s vulnérables à l’exploitation, à l’expulsion et à des mauvaises conditions de travail, et ciblé.e.s par des agresseurs. Les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe migrant.e.s sont également vulnérables à la perte de leur statut d’immigration et à la déportation.

Les allégations selon lesquelles la LPCPVE « décriminalise les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe mais criminalise les clients » ne sont pas fondées – les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe sont directement et indirectement criminalisé.e.s et vivent constamment de la peur, la stigmatisation, de la discrimination, et autres conséquences délétères de la criminalisation qui empêchent l’accès aux institutions et aux services de santé, sociaux et légaux. De plus, la criminalisation du travail du sexe encourage une présence non désirée et non sollicitée de la part de la police dans la vie des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe, particulièrement celles.ceux qui sont Noir.e.s, autochtones, migrant.e.s, trans, ou qui consomment des drogues, qui sont déjà régulièrement surveillé.e.s et ciblé.e.s.

Tant que la vie et les conditions de travail des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe seront règlementées par des lois criminelles, les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe continuerons de devoir éviter d’être détecté.e.s par les forces de l’ordre, de vivre et de travailler dans des conditions précaires, ne chercherons pas d’aide ou ne signalerons pas les crimes contre nous, et resterons surveillé.e.s, contrôlé.e.s, et plus vulnérables à la violence ciblée et l’exploitation.

Tant que l’objectif du gouvernement demeure l’élimination du travail du sexe, les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe vont continuer d’être exclu.e.s des normes du travail et des programmes sociaux, et continueront d’être les cibles d’agresseurs avec impunité.

« Je suis fatiguée de me cacher et m’enfuir de la police » une travailleuse du sexe co-demanderesse individuelle a exprimé. « J’espère que ma participation dans cette contestation va montrer au monde que nous ne pouvons pas continuer à tolérer et faciliter les violations des droits humains des travailleuse.eur.s du sexe. »

Les travailleuse.eur.s du sexe de tous les secteurs de l’industrie demandent la décriminalisation totale du travail du sexe comme première étape essentielle pour mettre fin la stigmatisation, à la violence et à l’exploitation dans nos vies; nous avons besoin de la pleine protection de la Charte, et un engagement de la part du gouvernement pour améliorer notre sécurité et qualité de vie.

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Pour les entrevues avec l’Alliance ou un de nos groupes membres, contactez :

L’Alliance canadienne pour la réforme des lois sur le travail du sexe

contact@sexworklawreform.com, Tel : 514.916.2598

Les organismes membres de l’Alliance incluent : Action santé travesti(e)s et transsexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTT(e)Q) (Montreal); ANSWERS Society (Edmonton); BC Coalition of Experiential Communities (BCCEC); Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Work Support Network (Toronto); HIV Legal Network; Émissaire (Longueuil); Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers’ Action Project; Maggie’s Indigenous Sex Work Drum Group; PEERS Victoria; Projet L.U.N.E. (Québec); Prostitutes Involved Empowered Cogent Edmonton (PIECE) (Edmonton); PACE Society (Vancouver); Rézo, projet travailleurs du sexe (Montreal); Safe Harbour Outreach Project (SHOP) (St John’s); SafeSpace (London); Sex Workers’ Action Program Hamilton (SWAPH); Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC); Sex Workers’ Action Network of Waterloo Region (SWAN Waterloo); Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (SWWAC); Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV) (Vancouver); Shift Calgary, HIV Community Link; Stella, l’amie de Maimie (Montreal); SWANS Sudbury; SWAN Vancouver; and SWAP Yukon (Whitehorse).

Sex Workers in Canada Need Your Support! Our online work and livelihoods are at risk!

The Canadian Parliamentary Committee, the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, is currently holding a series of hearings on the “Protection and Privacy of Reputation on Platforms such as Pornhub”. https://www.ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/ETHI?parl=43&session=2) This process threatens to introduce more regulation and surveillance on the sex industry without considering the rights or safety of sex workers.

The committee is refusing to hear from sex workers and people most impact by changes and regulations to the online site like PornHub. They are only hearing from “young people that have never provided their consent.” The committees claims,

“The focus of the study is the protection of privacy and reputation as it relates to Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSAM) and other illegal content on platforms such as Pornhub. This refers to images or videos that have been uploaded without the consent or knowledge of the person depicted in them. The Committee is not questioning the legality of pornography in Canada nor does it seek to end such activity where it involves consenting adults.”

The myopic nature of these hearings is excluding the very real and deleterious effects that internet regulation has on people working in the sex industry. Limiting the hearings to victims that have been harmed by PornHub and anti-sex work groups, has so far resulted in suggestions for more stringent conditions and a lack of privacy rights for internet users, more surveillance of sex workers and clients, and a lack of recognition of the agency and labour of sex workers. The conflation of sex work and porn with exploitation has biased the committee and created a context where committee members refuse to recognize the impacts of regulations on the health and safety of people working in the sex industry. Sex workers fear that recommendations will result that ultimately push sex workers to creating more underground and less safe workspaces on the internet, where exploitation can flourish.

The committee so far is biasing the hearings with an onslaught of hyperbole and recommendations from people whose end goal is to abolish the industry through increased regulation and surveillance, making it impossible for sex workers to work in safe conditions. In the 3rd ETHI hearing on Feb 19th, 2021, Laila Mickelwait and ‘victims of PH’ successfully tore down representatives of Pornhub with financial accusations, and lack of protection & accountability of those who have been harmed. Another hearing on February 22, 2021 heard from members of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, as well as a few members of law enforcement. Mickelwait and all of the people who have so far been witnesses before the committee made it very clear that the end goal is to ban all online porn – and not only is the Canadian government listening to them, but they have not challenged or critically engaged with Laila’s religious agenda, data or ethics.

Things are moving FAST, and more of our voices need to be heard, TODAY!

1. WRITE TO THE COMMITTEE AND ASK TO BE A WITNESS:

Below is a list of all committee members and their emails. It is IMPERATIVE that members of the sex working community email them as many times as it takes until at least a decent representation of sex workers and sex worker rights groups are invited to take a seat at the table to represent our community, who is constantly struggling to be heard.

You DO NOT need to be Canadian to participate, although if you are, you should highlight that in your request. Be sure to cc: charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca and the committee clerk Miriam at ethi@parl.gc.ca.

Be sure in your email to explain:

· A short bio of yourself or organization

· You can attach publications to your recommendation for witnesses (though there is no guarantee they will be read by the committee)

· Explanation of what you bring as an expert to the discussion

· Contact information for you or organization

· Also include:

o why it is important to hear from sex workers;

o why sex workers are concerned about additional regulations of the internet;

o the impact of increased regulation on sex workers; and

o If you want to remain anonymous during these hearings, be sure to state this in your email.

2. WRITE A BRIEF AND SUBMIT IT TO THE COMMITTEE:

You can submit a written brief and also ask to be a witness at the hearings.

· Briefs should be about 5-10 pages in English or French – they should be translated for all committee members to read

· The brief should speak directly to the impacts of regulations, surveillance, and privacy rights

· In the (quite likely) event that you find the implications of regulation being proposed to be negative, you can then give the committee an idea of the kinds of provisions or amendments that would be preferable

Here is a link to writing a Brief for the House of Commons Justice Committee:

http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/House/WitnessesGuides/guide-brief-E.htm

3. EMAILS TO SEND REQUEST AND BRIEFS:

Send your request to the primary email for the Committee at: ethi@parl.gc.ca, and all other committee members listed below.

Chris Warkentin, Chair, Conservative: chris.warkentin@parl.gc.ca

Brenda Shanahan, Vice Chair, Liberal: Brenda.Shanahan@parl.gc.ca

Marie-Helene Gaudreau, Vice Chair, Bloq Quebecois: MH.Gaudreau@parl.gc.ca

Charlie Angus, Member, NDP: charlie.angus@parl.gc.ca

Michael Barrett, Member, Conservative: Michael.Barrett@parl.gc.ca

Colin Carrie, Member, Conservative: colin.carrie@parl.gc.ca

Han Dong, Member, Liberal: Han.Dong@parl.gc.ca

Greg Fergus, Member, Liberal: Greg.Fergus@parl.gc.ca

Jacques Gourde, Member, Conservative: jacques.gourde@parl.gc.ca

Patricia Lattanzio, Member, Liberal: Patricia.Lattanzio@parl.gc.ca

Francesco Sorbara, Member, Liberal: Francesco.Sorbara@parl.gc.ca

4. Email contact@sexworklawreform.com to let them know if you have requested a seat at the table or submitted a brief. This is not the first time that sex workers have been shut out of parliamentary processes that discuss regulations that will impact on our lives and we need to keep track of how we are left out of discussions.

THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS PERIOD IS  OFFICIAL and the elections are coming up on October 21, 2019. The elections can be very disempowering for sex workers, as we come into contact with the systems of power that repress us in so many ways. Some of us vote, some of us can’t vote, and some of won’t vote. But it is important for us to know about the things going on around us, so we can decide how we want to engage.

The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform created this handy little guide about the elections that explains a lot about the process:

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UPDATED PARTY RESOLUTIONS 2019

Liberal Party Resolution, passed in April 2018 at the Halifax Liberal Party Convention

Decriminalization of Consensual Sex Work and Sex Trade

WHEREAS the current Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, which prohibits the purchasing of sex, does little to protect sex workers and instead pushes them to work underground and in dangerous conditions.

WHEREAS the current prohibition of buying consensual sex work does not address theunderlying issues that make sex work dangerous, but rather creates a climate that makes sex workers unlikely to work with the police and be involved with more serious crimes.

BE IT RESOLVED that the Liberal Party of Canada should repeal the 2014 Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, begin a consultation period with those in the sex work industry and advocacy groups, and move to decriminalize consensual sex work, and the purchase of said sex work, for those over the age of 18.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Liberal Party of Canada should consult not just with those involved in the sex work, but with surrounding communities to ensure that these changes ensure the safety and wellbeing of these surrounding communities and their families.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that along with decriminalization the Liberal Party of Canada should look to address the true problems facing sex workers by working to increase their access to sexual health clinics, counseling and improve their relationship with local authorities.

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Décriminalisation du travail consensuel du sexe et du commerce du sexe

ATTENDU QUE :

• la version actuelle de la Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation, qui interdit l’achat de services sexuels, n’apporte que peu de protection aux travailleuses du sexe et, au contraire, les pousse à travailler dans la clandestinité et dans des conditions dangereuses;
• l’interdiction actuelle visant l’achat de services sexuels consensuels ne traite pas des problèmes sous-jacents qui rendent le travail du sexe dangereux, mais, au contraire, crée un climat qui incite les travailleuses du sexe à ne pas collaborer avec la police et à être impliquées dans des infractions plus graves.

IL EST RÉSOLU ​que le Parti libéral du Canada abroge la Loi sur la protection des collectivités et des personnes victimes d’exploitation de 2014, entame une période de consultation avec les travailleuses de l’industrie du sexe et leurs groupes de défense, et s’engage à décriminaliser le travail consensuel du sexe et l’achat desdits services sexuels pour les personnes âgées de plus de 18 ans.

IL EST RÉSOLU que le Parti libéral du Canada ne consulte pas uniquement les travailleuses de l’industrie du sexe, mais aussi les résidents des collectivités environnantes pour faire en sorte que ces modifications garantissent la sécurité et le bien-être des résidents de ces collectivités et de leur famille.

IL EST EN OUTRE RÉSOLU que, parallèlement à la décriminalisation, le Parti libéral du Canada cherche à résoudre les problèmes de fond auxquels sont confrontées les travailleuses du sexe en prenant des mesures visant à améliorer leur accès aux cliniques de santé sexuelle et au counseling, ainsi qu’en cherchant à améliorer leurs relations avec les autorités locales.

Green Party Resolution, passed at the 2018 Green Party Convention and was ratified by an online vote in February 2019.

G18-P010 SAFETY FOR SEX WORKERS

“The GPC supports labour rights for sex workers to ensure that those
working in the industry are able to control their working conditions,
conduct business in a safe and healthy environment, and have recourse
to legal remedies where these conditions are not provided.”

Media Release

Sex worker rights groups mark Canada’s Human Trafficking Awareness Day with scathing response to Justice Committee Report: Warns of harms to sex workers

February 22, 2019 – To mark February 22nd, Canada’s Human Trafficking Awareness Day, sex worker rights groups across the country are highlighting the harms of anti-human trafficking efforts in response to the report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights released December 2018, Moving Forward in the Fight Against Human Trafficking in Canada. The final recommendations from the Committee’s report ignore the evidence provided by sex worker rights groups on the harmful impacts of anti-human trafficking efforts and fail to recognize sex workers as the primary targets of anti-human trafficking initiatives, and therefore as important stakeholders in Canada’s human trafficking response.

While the Committee explicitly states that it “does not take any position regarding the legalization or decriminalization of prostitution or the relationship between the sex industry and human trafficking as this is beyond the scope of this study,” their failure to concretely distinguish between sex work and human trafficking and to position itself on the human rights of sex workers has resulted in a series of recommendations that will lead to human rights violations against sex workers.

Throughout the consultation and across the country, sex worker rights groups and our allies provided clear, consistent data and submissions that demonstrated how anti-human trafficking discourse, policy and policing has caused — and continues to cause — human rights violations against people working in the sex industry. Sex worker rights groups were also clear to distinguish human trafficking from sex work not only in practice and in the language used to accurately reflect people’s experiences, but in policy recommendations as well. When sex work is conflated with human trafficking, sex workers and the people they work with are indiscriminately targeted for surveillance and investigation. Sex workers experience this over-policing as antagonistic and as a result often do not report to or seek out law enforcement if they need to. Sex workers may experience many types of violence and exploitation, but whether or not this is related to trafficking, none are adequately addressed through current policy and practice.

Sex work-specific criminal and immigration prohibitions are barriers to meaningfully addressing human trafficking. While sex work and human trafficking are profoundly different, they are conflated in legislation, policy and practice. Addressing human trafficking thus requires a review of both criminal and immigration laws and the ways in which human trafficking laws are currently being enforced in a way that threatens sex workers’ safety, security and agency.

See our full response and recommendations for a human rights-based approach to human trafficking at: http://sexworklawreform.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/CASWLR-Human-Trafficking-Response.pdf

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Contact our email for further comment: contact@sexworklawreform.com

The Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform formed in 2012 and is composed of sex worker rights and allied groups and individuals in cities across Canada: Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, London, Longueuil, Montreal, Kingston, Québec, Sault Ste. Marie, St. John’s, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, and Winnipeg. Members work together to fight for sex work law reform, sex workers’ rights, and community well-being. Its member groups include: Angel’s Angels (Hamilton); Action Santé Travesties et Transexuel(le)s du Québec (ASTTeQ) (Montréal); BC Coalition of Experiential Communities (Vancouver); Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Network (Toronto); Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Toronto) Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV) (Vancouver); Émissaire (Longueuil); FIRST (Vancouver); Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project (Toronto); Maggie’s Indigenous Sex Workers Drum Group (Toronto); Migrant Sex Workers Project (Toronto); PEERS (Victoria); Projet Lune (Québec); Prostitutes Involved Empowered Cogent Edmonton (PIECE) (Edmonton); Providing Advocacy, Counselling & Education (PACE) Society (Vancouver); Rézo, programme travail du sexe (Montréal); Safe Harbour Outreach Project (S.H.O.P.) (St John’s); Safe Space (London); Sault Ste. Marie Sex Workers’ Rights (Sault Ste. Marie); Sex Professionals of Canada (SPOC) (Toronto); Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS) (Sudbury); Stella, l’amie de Maimie (Montreal); Stop the Arrests! (Sault Ste. Marie) Strut! (Toronto); Supporting Women’s Alternatives Network (SWAN)(Vancouver); Shift (Calgary); West Coast Cooperative of Sex Industry Professionals (WCCSIP) (Vancouver); Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition (Winnipeg).