COVID-19, sex workers and human rights advocates say, which is why they’re now pushing Ottawa to stop enforcing them.Amnesty International Canada has joined a number of rights and sex work advocates in a lobby effort asking federal Justice Minister David Lametti for a moratorium on prostitution laws.“We need to make sure the existing laws on the books aren’t enforced,” said Jackie Hansen, women’s rights campaigner for Amnesty International Canada.
Live updates: Coronavirus in Canada “Government has put them in a position where they won’t provide them income supports and yet will criminalize them if they work.