OK, here goes. I am sending the following letter separately to each member of the Justice Committee which will begin studying Bill C-36 on July 7th.
I'm just one man, I only have one voice, but I will use it. We have to speak Truth to Power.
To the Honourable Member of Parliament -------
I ask that as a member of the Justice Committee examining Bill C-36 you will give serious consideration to the following. I don't flatter myself that I'm the only person writing with this point of view or even that my letter will be picked out among thousands of submissions. But, I have a voice and I will use it.
This legislation is not just unconstitutional and will almost certainly be struck down in the courts, but It is also unethical and immoral.
It will put all sex workers directly in harm’s way.
In the Supreme Court’s unanimous Bedford decision it was clearly pointing towards decriminalization. Not this snarling mean spirited piece of legislation.
Please do not pass this without, at least, major revisions, or withdraw it. Please do not let this bill stand and pass into law as is.
In Canada, we pride ourselves as a society based on tolerance, inclusiveness and respect for all. The recent Gay Pride celebrations in Toronto would certainly attest to this. Yet our governemnt is proposing a law that would take away these rights to a segment of our society and put them directly in harms way.
The new law is all about legislating morality, not about protecting women's rights, nor about freedom of choice. It simply criminalizes prostitution once again.
If this becomes law sex workers will be beaten, robbed, raped, strangled, and yes, killed, as good decent law abiding men leave the field to the real perverts and sickos. For what? So this government can score some kind of ideological point. It's the wrong thing to do. It's the wrong path to follow.
Thank You,
MY first two initials and my last name.
I'm just one man, I only have one voice, but I will use it. We have to speak Truth to Power.
To the Honourable Member of Parliament -------
I ask that as a member of the Justice Committee examining Bill C-36 you will give serious consideration to the following. I don't flatter myself that I'm the only person writing with this point of view or even that my letter will be picked out among thousands of submissions. But, I have a voice and I will use it.
This legislation is not just unconstitutional and will almost certainly be struck down in the courts, but It is also unethical and immoral.
It will put all sex workers directly in harm’s way.
In the Supreme Court’s unanimous Bedford decision it was clearly pointing towards decriminalization. Not this snarling mean spirited piece of legislation.
Please do not pass this without, at least, major revisions, or withdraw it. Please do not let this bill stand and pass into law as is.
In Canada, we pride ourselves as a society based on tolerance, inclusiveness and respect for all. The recent Gay Pride celebrations in Toronto would certainly attest to this. Yet our governemnt is proposing a law that would take away these rights to a segment of our society and put them directly in harms way.
The new law is all about legislating morality, not about protecting women's rights, nor about freedom of choice. It simply criminalizes prostitution once again.
If this becomes law sex workers will be beaten, robbed, raped, strangled, and yes, killed, as good decent law abiding men leave the field to the real perverts and sickos. For what? So this government can score some kind of ideological point. It's the wrong thing to do. It's the wrong path to follow.
Thank You,
MY first two initials and my last name.
