Prostitution.Ottawa -- Prostitution remains illegal in Canada. This was the main thrust of a Dec. 13 parliamentary report from a Justice Dept. committee. Although it condemned the exploitation of underage prostitutes, trafficking and other coercive practices, its conclusion was considered a "lowest common denominator low·est common denominator n. 1. See least common denominator. 2. a. The most basic, least sophisticated level of taste, sensibility, or opinion among a group of people. b. " by sex-worker activists, liberal academics and various left-wing members of the Opposition, notably openly lesbian NDP NDP New Democratic Party (Canada) NDP National Development Plan (Republic of Ireland) NDP National Development Plan NDP National Democratic Party (Barbados) MP Libby Davies Libby Davies (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver East in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2007, she was named Deputy Leader of the federal NDP, jointly with Thomas Mulcair. . These elements obviously viewed decriminalization decriminalization n. the repeal or amendment (undoing) of statutes which made certain acts criminal, so that those acts no longer are crimes or subject to prosecution. as a cure-all for such crimes as the murders of prostitutes. It is not quite as simple as that (files from Extra, Dec. 21 2006). |
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