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Prostitution: Should it be decriminalized in Canada? - Point of View

Prostitution: Should it be decriminalized in Canada?

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By CBC News

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that Canada's prostitution laws will stay in place for at least several more months, pending an appeal of a landmark ruling.

The court ruling on Thursday means that three Ontario laws -- communicating for the purpose of prostitution, keeping a common bawdy house and living off the avails of prostitution -- will continue to be valid.

The decision extends the stay until April 29, putting pressure on the government to expedite the appeal.

Lawyer Alan Young, who represented the sex trade workers who fought the laws, said outside the court on Thursday that the appeal "must be heard before April 29."

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