seems like good news. cautiously.

this is the worst government we've ever had to throw this in the lap of, though. i fear it may backfire.

i'm reminded of the abortion fiasco, with mulroney in power. mulroney decided not to touch it, and it led to two consequences: no abortion laws whatsoever and a new political movement in canada.

harper's not likely to make the same mistake, but he's not likely to build a system that tacitly "permits" prostitution, either, as it would collapse his support base - like not legislating on abortion was one of the primary factors that led to a rebellion against mulroney and the pcs. harper will learn from this in some way...

the wording of the abortion ruling is actually very fragile. the aim of the ruling actually seemed to be to increase funding for abortion in order to make it easier for women to get the certificates. mulroney wrongly calculated that it would be politically more expedient to ignore the issue than to set up a system that would tacitly sanction it. the only other thing he could have done would have been to overpower the brand new constitution, which would have cast him as a reactionary despot.

if harper's aim is to not repeat mulroney's mistake, what that means is approaching it in a way that is not "sanctioning", which means overriding the constitution.

while it's sort of unprecedented, harper isn't mulroney. if harper had his way, he'd burn the charter of rights and replace it with the ten commandments.

so, if this is important to you, now is the most important time to pay attention and get the info out. harper's reaction is not going to be progressive...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-rules-on-prostitution-laws/article16067485/