Prostitution Reform in Canada

Prostitution, the act of selling sex, has been called the “world’s oldest profession.” Indeed it may be, for it seems that as long as civilization has existed, there have been those that have been selling their sexual services for money. Why then, after all these years, has it not yet been legalized in some countries, and in this case, Canada? The sex trade, despite the efforts of many to destroy it, is alive and …

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