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For sex workers, the Nordic model still falls short

Published: 20 May 2014
Angela Campbell is a professor and associate dean at 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 faculty of law. She is the author of聽Sister Wives, Surrogates and Sex Workers: Outlaws by Choice?

Last week, Montreal police announced a 鈥減olicy shift鈥 on prostitution toward the Nordic model, which casts sex workers as victims who need protection rather than offenders who deserve punishment. The Nordic model is also rumoured to be the inspiration for new federal prostitution laws on the horizon, which the Conservatives have announced will be aimed at 鈥減rotecting the vulnerable.鈥 But despite its progressive sounding name, the Nordic model holds little promise for actually safeguarding the security rights of sex workers...

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