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Feb 7, 2014 · When the Supreme Court of Canada declared three major prostitution laws unconstitutional in December, Valerie Scott called it the best day of her life. Now, Scott and other advocates for...
Dec 20, 2013 · This case was initiated in 2007 by three Ontario sex workers: Terri Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott. The applicants asked the court to strike down the three provisions of the Criminal Code because they violate sex workers’ constitutional right to security of the person.
She, along with sex worker Amy Lebovitch and former prostitute Valerie Scott, argued that the laws were unconstitutional. In 1993, Bedford opened the “Bondage Bungalow” in Thornhill, Ont. The...
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Canada (AG) v Bedford, 2013 SCC 72, [2013] 3 SCR 1101 is a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the Canadian law of sex work. The applicants, Terri-Jean Bedford, Amy Lebovitch and Valerie Scott, argued that Canada's prostitution laws were unconstitutional.
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Dec 20, 2013 · The challenge came from Terri-Jean Bedford, 54, Amy Lebovitch, 34 and Valerie Scott, 55. All three said they had experienced violence at some point in their line of work, and had taken measures...
Valerie Scott has been a sex worker for many years. Since 1985, she has spoken at numerous parliamentary committees, universities, community organizations, and to the media, about the need for decriminalization. In 1990, she fought to overturn Canada’s anti-sex work laws at the Supreme Court of Canada.
